PRESS RELEASE

FOR: Immediate Release
CONTACT: Clayton Peebles
Premiere Finishing & Coatings, LLC
DATE: 6/25/04
642 Grooms Road
Reidsville, NC 27320
336-349-1994

Premiere Finishing & Coating, L.L.C.
Announces Partnership with Johnson Plastics

Premiere Finishing & Coating, LLC announces a new partnership with Johnson Plastics, the nation's largest distributor of engraving and dye sublimation products and supplies. Under the terms of the partnership, Johnson Plastics will distribute Premiere's Primatile™ line of products including ceramic tiles, glass cutting boards and glass tiles.

A leading manufacturer of coated ridget substrates for the sublimation industry, Premiere supplies a wide array of ceramic, glass and stone tiles, from their state-of-the-art, automated production facility in Reidsville, North Carolina.

This new partnership will provide Premiere's products to more sublimation customers faster and at reduced shipping costs, according to Clayton Peebles, manager of sublimatable products for Premiere. Johnson Plastics has eight offices strategically located throughout the United States.

"We are glad to add Premiere's Primatile™ coated products to our growing sublimatable product line ," said Tom Johnson, Johnson Plastics president. "They represent the kind of quality our customers are looking for."
"It is exciting to be working with Johnson Plastics," said Jeff Beach, Premiere president. "We look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership with Johnson Plastics as we continue to develop new quality products for the growing sublimation industry."

For more information about both companies and their product lines is available at their web sites: www.coatedtile.com  (Premiere) and www.johnsonplastics.com  (Johnson Plastics).