Mailing/Fulfillment - Hardware

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.

Landmark Stacker Installed at Vertis BALTIMORE—Vertis Inc., owner of more than 50 stackers from RIMA-SYSTEM, has ordered an RS 36 compensating stacker—the 8,000th such machine installed worldwide. Shown here celebrating the landmark purchase are, from the left, Pat Frey and Linda McClure from Vertis Inc. with Horst Steinhart, president of RIMA-SYSTEM. Mailing System Is a Match at Jersey Firm SWEDESBORO, NJ—Direct Group, a provider in the high-volume, time-sensitive segment of the direct mail industry, has added Lake Image Systems' IntegraVision and IntegraJet systems for document matching and in-line envelope personalization on its new high-speed mail inserting equipment for its new Direct Match mail matching capability. IntegraVision ensures

Direct Mailer Installs 20 Inserters SWEDESBORO, NJ—Direct Group (DG), a provider in the high-volume, time-sensitive segment of the direct mail industry, has purchased 20 new BÖWE Bell + Howell DemandWorks CMC-250S high-speed inserters. Each new machine inserts as many as six items into envelopes at speeds up to 18,000 hour. The new inserters feature interchangeable shuttle and rotary feeders to accommodate the weight and order of items that need to be inserted into a package. All will accommodate envelopes up to "stretch," or 6x11˝. Some will also accommodate up to jumbo envelopes while still reaching speeds of 16,000 per hour. These new inserters will help Direct

BIELEFELD, GERMANY—For any printer, trade binder or mailing house interested in specialized finishing equipment, ranging from sophisticated in-line mailing machinery and miniature folders on up to 62x75˝ map folders, this quaint German town located 60 miles southwest of Hannover was the center of the graphic arts universe recently. More than 1,000 visitors from around the world, including a U.S group organized by MBO America, attended a four-day open house at the headquarters of Herzog + Heymann (H+H), arguably the world leader in mailing and specialized folding equipment. Four separate halls were set up for demonstrations featuring 21 H+H and MBO machines, as well as