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Cox Target Media’s Valpak Manufacturing Center

At the center of the Valpak operation is a multifunctional, highly automated collation system from BÖWE BELL + HOWELL. The custom-designed, integrated solution engineered by BBH uses ten BBH MAILStream Inveloper systems. The systems trim and cut pre-printed signatures, collate with supplied inserts, then wrap the inserts at cycle speeds up to 20,000 per hour. No envelopes are used in the process, which enables minimal waste and eliminates most stoppage due to mis-insertion of materials into envelopes.

Aspen Marketing Services

At Aspen Marketing, business was growing ahead of schedule, and they realized they needed to expand their list of capabilities and services for clients. Many of the new jobs required two or more items to be matched together in one mailing—however the opportunity to automate these applications would alleviate outsourcing and reduce cost.

Formost MediaOne Direct Inc.

In order for Formost MediaOne to deliver perfect mailing services, they wanted to show their customers the high level of quality and integrity they were providing. They accomplished this using the JETVision system’s detailed reports on every item monitored, including the date, time, location, machine, operator, and an electronic image of each item processed.

Erie Insurance

Erie Insurance Group's Jack Gorman knows the value of an outstanding document-processing solution. After weeks of research, discussions and demonstrations, Erie Insurance chose three BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) machines for their facility: two Enduro inserting systems and one Combo® inserting system.

Farmers Insurance

Farmers Insurance Group transitioned from manually processing their pre-preprinted insurance documents in service centers across the United States to a consolidated electronic delivery system. This transition has saved LaMonda's company over $30 million dollars.

Shelter Insurance

For Shelter Insurance, serving nearly 2 million policies each year is a constant challenge, with much of their success depending upon accurate and efficient mail processing systems to deliver important policy statements and billings to their policyholders.

Data Media

Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, Data Media is making an enormous impact by taking on the consuming and critical task of printing, folding, inserting and mailing statements, invoices, collection letters and other important customer documents.

Laser Image Corporate Printing

Laser Image Corporate Printing is constantly challenged to work within the varying file types their clients provide and likewise produce a wide range of customized projects. With this in mind, Laser Image needed to upgrade their print capabilities with an ink jet machine that could keep up with each client's unique requests.

Mail Direct, Inc.

To get Mail Direct, Inc. off the ground, and to achieve the highest level of service they envisioned, company leaders recognized their business success would be dependent on investing in the proper equipment to automate their envelope insertion process and provide room for growth.

EMC Insurance

EMC has to ensure that its thousands of billing notices, policy information documents and agent mailings were consistently assembled and placed into the mailstream with maximum accuracy and efficiency.

Suttle-Straus

Suttle-Straus evaluated a number of inserter technologies, including a head-to-head comparison against Flowmaster. But after evaluating all equipment against a long check list, the Phillipsburg Mark II came out on top.

Broadridge

In an attempt to lower costs and increase both quality and productivity, Broadridge's managers decided to seek an automated management system that would remove the need for manual processing and raise the bar for visibility and analysis of production operations.

Farmers Insurance (BBH Services)

As part of being a long-term maintenance customer, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL also offered Farmers new technologies for evaluation. For example, they provided the company with new products developed to increase system efficiencies, allowing Farmers to validate their value prior to purchase.

SCICOM

When their clients looked to them for answers on how to enhance their bills and statements and save on postage costs, SCICOM saw an opportunity to upgrade their operations to provide new capabilities, additional flexibility and enable cost savings for themselves and for their clients.

Ancor

Entrusted with printing and mailing more than 11 million customized American Automobile Association (AAA) membership cards every year, Ancor Information Management prides itself on a culture of quality and customer satisfaction.

ISM Canada

ISM Canada purchased a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Enduro inserter with a JETVision system to replace the previous inserting system and vision system. ISM Canada chose the Enduro inserter because their operators were comfortable with the gripper-arm technology and its versatility and speed.

Skymail International

Skymail International began in 1995 as an international mail consolidation service operation in owner Mike Jones' garage in Salt Lake City. After adding presort capabilities in 1996, Skymail subsequently expanded its services to include metering and inserting.

UNFCU

With a membership located on six continents and growing quickly, UNFCU found itself facing a unique challenge. Mailing account statements had become an expensive process with rising postal and production costs.