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## to New Growth 

Our in-house prepress and engraving operation, leads in digital production to collapse all the steps a label customer must consider—planning, design, application testing, color separation and printing—into one seamless flow. 

By investing in advanced, server-based workflow technology, we increased speed and ease to our customer projects by offering online conceptual reviews of their labels in “printed form” before production begins. To accelerate project communications, customers can receive online production schedules and progress reports. 

Changing the norms of how we do business is another way Multi-Color provides value-added service to our customers. We see the fast, flexible benefits of full digital production— prepress, file sharing, tools and printing—as a leadership position and growth strategy for Multi-Color. 

## Recognized for Innovation 

Multi-Color label solutions received numerous industry awards in recognition of their quality, innovation and brand appeal: 

Food & Packaging magazine’s 2003 Package of the Year awards: > Folgers AromaSeal ™ canister—Food category > Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Raging Cow ™ package— Beverage category 

Golden Cylinder Award, The Gravure Association of America: > Folgers Coffee, HT innovation 

Packaging & Label Gravure Association (PLGA) gravure printing quality awards: > Frito Lay “Finding Nemo” merchandising pail, HT category 

Excellence in Technical Achievement , annual Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) Printing Awards: 

> Febreze® (IML); Arnold Palmer Arizona® Half & Half (SS); Hulk ™ merchandising label (HT) > Environmental Leadership Award to Multi-Color and our Scottsburg facility for our commitment to exemplary environmental practices 

## V 2 unifies all Multi-Color operations into One Continuous Improvement Culture 

Fiscal Year 2004 was the first full year of implementing V$^{2}$, our pursuit of the Continuous Improvement process throughout Multi-Color operations. 

V 2 is designed to increase Velocity by decreasing operational cycle times and add Value by improving quality and reducing costs—it’s all about creating speed and ease for our external and internal customers. 

Cross-functional teams, focused on process improvement initiatives, are selected from Product Leadership, Customer Service, Human Resources, Finance, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams. Their outcome-driven focus is already paying significant dividends in achieving higher quality, lower production costs, faster production and delivery, and less waste: 

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Arizona Beverage Company is known for innovation. To introduce their new no-carb line of iced tea drinks, they specified clear shrink-sleeve film. Tamper resistant with 360-degree graphic appeal, these labels let the product show through with thirst-quenching clarity. 

> Scottsburg, IN—Production Consolidation In just 60 days, this V 2 team executed the manufacturing plan that increased printing capacity, consolidating our Las Vegas shrink- sleeve volume with existing equipment. In turn, this leaves open Scottsburg’s new $4.2 million press for additional business. 

> Graphic Services, KY—Cost Reductions V 2 teams analyzed gravure cylinder utilization, a major cost component, by recycling existing cylinders into production faster through a real- time forecasting process. This reduced capital expenditures and increased return on assets. 

> Framingham, MA—Increased Speed This V 2 team sped up our high-demand heat transfer label production by 33%. 

> Scottsburg, IN—Waste Reduction By simplifying steps within the IML sheeting process, this V 2 team reduced waste and material usage. 

V 2 training will be phased into other areas of the Company to improve quality, reduce costs and enhance customer satisfaction. 

