Case Studies
Read how Bell and Howell solutions have helped others like you achieve success!
Staying Ahead of the Curve
Full-service direct mailer looks to BCC Mail Manager as they grow their business and expand their offerings
Excellence Endures at SCICOM with Bell and Howell Solutions
After evaluating many options, SCICOM purchased eight certified rebuilt Bell and Howell inserters that would offer them the same flexibility and performance that they had become accustomed to, and fit within their project budget. The systems allowed SCICOM to standardize on a single inserter type across their operations, which allowed employees to easily switch from one machine to another without having to learn the differences between machine type and control systems.
Bell and Howell and SourceHOV Help Move the Mail
With the success generated through this joint project, SourceHOV harnessed additional postal discounts and maximized the penetration of its clients’ mailings into the USPS processing environment.
Increased Productivity and Profitibility
JETVision solution aids Aspen Marketing Services with high-speed matching capabilities
Track N Trace Pays Dividends for Perinton Publishing
Using Bell and Howell’s delivery-monitoring service, an upstate New York mailer helps secure a USPS postage refund for a client
The Plastic Card System Helps Ancor up the 'Wow' Factor with Clients
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. The company’s dependability is evident through the 3,500 jobs processed annually, 90 percent with a 48-hour turnaround. Their accuracy and efficiency has also produced a 99.7 percent on-time delivery rate for AAA mailings.
Doubling Capacity and Productivity
Aspen Marketing Services traces its origins to a company founded by Patrick O’Rahilly in 1986 to provide marketing services to the automotive industry. In the ensuing years, it has grown to become a full-service integrated marketing company with 800 employees in 11 offices throughout North America. Among its clients are industry leaders in the automotive, telecommunications and pharmaceutical fields, in addition to more than 8,000 independent automobile dealers throughout the country. Their integrated marketing and communications services include direct mail, event marketing, public relations, database analytics, and consulting on marketing strategies and tactics.
Data Media Entrusts Bell and Howell Amid a Changing Industry Climate
Outsourcing helps companies put products on their shelves, expand into new territories, improve customer service, and focus on core competencies. Few companies know this as well as Data Media Associates, Inc., one of the nation’s premier print and mail outsourcing vendors for medical billing offices and commercial entities. 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.
Zero Tolerance for Error
Formost mediaOne Direct Inc. is a progressive service bureau located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The company has a reputation of providing exceptional service, and is known for expediting the communication process by linking aspects, from concept to execution, with precision production services. For 29 years, the company has offered services such as litho printing, data processing, digital imaging, lettershop, fulfillment distribution and warehousing. There are typically 65-70 employees on staff, and over 150M impressions and 20M envelopes are processed per year.
Forerunner 13 and JETVision Systems Deliver Higher Productivity for ISM Canada
Information Systems Management Canada Corporation (ISM Canada) has provided print and mail services to companies since 1970, generating about 1.5–2.5 million pieces a month. As wholly owned subsidiary of IBM Canada Ltd. and a member of IBM Global Technology Services, ISM Canada is a leading provider in bringing competitively priced, best-of-breed IT services to public and private sector organizations.
Shelter Insurance Finds a Valuable Partner in Bell and Howell
Established in 1946, Shelter Insurance® is an industry leader with more than 60 years of experience providing multi-line insurance coverage, financial products and services. Headquartered in Columbia, Mo., Shelter Insurance® utilizes 3,500 people in more than 1,400 sales and service locations throughout the Midwest.
Forerunner 10 Earns High Marks as Others Fail to Make the Grade
Suttle-Straus provides its customers with a complete range of document management solutions from digital document storage to printing and mailing. In 2005 Suttle-Straus mailed over 45 million mailpieces on behalf of its customers. After experimenting with multiple inserter technologies, including the Pitney Bowes Flowmaster, Suttle-Straus now uses Bell and Howell’s Forerunner™ 10 [formerly the Phillipsburg® Mark II] inserter system exclusively.
Collaborative and Innovative Solutions from Bell and Howell at Core of Valpak Manufacturing Center
Massive. Revolutionary. Showcase. State-of-the-art. Impressive.
Those are just a few of the adjectives that have been used to describe Cox Target Media’s Valpak Manufacturing Center (the VMC) in St. Petersburg, Fla. The facility has been described as the world’s most highly automated printing and fulfillment center, built through the collaboration of a tightly integrated and dedicated team of industry experts.

