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VACUMET CORP. Earns 2 Awards at the 21st Annual Gold Ink Award competition

Franklin, MA. - Oct. 27, 2008 - (Philadelphia, PA) Publishing Executive and Printing Impressions magazines, co-sponsors of the Annual Gold Ink Awards, announced that Vacumet Corp. has won both a Bronze and Pewter Award. The Bronze Award winning entry titled TV Guide-Nascar Preview Issue won in the Magazine Covers category. The Pewter Award winning entry titled Monopoly-Disney Pixar Edition won in the Packaging Rigid category.

This year’s Gold Ink Award winners were chosen from nearly 1,500 entries submitted within different categories. Winning pieces surpassed their competitors based on print quality, technical difficulty and overall visual effect.

Contest judges included: Brenda Barozzi, VP of Print Production, Draftfcb; Jane Chero, VP of Production, North American Publishing Co.; Kristina Cunilera, Journals Production Manager, Wolters Kluwer Health; Harris Fogel, Associate Professor of Photography, The University of The Arts; Russ Gazzara, President, Warkulwiz Design Associates; Lori A. Irvine, Book Local Application Manager, Elsevier; Nicole Koenitzer, Graphic Artist, Edmund Optics; Marianne R. Koszorus, Director of Layout and Design, National Geographic Books; Jim Malloy, Art Director, Kappa Publishing; John McGurk, Production Manager, Quirk Books; Gina Montemurro, Group Production Director, North American Publishing Co.; Gretchen Morris, Director, Global Catalog Production, Edmund Optics; Robin Norman, Production Manager, The Jewish Publication Society; Bob Stein, Professor, Illustration Department, The University of The Arts; and Dorlisa Young, Group Production Director, North American Publishing Co.

The Annual Gold Ink Awards Banquet, held to honor the winners, will take place Monday evening, October 27th at McCormick Place in Chicago during GRAPH EXPO 2008. www.goldink.com.