NEW ORLEANS, LA – July 6, 2006 – Blanchard Systems announces it has appointed Scott Borhauer Director of New Business Development responsible for introducing clients to Blanchard premedia platform solutions. Borhauer has extensive experience in premedia corporate management, with over 14 years in print manufacturing, and a background in both offset web and gravure printing. He has been the senior architect of electronic automation utilizing continuous improvement, financial and technical planning to achieve highly successful proven results. Blanchard expects that Mr. Borhauer will be able to leverage his long-term relationships with executives in the print and publishing business, working on top-level sales meetings and proposals. Mr. Borhauer comes from Office Tiger, an integrated onsite-offshore BPO services company, where he was Global Premedia Manager, responsible for developing and providing customized business outsourcing solutions for companies in print and publishing. Prior, he was Corporate Premedia Manager for Brown Printing Company where, reporting directly to the senior executives of the company, he managed all divisions of Brown’s premedia operations. In this role, he was responsible for directing the overall business model, maintaining and producing new revenue streams in vertical markets. During that time he developed and implemented a Computer Integrated Manufacturing system that provided extensive savings while significantly growing base production. Mr. Borhauer has also held premedia roles at Von Hoffman and R.R. Donnelley & Sons. He has been published in numerous industry magazines, and has often been a panelist and industry spokesperson for premedia. “Scott comes to us with a wealth of experience from the ‘customer side’. He intimately understands premedia technology and what it can deliver clients,” remarks Charles Blanchard, Blanchard Systems CEO. “Scott was instrumental in architecting the production automation system at Brown Printing. He has a lot of friends in print and publishing, who know what he has accomplished and realize that they can leverage his expertise for them. He brings them answers to their questions and solutions to their problems.” “It will be nice to focus on the States again. I’m truly excited to be working at Blanchard Systems. Charles Blanchard and I have been good friends for years, and it will be great to work with him and his team,” comments Mr. Borhauer. “They did a great job for me while I was at Brown Printing. I know the combination of their systems expertise, and my experience conceptualizing complete solutions that have significant productivity and financial rewards will be valued by printers and publishers.” Scott Borhauer can be reached at 504-529-8869 x4020. His email address is [email protected].