American Reprographics Joint Venture in China, UNIS Document Solutions Co., Ltd., Acquires Firm in Shanghai

WALNUT CREEK, CA, Jul 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
American Reprographics Company (NYSE: ARP), the nation's leading provider
of reprographics services and technology, today announced the acquisition
of the assets of Shanghai Light Business Machines Co., Ltd., a provider
of document reproduction equipment, supplies and reprographics services
to the Shanghai business community by Shanghai UNIS Printing Technology
Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of UNIS Document Solutions Co., Ltd.
("UDS"), its joint venture in China. The new subsidiary is the second UDS
reprographics company located in Shanghai and will operate under the
brand name "Shanghai UNIS Printing Technology Co., Ltd." or UPT.

UPT operates a single centralized service facility in downtown Shanghai,
China's largest city and the hub of the country's commerce and finance
activities. The company employs 52 people and had year-end revenues in
2008 of $3 million USD.

Michael Ruan, Executive Director of UPT, said, "We're looking forward to
using ARC's technology platform to drive sales and increase our market
share. We need the most advanced document management applications in our
industry to achieve our goal of providing the most efficient service in
Shanghai, and by becoming part of UDS, I believe we'll have it."

Originally founded as an office supplies and document finishing equipment
reseller, UPT now provides a variety of reprographics equipment and
reprographics services to their customers, including on-site services
where equipment is placed in customers' offices for greater convenience
and faster turnaround. UPT will also offer several technology products
developed by American Reprographics Company.

Mr. Song Pei, President of Beijing-based UDS, said, "We are very pleased
to have Michael and his team join our organization. They bring a
service-minded attitude and tremendous enthusiasm for technology to our
existing business in Shanghai. Such qualities are sure to position us well
in both the existing market, and in the future as the global marketplace
recovers and begins to thrive again."

Chairman, President and CEO of American Reprographics Company, K. "Suri"
Suriyakumar, said, "UPT is an outstanding addition to our growing Chinese
operation. Michael has done a great job in growing his business to this
point and I'm confident UPT is a platform on which we can grow in
Shanghai. Identifying influential businesses and key management is a
critical part of the growth strategy with our joint venture with UNIS.
The acquisition of UPT is a perfect example of executing on that
strategy."

About UNIS Document Solutions

UDS is a joint venture agreement between U.S.-based American Reprographics
Company (ARC), and China-based Unisplendour Corporation Limited (UNIS),
the Shenzhen-listed high-technology manufacturer and retailing giant
closely associated with Tsinghua University in Beijing. ARC holds a 65%
controlling ownership stake in the venture. UDS pairs the digital
document management solutions of American Reprographics Company with the
brand recognition and Chinese distribution channel of UNIS to deliver
reprographics equipment, document management services, and digital
reprographics services throughout China.

About American Reprographics Company

American Reprographics Company is the leading reprographics company in the
United States providing business-to-business document management
technology and services to the architectural, engineering and
construction, or AEC industries. The Company provides these services to
companies in non-AEC industries, such as technology, financial services,
retail, entertainment, and food and hospitality, which also require
sophisticated document management services. American Reprographics
Company provides its core services through its suite of reprographics
technology products, a network of hundreds of locally branded
reprographics service centers across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.,
on-site at more than 5,000 customer locations, and through UDS, a
joint-venture company headquartered in Beijing, China. The Company's
service centers are arranged in a hub and satellite structure and are
digitally connected as a cohesive network, allowing the provision of
services both locally and nationally to more than 160,000 active
customers.

Contact:
David Stickney
Vice President, Corporate Communications
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: 925-949-5100

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