Yoshiharu Komori

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—November 4, 2008—Komori Corp. announced that Stephan Carter, president and COO of Komori America Corp., will be leaving Komori America effective November 30, 2008. “While I will miss my association with Komori, I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead,” says Carter. During his seven year tenure at Komori America, Carter effectively launched the Komori Lithrone S series and drove significant growth of market share across all product lines.

CHICAGO—It seemed many printing companies were willing to pull out their check books during brisk business at GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO, held here late September. But Joe Davis and Houston-based Consolidated Graphics (CGX) may have signed the biggest promissory note of all of the show attendees after announcing that CGX would renew a five-year, $50 million purchasing agreement with Komori America. Davis, chairman, president and CEO of CGX, joined Komori America President Stephan Carter, Komori Corp. President Yoshiharu Komori and other members of both organizations in announcing the renewed partnership, first signed in 1996. "I'm very pleased with the performance of the equipment