TOTOWA, NJ, January 23, 2002 – Pitman Company, the leading independent North American graphic arts supplier, has announced that Thomas Ingram has joined the expanding Pitman Packaging Division following 23 years with the DuPont Cyrel Division. As a Pitman regional packaging specialist, Mr. Ingram provides technical sales support for relief printing products used in processes such as flexo, dry offset and letterpress. He serves customers primarily in Northern New Jersey and New York, working in conjunction with Bill Ceperich, Senior Vice President of Pitman's Packaging Division. Mr. Ceperich commented, "With Tom's appointment, we now have more than 20 high-caliber packaging professionals on the Pitman Packaging Division specialist team serving our customers across the country. His extensive experience in the field will prove valuable to our customers who want a wide spectrum of equipment and product options as solutions to their packaging production requirements." During his tenure with DuPont's Cyrel Division, Mr. Ingram served in a range of executive capacities, including manufacturing, scheduling and most recently, technical sales for that company's line of products for flexographic applications.