TROY, Mich. – September 19, 2005– LASON Systems Inc. (LASON), a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions and integrated data and document management services, announced today that it will be re-opening its New Orleans Facility in Elmwood Business Park on Wednesday, September 21st. The facility will re-open with enhanced document and film scanning capabilities and offering online document and data repositories to help organizations access their critical information from centralized and distributed locations.

"We were pleased to find that our facility was not largely affected by hurricane Katrina," stated Bob Kay, LASON's General Manager for the New Orleans facility. "Over the past few weeks we have been working diligently with our customers to put their business continuation plans into action. With over 35 production facilities across the U.S. we have been able to help our clients access their critical information and will be able to ramp up new projects quickly to assist the local business community with their business continuation needs."

LASON has also been committed to aiding their local employees through the continuation of benefits, supplemental compensation, offering counseling services and initiating an employee relief fund providing further financial assistance. "LASON is deeply committed to helping our employees and our customers get back on their feet during this critical period," stated Ron Risher, LASON's President and CEO. "It is our goal to work toward expanding our presence in the Louisiana marketplace to help clients restore, preserve and access their critical information and offer sound business resumption and continuation solutions."

LASON has been successfully helping Louisiana organizations manage their critical information for over 20 years in key applications including: conversion of parish and local government records, vital records, medical records and a variety of other documents intensive applications. The LASON New Orleans facility offers document management solutions including document, film and book scanning; data extraction; media conversion; system migration; and the ability to provide information to clients in an online document repository or upload it to any proprietary imaging system.

About LASON
LASON Systems, Inc. (www.lason.com) enables organizations to secure their decisions and their future by improving business processes through outsourced services in industries that are data and document-intensive, such as financial services and healthcare where accuracy, privacy and security are top concerns. Our customized solutions provide substantial and identifiable cost savings. LASON's integrated suite of solutions utilizes the latest technology surrounding data input, scanning, digital storage, retrieval and delivery of sensitive data and documents to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of back-office and administrative functions.

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