BOWE Bell + Howell Acquires BCC Software Inc.; Preeminent Document Processing and Postal Solutions Company Purchases Leader in Postal Software.WHEELING, Ill. -- BOWE Bell + Howell How´ell n. 1. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace. , a leading provider of high-performance automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. mailing solutions, announced today that it has acquired BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature. See fcc. Software Inc., a premier developer of mailing software. Founded in 1978, BCC Software is a recognized leader in the postal software market. BCC Software and BOWE Bell + Howell offer complementary products, and the acquisition will result in synergies that are certain to benefit existing and prospective customers. BOWE Bell + Howell will continue to operate BCC Software as an independent company under the management of its founder, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. K. Jon Runstrom. The company will maintain its current staff and continue to be headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. BCC will become part of the Postal and Sorting Products Group of BOWE Bell + Howell. BCC Software's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Mail Manager 2010, is an industry-leading software solution that improves the quality of mailings and maximizes postage POSTAGE. The money charged by law for carrying letters, packets and documents by mail. By act of congress of March 3, 1851, Minot's Statute at Large, U. S. 587, it is enacted as follows: 2.-Sec. 1. savings. The acquisition of BCC expands BOWE Bell + Howell's breadth to provide postal software solutions to thousands of new customers. The combined organization will share technology companywide and provide enhanced solutions to new and existing customers to meet evolving mail preparation requirements. Runstrom acknowledged that BCC Software had not envisioned that there could be an ideal fit with another company until its discussions with BOWE Bell + Howell. "BCC Software has been customer-focused since its inception," said Runstrom. "As we have grown, every BCC employee has embraced the philosophy that our success depends on an eagerness to help each and every customer succeed. Clearly BOWE Bell + Howell shares our customer focus, and I look forward to both of these great companies sharing a bright future." Marv Isles, CEO of BOWE Bell + Howell, stated, "We have long known of BCC's excellent reputation in the postal software arena. Once we took a closer look at the company, we concluded that there was tremendous synergy The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. between our own products and technology and those of BCC. BCC fits with our strategy to expand and enhance our own postal software offerings in existing and new market segments. We believe that this acquisition will benefit our customers by providing improved products and competitive alternatives in the postal software market." Headquartered in Chicago, BOWE Bell + Howell, a company with more than 70 years of industry experience, is a leading provider of high-performance document management solutions and services. The company's portfolio of cutting, packaging, inserting, plastic card, sorting, integrity, print-on-demand and software solutions is the most comprehensive product offering for paper-based and digital mail communications. These solutions are supported by the largest dedicated service organization in the industry. For further information on Bowe Bell + Howell, please visit www.bowebellhowell.com. For more than 25 years, BCC Software Inc. has offered high-performance software and solutions for professional mailers. The company is committed to providing clients with the highest level of customer service and technology training. Current BCC clients include such well known names as Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. , Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. , The Miami Herald, Anheuser-Busch Company, Inc., American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. , R.R. Donnelly, K/P Corporation and The U.S. House of Representatives. For further information on BCC Software, please visit www.bccsoftware.com. |
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