Consolidated Graphics Announces Finalists for First-Annual Encore Awards

HOUSTON—March 16, 2011—Consolidated Graphics has named 27 marketing and business leaders a finalists in its first-annual Encore Awards presented. The Encore Awards were created to recognize the innovative ideas of the printer’s customers and to showcase the many ways they deliver creative and effective print and marketing solutions to support the markets they serve.

The awards are a new component of emerge (www.cgx.com/emerge), Consolidated Graphic’s annual customer conference and business expo, scheduled for May 17-20 in Dallas, TX.

“Our first-ever Encore Awards celebrate the new era of print, which due to technology and innovation requires comprehensive solutions that meet ongoing customer needs,” said Aaron Grohs, executive vice president, Sales and Marketing. “We received so many entries that our judges faced many tough decisions, but it just serves to illustrate the exceptional quality of work being done in our industry. We look forward to many years of Encore Awards, and we are honored to recognize excellence and breakout performance within the print industry.”

An independent panel of six judges met Feb. 17, in Dallas, to review and discuss the merits of each entry, and three Crystal Award finalists were chosen for each award category from more than 500 submissions. Finalists’ entries successfully incorporated a wide variety of technology, equipment and software from across Consolidated Graphics to meet the objectives of the showcased entry.

The Encore Award winner for each category will be selected from the announced finalists on May 18 at the Encore Awards gala in Dallas.

Categories and Finalists

Books & Annual Reports:

• Euro RSCG, San Francisco, CA
• Minor Design Group, Houston, TX
• Storyville Coffee Company, Seattle, WA

Brochures:

• Hanson Dodge Creative, Milwaukee, WI
• Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI
• Team Detroit, Detroit, MI

Catalogs & Magazines:

• Baron & Baron, Inc., New York, NY
• Guess?,Inc., Los Angeles, CA
• Tiffany & Co., New York, NY

Digital:

• Orion Developers, Ltd., Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Quiksilver, Huntington Beach, CA
• Zoo Valdes LLC, Columbia, SC

Direct Mail:

• The Hartford, Hartford, CT
• MicroMass Communications, Inc., Cary, NC
• Team Detroit, Detroit, MI

Environmentally Friendly:

• Gil Shuler Graphic Design, Mount Pleasant, SC
• Centiva, Florence, AL
• Weber Shandwick, Dallas, TX

General:

• Duncan Channon, Inc., San Francisco, CA
• Greenlight, Dallas, TX
• Sandbox Studio, Chicago, IL

Packaging:

• Edizen Corporation, Springfield, MA
• Scottsdale League for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
• Teague, Seattle, WA

Print & Technology Solutions:

• Kaiser Permanente, Burbank, CA
• North Charles Street Design Organization, Baltimore, MD
• Vera Bradley, Fort Wayne, IN

Judges for the awards included experts from marketing and design agencies, and included:

Carol Caposino – Vice President/Production Manager, FKM, Houston, TX
Alexander Duckworth – President, Point One Percent, New York, NY
Paula Savage Hansen, CEO, Savage, Houston, TX
Erik Herskind – Principal, Greenlight, Dallas, TX
Stephanie Schoenrock – Director of Regional Operations, KK Bold, Bismarck, ND
Mark Wright – President, Targetbase, Dallas, TX

“The quality of the submissions presented is a testament to the level of work being done in the print industry today. What we're seeing is a convergence of talent and technology that is making print more relevant to the consumer,” said Alexander Duckworth, president of Point One Percent, a marketing agency that focuses on the wealthiest .1 percent of the population.

The finalists' entries will be displayed throughout the emerge conference where attendees can view them and cast votes for the People's Encore Award. The People's Encore Award will also be announced on May 18 at the Encore Awards gala.

About Consolidated Graphics
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: CGX), headquartered in Houston, is one of North America’s leading general commercial printing companies. With 70 printing businesses strategically located across 27 states, Toronto, and Prague, and a presence in Asia, CGX offers an unmatched geographic footprint, unsurpassed capabilities, and unparalleled levels of convenience, efficiency and service. With locations in or near virtually every major U.S. market, CGX provides the service and responsiveness of a local printer enhanced by the economic, geographic and technological advantages of a large national organization.

Consolidated Graphics’ vast and technologically advanced sheetfed and web printing capabilities are complemented by the world's largest integrated digital footprint. By coupling North America's most comprehensive printing capabilities with strategically located fulfillment centers and industry-leading technology, CGX delivers end-to-end print production and management solutions that are based on the needs of our customers to improve their results. Encore and emerge are trademarks of Consolidated Graphics. For more information, visit www.cgx.com.