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Worldcolor Logistics Works With EPA to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Friday 30. October 2009 - Worldcolor (TSX:WC) (TSX:WC.U) announced today that it has launched a collaborative effort with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish a case study outlining the environmental gains achieved by utilizing continuous improvement initiatives to analyze and increase the overall efficiency of Worldcolor's Logistics platform.

These efforts coincide with Worldcolor’s ongoing partnership with the SmartWay Program, which is a collaborative, voluntary program between the EPA and the freight industry that works to increase energy efficiency while reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

The initiative is focused on reducing the amount of full truck loads from unnecessary shipping across North America, thereby greatly reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. Worldcolor has re-evaluated and re-defined its consolidation network, created new delivery boundaries, tested and altered skid configurations and enhanced critical areas of up-front customer communication. These variables, among many others, allow Worldcolor to increase load planning times and shift strategic loading initiatives, maximizing every truck’s load configurations and weights.

“Worldcolor Logistics is committed to significantly decreasing our carbon footprint and to continually increasing the efficiency of every load plan. We obtained a 1.25 from the SmartWay Transport Program for two years running, which is the highest performance indicator they give, showing the result of our dedication to environmental responsibility” commented Worldcolor Logistics President, Dan Scapin.