Schawk, Inc. Completes Acquisition of DJPA, an International Brand and Packaging Design Firm

DES PLAINES, IL, Jan 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), one of the world's leading providers of brand
point management services, announced today that it has completed its
acquisition of DJPA, an international brand and packaging design firm.
The purchased business includes the London, England and Hilversum, The
Netherlands locations of DJPA with approximately USD $8 million in annual
revenues. DJPA's clients include Unilever, Grolsch, Warburtons, Heinz,
Friesland Foods and Burton's Food.

Schawk has strategically been expanding its capabilities for the past 10
years through acquisitions and internal development to offer greater scale
and a global reach, and to service the anticipated global needs of its
major brand and retail clients. Today, the Company's offering includes
branding, design, technology, retail marketing and additional services
that support brands at their different touchpoints globally.

Additionally, Anthem Worldwide, Schawk's strategic design company has
grown considerably over the past five years to create an integrated global
infrastructure expanding around the world to meet the demands of its
customers.

David A. Schawk, president and chief executive officer of Schawk, said,
"DJPA has been selected to facilitate the strategically important lead
role to expand Anthem's design business in Europe. Our acquisition of
DJPA is consistent with our strategy of acquiring strategic and creative
companies that enhance the integrated global brand point management
services that Schawk and Anthem provide to their clients.

"These same global resources, which allow Schawk and Anthem to provide
services on a consistent basis around the world to help clients expand
their global reach, will be available to all of DJPA's clients."

Hans Muysson, DJPA's group managing director for Europe, added, "We are
very impressed by the rich client base and global resources that Schawk
and Anthem have to offer. To have the opportunity to tap into these
combined strengths -- strategy, creative and executional -- to create
compelling and consistent brand experiences for our clients' brands and
the consumer is extremely advantageous."

Muysson added, "The growth plans of Anthem and DJPA share the same goal to
become the leading strategic design network with truly global capabilities
fueled by design intelligence: a passion for discovery, a commitment to
constructing business success, and the ability to transform ideas into
actionable solutions. The fact that DJPA has been selected to build the
European design business is not only an extremely attractive challenge but
also a recognition of our abilities."

Anne Marie Pagliacci, executive vice president, managing group director of
Anthem Worldwide, commented, "As Anthem moves forward into the 21st
Century and the highly competitive arena of design, DJPA's creative
talent, capabilities, client base, international brand perspective and
creative approach makes them a great fit with Anthem. The breadth of
their creative vision will help our clients' brands flourish wherever
they're doing business, as well as advance our ability to provide the
best brand point management solutions."

DJPA, which is now part of Anthem Worldwide, has the following locations:
88 Gray's Inn Road, London WCIX 8AA, ENGLAND t/ +44 (0)20 7025 3850
Marathon 5C, 1213 PC Hilversum, THE NETHERLANDS t/ +31 (0)35 5393 793

Schawk, Inc., (NYSE: SGK), is a leading provider of brand point
management services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their
brands with consumers to create deeper brand affinity. With a global
footprint of more than 60 offices, Schawk helps companies create
compelling and consistent brand experiences by providing integrated
strategic, creative and executional services across brand touchpoints.
Founded in 1953, Schawk is trusted by many of the world's leading
organizations to help them achieve global brand consistency. For more
information about Schawk, visit http://www.schawk.com.

Anthem Worldwide, a Schawk Strategic Design Company, is an integrated
global network that provides innovative solutions to articulate, unify and
manage brand impact. Anthem creates compelling brand experiences by
aligning its strategic, creative and executional talent worldwide with the
business needs of companies seeking a competitive advantage. Anthem offers
a full range of branding and design services to our clients including
Campbell's, Coca-Cola, E-Mart, Foster's, General Electric, Hbc,
Kimberly-Clark, Microsoft, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Safeway and
Unilever. With our network of world-class design professionals in 12
offices, Anthem is presently located in Chicago, Cincinnati, Hilversum
(The Netherlands), London, Melbourne, New Jersey, New York, San Francisco,
Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, and York (U.K.). For more information on
Anthem, please visit http://www.anthemww.com.

FOR SCHAWK:
Alex Sarkisian
Chief Operating Officer
(847) 827-9494
asarkisian@schawk.com

FOR ANTHEM WORLDWIDE:
Anne Marie Pagliacci
Executive Vice President
(416) 538-3002
ampagliacci@anthemww.com

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