Data-Mail Inc., one of the nation’s largest direct mail companies, has again broken new ground with their use of variable data presses to offer their Fortune 500 customers a higher level of personalized mailing services. This full service, state-of-the-art print and mail processing facility, produces 5 million pieces of mail per day.
“Mailstream” is a new fully automated Direct Mail Finishing System that converts press sheets into finished mail products. Because of its small footprint, Mailstream is ideal for all size printers who want to bring mailing services in-house. With smaller space requirements, a low cost basis and high levels of automation and production, the Mailstream offers high profit potential to the mail finishing process.
ANDOVER, MA—October 26, 2008—Standard Finishing Systems will introduce the Standard KAS Mailmaster 465HS and 465 Compact Mail Inserters at Graph Expo in Chicago, October 26-29. Mailmaster inserting systems have an international reputation for quick job changeover, superior document feeding capability, touch screen controls, and high productivity. Other features include configuration flexibility for custom applications and optional state-of-the-art optical scanning capability for document security and integrity.
MINNEAPOLIS— October 13, 2008—Buhrs Americas, the North American subsidiary of the leading international provider of mailing solutions, will showcase a new, higher speed version of its popular BB700 Inserter at Graph Expo in booth 1859. The new inserter—first seen at drupa and new to the North American market—is rated at 16,000 pieces per hour—a 2,000 piece-per-hour increase over what was already the fastest multiformat inserter on the market. Key to the popularity of the Buhrs BB700 Envelope Inserter is its format flexibility. Some machines are rated at high speeds, but can only accommodate a particular envelope format or size. The Buhrs BB700, on the other hand, operates at rated speed over the widest range of envelope sizes in the industry.
MINNEAPOLIS—October 3, 2008—Printers, binderies, and mailers who need flexibility and modularity in mailing and fulfillment systems will see an innovative approach to fulfillment in the Buhrs Americas booth at Graph Expo 2008. In booth 1859, Buhrs will demonstrate different ways to combine a variety of Buhrs equipment designed specifically for fulfillment. Applications experts from Buhrs Americas, the North American subsidiary of the European leader in high-speed material handling, will be on hand in the Buhrs Americas booth to consult with printers and mailers regarding their specific product handling needs.
MINNEAPOLIS—September 30, 2008—Buhrs Americas at Graph Expo 2008 (in booth 1859) will feature the Buhrs 3000 Film Wrapping System—a mid-range film wrapping machine rated at 15, 000 pieces per hour. Ideally suited to the needs of commercial printers, finishers, publishers and mailing houses, the Buhrs 3000 is the film wrapping system of choice for those who mail magazines and other quality media, or who use wrapped or unwrapped comailings.
MINNEAPOLIS—9 June 2008—Buhrs Americas—the North American subsidiary of the leading international provider of mailing solutions—announced today the sale of six Buhrs BB700 high speed envelope inserting systems to Advanced Image Direct, a major mailer in Fullerton, California. The six new inserters complement five similar Buhrs machines already owned and operated by Advanced Image Direct. Announcing the sale, Buhrs Americas President and CEO Michael Aumann, said: “Buhrs Americas is proud of the confidence shown by Advanced Image Direct in ordering a second round of Buhrs products. We are pleased to play a key role in the further expansion of one of the
Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS—25 April 2008—Buhrs, a leading international provider of mailing and fulfilment solutions, will be presenting the latest developments in envelope inserting and poly and paper wrapping systems at its booth C46 in hall 14 at drupa. “The main objective behind all of the applications we will have on exhibit is to achieve further increases in the productivity of mailing by raising net output. We help our customers achieve this by delivering higher yields with smaller labour forces, eliminating jams, errors and defects, running at higher speeds, improving the integration of processes and devoting less time to inspections, set ups and changeovers,” explains
Handwork is completed in every mailing, fulfillment, quick print and printing establishment in the country. Handwork has the potential to provide the highest profit margins to our business compared to any other business component. Is your company experiencing these high profit margins? If not, plan to attend this hands-on session conducted by Tom Quinn, Director of Fulfillment Services, MFSA.
Tomwill lead this fast session which includes: how to price hand assembly services, using workflow models, handwork estimate, line balancing and other critical activities for success. Mr. Quinn will share his experience in this area of handwork and will answer your questions concerning handwork projects. This comprehensive course is designed for owners, vice presidents of operations, estimators and handwork supervisors from mailing, printing or 3PF companies.
Webinar objectives include:
* Learn a handwork estimating model.
* Demonstrate how to properly set-up a handwork area.
* Provide line balancing tips to gain better efficiency
Printing companies have been deluged with the benefits of diversifying their businesses by adding mailing, fulfillment, digital print, database management and digital asset management. This presentation is focused on the addition of mailing and fulfillment services to the operation. These two diversification vehicles are many times used in the same sentence, which is very misleading. These are two entirely different businesses with vastly different business models and requiring quite different adoption approaches to be successful. Tom Quinn will help to unravel some of the mysteries concerning these two very useful diversification vehicles.
The objective of this session is to help webinar attendees gain an understanding of:
· The differences between the mailing and fulfillment business models
· When to deploy mailing and fulfillment services and associated strategies
· How to deploy the services and suggested action plan
· Which of your current departments will be most affected by these new services
· What will be the long term benefits and risks of these new services
Join Mr. Quinn for a fast paced presentation that will include some of his own experiences and case studies on how to do it right.
