Graphic Enterprises, Inc

Visual Edge Technology Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

November 12, 2004 (North Canton, Ohio). The Board of Directors of Visual Edge Technology, Inc. a family of imaging solutions companies specializing in providing office and wide format equipment, consumables and service throughout North America, has named Ronald E. Huff Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Visual Edge Technology, Inc. The announcement was made today by Mr. Mark C. Lewis, President and CEO of Visual Edge Technology.
“We are very pleased that such a highly talented financial professional has joined our management team and look forward to his financial leadership and counsel,” said Mr. Lewis. “Ron’s career is distinguished by his in-depth experience in acquisition strategies, capital formation, initial public offerings, and private and public company financial expertise, that is critically significant to our strategic plans for growth.”

Prior to joining Visual Edge in October 2004, Mr. Huff specialized in analyzing and sourcing capital for early stage business clients, primarily in the private debt and equity markets. Prior to that, he was an officer at Belden & Blake, where he held the position of CFO for eleven years. He was instrumental in taking the company public in 1992, growing through several acquisitions and successfully selling the company in 1997 to the Texas Pacific Group for $440 million. As a condition of the sale, he retained the position of President and Chief Financial Officer of Belden Blake, where he negotiated numerous acquisitions over the next two years to grow the Midwest energy company as part of the overall portfolio of Texas Pacific Group companies.
Mr. Huff spent his early years in Houston, Texas, where he held finance positions for large energy firms. He graduated with a BS in Accounting from the University of Wyoming in 1977 and earned his CPA in 1980. He resides in Canton with his wife, daughter and son and has served on several industry and academic Boards.

“It’s a pleasure to be joining such a vibrant organization at such an exciting time in its successful history,” said Mr. Huff. “Visual Edge Technology is uniquely positioned for dramatic growth through strategically targeted acquisitions of office and wide-format solutions providers throughout North America.”

About Visual Edge Technology and its subsidiaries:

Visual Edge Technology, Inc. (VET), headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, was formed in California in 1986 as a developmental startup and repositioned in 1999 as a national marketer in the wide format solutions segment. Through strategic acquisitions including K&E Engineering Systems, which formed the core of VET’s business, the company grew to become one of the largest, wide format, value-added resellers in the market. VET acquired and integrated Graphic Enterprises of Ohio in February, 2004. This created two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Visual Edge Technology: Graphic Enterprises, Inc. and GEI CalGraph.
Graphic Enterprises Inc., (GEI), a Visual Edge Technology Company, based in North Canton, Ohio, was founded in 1970 has two product solutions divisions. The Office Solutions Division is a leading, Northeastern Ohio, value-added solutions provider that consists of over 70 dedicated sales and support personnel. The Office Solutions Division products include digital connected copiers, color copiers, printers, wide format copier/printers, and multifunctional systems sourced from Konica Minolta, Muratec, Kyocera-Mita, and Okidata. The Wide Format Solutions Division markets wide format solutions through a 100+ dealer network in North America. The Wide Format Division’s products include scanners, printers, analog & digital copiers, poster printing solutions, and networked controllers sourced from Ricoh, Kyocera-Mita, Ratio GmbH, Colortrac, and its own product development team.
GEI CalGraph, Inc., a Visual Edge Technology Company, based in North Canton, Ohio is a leading North American 3rd party service provider on behalf of leading solutions companies. Technologies serviced include scanners; thermal transfer, dye sublimation, inkjet and solvent printers; xerographic copier/printers; kiosks; and related network technology. GEI CalGraph North American operations include over 80 field technicians with on-site support, customer call center, depot center, worldwide parts distribution, installation, and training services.
More information about these companies can be found on www.geiworldwide.com and www.geicalgraph.com