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DG3 Group Goes with EFI Hagen

Press release from the issuing company

Foster City, Calif. – Sept. 15, 2008 – EFI, the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that The DG3 Group, a leading provider of global graphic communications solutions, has standardized on EFI Hagen as its worldwide print management system. In addition to Hagen OA's Print MIS toolset, DG3 uses Auto-Count direct machine interface and plans to implement PrintFlow dynamic scheduling.

DG3 is listed as a top 20 printer according to the Printing Impressions 400 and has locations in Jersey City, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Manila, providing comprehensive graphic communication solutions to corporate, financial services, pharmaceutical and academic institutions worldwide.

"DG3 has been using Hagen and Auto-Count in our New Jersey facility for three years and we're pleased to now roll out these systems, along with PrintFlow, to our other worldwide locations," said Dr. Michael Cunningham, chief executive officer of DG3. "DG3 operates some of the most diverse manufacturing locations in the industry combining a multitude of disciplines, and the EFI solutions enable us to consistently plan and manage operations around the world in order to deliver the most cost effective and timely printed products to our customers."

JD Bagnell, director of product management at EFI, said: "DG3 has embraced technology and credits it with their strong growth, so they definitely understand the benefits of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM).  With Hagen as the foundation, they have streamlined their production and management processes, enabling them to reduce costs while achieving higher profitability and customer satisfaction."

Providing a robust and advanced accounting package with high-end applications for estimating, job management, scheduling, purchasing, inventory and fulfillment, Hagen OA allows DG3 to collect, share, analyze and respond to information in real-time. DG3's planning and shop floor data collection capabilities are further enhanced with PrintFlow dynamic scheduling and Auto-Count.

For more information on EFI solutions, please visit www.efi.com or contact 1-800-875-7117. For more information on DG3, please visit www.dg3.com.