Palatine, IL, USA (October 7th, 2003) – Performance Inks, LLC -- Performance Inks is proud to announce the “Get Ink, Get Miles Program”. Performance Inks has partnered with Alaska Airlines and its partners to offer one mile per dollar spent with Performance Inks. “We choose Alaska Airlines because of its market leading partner program. With Alaska Airlines our customers can use their miles to redeem award travel on Alaska Airlines and its 10 airline partners including American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Horizon, British Airways, KLM, Qantas, Cathay Pacific and Lanchile. “In addition to this great list of airline partners there is a long list of Hotel and Car Rental partners with which members can earn miles as well” says David Lemaster President of Performance Inks. Please see the details of the program at http://www.performanceinks.com. Performance Inks works directly with the Resin and Pigment manufacturers to produce world-class finished products that have unique capabilities and consistency. Experience has proven that simplifying the process and eliminating un-needed steps improves the Ink quality while reducing costs. According to Lemaster, “By working directly with the Resin and Pigment manufacturers we are taking advantage of their knowledge and SPC controls to deliver a superior quality product with uniform consistency. This concept puts control over the value and the performance directly in the hands of the print manufacturer. With Performance Inks you control the quality, ensure the value and capture the profits”. “Our customers are getting the highest quality Inks with reliable consistency batch over batch because of this concept. The “Get Ink Get Miles Program” is just another example of the benefits when you do business with Performance Inks” says David Lemaster. Performance Inks offers a full line of sheet-fed inks. Products include conventional petroleum, Low VOC vegetable based, Hybrid and UV Inks. Also offered is a full line of Pantone bases, Metallic, Fluorescent, Waxes, and Drier, as well as a complete line of varnishes and coatings for Ink Train and Coater applications. Performance Inks also offers world class dispensing technology for its larger customers. Our dispensing technology is integrated to Spectrophotometer calibration tools that allow our customers to automate their In-Plant operations. The workflow and technology is significantly simplified and accurate. This technology has been available in many other special color applications like paints for in the home and automotive markets. Any employee of the printer can scan the paper surface and tell the machine what PMS color and quantity they need. The machine adjusts the formula for the paper substrate and outputs the formula to 1/10th of gram accuracy, which is many times more accurate than traditional hand measurement methods. About Performance Inks Performance Inks is a world-class organization that works directly with Resin and Pigment manufacturers and integrates state of the art technology and systems to produce cost effective Ink products for the sheet-fed printing market. Contact Performance Inks, LLC David Lemaster - President Phone: 877-843-2481 Fax: 847-963-0366 [email protected] www.performanceinks.com