Exhibit 99

NEWS RELEASE


Contact:  David E. Bosher, Vice President and Treasurer (analysts)
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          Teri Schrettenbrunner, Director of Public Relations (media)
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                   Cadmus Announces Acquisition of Germersheim

         RICHMOND, VA - April 1, 1998 - Cadmus Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NMS:
CDMS) announced today that it has acquired Germersheim, Inc., an Atlanta-based
national point-of-purchase (POP) marketing services provider with annual sales
of approximately $24 million. Germersheim and Cadmus Marketing Services, Cadmus'
existing POP operation, will be merged, creating the leading POP provider in the
southeast with annual sales of approximately $47 million. The terms of the
transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to
earnings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998.

         C. Stephenson Gillispie, Jr., Cadmus' chairman and chief executive
officer, said, "This transaction is an important next step in the execution of
our strategy to offer unmatched, fully-integrated services. Cadmus is an
effective consolidator in select, niche markets. This transaction follows the
pattern of our Waverly and Lancaster acquisitions through which we established a
world-leadership position in the research journal market."

         "We also use acquisitions to enhance and expand our end-to-end
capabilities," Gillispie added. "Germersheim has unique structural design and
creative capabilities that complement well our existing competencies and product
offerings. This acquisition solidifies our position in the powerful POP market,
particularly as it relates to meeting the needs of quick service restaurant and
beverage clients."

         Herbert Haralson, founder of Germersheim, Inc., said, "We are excited
to team up with Cadmus and to secure a leading position in the large,
highly-fragmented POP market. We will achieve national competitive advantage by
integrating the full array of Cadmus services designed to offer clients unique
solutions to their marketing challenges. We see enormous opportunities for
continued growth." Haralson will assume the role of president of the new Cadmus
POP business group. Robert Madean, former chief operating officer of Cadmus
Marketing Services, will serve as chief operating officer of the new group.

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         In conjunction with the acquisition, Cadmus intends to take a one-time,
pre-tax charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998 in the range of $2.75
million to $3.75 million related to integrating the two operations and
consolidating several facilities.

         Germersheim is a large-format POP provider best known for its beverage
industry displays. Together, Germersheim and Cadmus will offer creative
promotional concepts and designs, a full range of production capabilities for
merchandising of all sizes and shapes, and sophisticated distribution and
fulfillment services that include maintaining an active database for POP
requirements for each clients' location.

         According to the Point of Purchase Advertising Institute (POPAI), about
$12.7 billion was spent in 1996 on advertising displays, signage and in-store
media. The growth rate in spending for this category was 6% over the prior year.
The largest component of spending was attributable to the restaurant, fast food,
and beverage industries, which amounted to $1.1 billion or 8% of the market.

         Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Cadmus Communications Corp.
provides customers with integrated information and communications solutions. Its
services include corporate identity marketing, advertising, custom publishing,
direct marketing, financial communication, interactive media, point-of-purchase
and promotional marketing, specialty packaging, software duplication, catalog
production, magazine production and general commercial printing. In addition,
Cadmus is the world's largest producer of scientific, technical and medical
journals.
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