Arnd Schimanski Joins alfa Media Solutions Rolling Meadows, IL, March 23, 2007 - alfaQuest Technologies, Inc., a leading newspaper production system developer and integrator, is pleased to announce the appointment of Arnd Schimanski as Product Support Manager-Media Systems for its alfa Media Solutions product line. Arnd joins alfaQuest Technologies with 17+ years of experience in the newspaper front-end systems business, including a prior 10-year term with CCI Europe. His expertise is in the planning, management and implementation of complex information technology for multimedia publishing, content management and editorial systems.

"Arnd brings the experience in multimedia publishing systems needed to lead our support group in providing top level installation and subsequent technical services to our extended customer base. Arnd possesses an intuitive understanding of the needs of the customer, and the dedication needed to deliver timely solutions straight into production," states Keith Roeske, Director of Operations at alfaQuest.

As Product Support Manager - Media Systems, Arnd will be responsible for the installation and training of the alfa Media Solutions multi media products within North America.

alfaQuest Technologies is a leading provider of innovative and leading edge publishing systems, imaging devices and workflow management systems. Our products include FasTRAK and NewsXpress Violet CTP, TrakMATE II and NewsMATE Autoloaders. Workflow solutions include PrintExpress/CPM (Consolidated Production Management) and PlateMATE systems for Sun and Windows and Panther workflow systems for Macintosh and Windows.

alfaQuest Technologies, Inc., a member of the IPA Group of companies, designs, integrates, and supports powerful cost-efficient, newspaper workflow page processing and imaging systems for the publishing industry. The number of worldwide installations now exceeds 10,000.

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For more information contact: John Lally, Senior Vice President, Group Sales
at 847-427-8800 ext. 102. or jlally@alfaQuest.com