BOWE BELL + HOWELL Grows Sales Team and Boosts Support for New Production Scanner
WHEELING, Ill., June 11, 2009 – In response to high levels of interest in its groundbreaking new production scanner, Ngenuity, BOWE BELL + HOWELL is expanding its sales presence across North America with the addition of a sales engineer and two regional sales managers who will service two newly created regions.
Ngenuity scans a wider range of documents — from rice paper to plastic cards to stuffed envelopes to fetal monitoring strips — than any other scanner in its class. It does so at best in class speeds — up to 150 pages per minute (ppm) at 200 dpi in color, bitonal and grayscale.
"VARs and end-users are itching to get their hands on Ngenuity," said Russell Hunt, President of BOWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners. "To accommodate this growing interest, we are adding some of our best and brightest, who have deep knowledge of our products and customers' needs, to the sales team. These individuals will be valuable additions to the team as we continue to work to showcase Ngenuity's features and benefits across North America."
Seasoned Personnel to Take Charge
Lara Muldoon, a senior product manager for Ngenuity, will serve as regional sales manager for the new Ohio Valley region, which includes Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Lara has a decade of experience in the high-tech industry. Prior to joining BOWE BELL + HOWELL in 2005, she worked for Motorola, Inc., in product marketing and development, market research and project management. Lara earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Marquette University and a master's degree in business administration from DePaul University.
Vendors Quietly Announce New Scanners At Subdued AIIM Show
By Lisa Reider, Research Editor, April 10, 2009
Last week, Philadelphia was home to some of the top document imaging vendors and software developers in the country with the hosting of the AIIM/On Demand International Exposition and Conference.
Although fewer vendors participated this year than last year, and a few of those who did attend demonstrated their wares in private meeting rooms rather than on the show floor, economic woes did not diminish the number of scanner product announcements. And many of the announcements this year were targeted more toward professional-level document imaging customers, which is in contrast of the lower-end scanners that dominated last year’s newcomers. Indeed, this year’s AIIM Expo showcased the recently launched Canon imageFORMULA DR-7090C, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Ngenuity series and a sneak peek at upcoming high-end scanner offerings from Canon, Panasonic and HP.
Another trend evident at the show was first seen in the MFP market—the ability to integrate devices with third-party solutions. While Canon showcased its new eCopy-compatible ScanFront 220e, Fujitsu touted its fi-6010N iScanner’s ability to integrate with a wide range of solutions with the help of its software development kit option—a first of its kind in the industry, according to Fujitsu—that allows software developers who purchase the SDK option to leverage the fi-6010N’s full functionality. HP offers a similar SDK bundle for its networked scanners, but only to members of its solutions developer program. Although Kodak was not present at the show, its new Scan Station 500 could be seen integrated with various third-party solutions at software vendor booths as well. This new trend gives customers nearly anything they may need for scanning directly from the scanner’s control panel.
Following is a look at the new and improved product offerings from some of the top scanner vendors at the show.
BÖWE BELL + HOWELL
BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Ngenuity 9150
Although BÖWE BELL + HOWELL was one of the vendors with a meeting room instead of a booth this year, its new Ngenuity series was available for demonstration. Launched in early March, the Ngenuity 9150/9125/9090 series is one of the most robust production scanners available. With the ability to scan documents up to 219 yards in length and from 7- to 320-lb. bond (up to 0.070" thick) in weight, this series accommodates the widest range of documents in its class, according to the company.
Kodak to Acquire BOWE BELL + HOWELL Scanner Division
Rochester, NY and Wheeling, IL (January 13, 2009) - Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire the production document scanner division of Bowe Bell + Howell for an undisclosed price.
The scanner division is based in Chicago but has other locations in North America, Europe and Asia. It makes equipment that scans printed documents into digital images. The scanners are used widely by health care, financial services, insurance, government and legal offices.
Bowe Bell + Howell Scanners Launches Redesigned Web Site
WHEELING, Ill. – December 18, 2008 – BÖWE BELL + HOWELL announced today the launch of a newly redesigned Web site that caters to the varied needs of value-added resellers, channel partners and customers across industries.
The new bbhscanners.com features intuitive navigation, engaging content and smart tools that make it easy for users to learn how BÖWE BELL + HOWELL's award-winning scanning technology can help them meet their document management needs.
BOWE BELL + HOWELL Certifies Kofax VRS 4.2 Image Enhancements Technology for its Scanners
WHEELING, Ill., Sept. 22, 2008 — BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has certified the latest version of Kofax's VirtualReScan® (VRS) technology for its line of reliable and easy-to-use production scanners after an intense round of testing.
VRS 4.2 builds on many of VRS 4.1's image enhancement and efficiency- boosting features that help users get picture-perfect digital images while reducing the need for manual intervention in the scanning process.
BOWE BELL + HOWELL and Wietec Help Preserve Memory of Holocaust
JERUSALEM — September 9, 2008 — Faced with the challenge of digitizing its extensive database of Holocaust documentation, Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance and education center in Jerusalem,, turned to BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners.
Yad Vashem purchased BBH's Spectrum XF scanner from Wietec, the sole authorized distributor for BBH products in Israel. Yad Vashem is using Spectrum XF to scan millions of Holocaust documents. The digitized images of the documents will be accessible to the public via the organization's Web site
(yadvashem.org).
BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners Hires Wide-Format Technology Veteran
WHEELING, Ill., August 20, 2008 – BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) Scanners has hired Stephen Andrikut, a wide-format technology industry veteran, to further the growth of the company's Infinity WF scanner line.
Available in 36-, 42- and 48-inch models, Infinity WF scanners are reliable solutions for geographic information systems (GIS), government agencies, and architectural, engineering and construction firms looking to convert large- scale documents such as maps, land surveys and architectural drawings into flawless digital images, quickly and reliably.
BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Now Shipping Larger Wide-Format Scanner Models
WHEELING, Ill., August 1, 2008 – Building on the success of last year's Infinity WF 36 scanner, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL is now shipping 42- and 48-inch models of its award-winning wide-format scanner.
Designed to convert documents up to 42 and 48 inches wide (depending on the scanner model) into digital images with speed and accuracy, the new Infinity WF 42 and Infinity WF 48 scan in bitonal, grayscale and color. Both models can reach rated speeds up to 6.1 inches per second (ips) in color at 300 dpi, and up to 6.9 ips in bitonal at 400 dpi.
