BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, CapStone Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership
WHEELING, Ill., Feb. 9 2010 BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH) and CapStone Technologies today announced an expanded strategic partnership to co-market their respective consulting services and products. The agreement leverages innovative technology jointly implemented at a customer site in St. Petersburg, Fla. The site is recognized as the world's most highly automated production mail facility.
"We're very pleased to expand our partnership with CapStone, who shares our commitment to providing customer-focused solutions," said Mark Van Gorp, BBH vice president of business development. "Our relationship will enable us to offer a broader scope of solutions that deliver radical improvements in automation and efficiency." As part of the agreement, BBH will provide sales and post-sales service support for CapStone's patented AutoViri robotic solutions.
"We are excited to partner with BBH and are equally energized by the opportunities for helping mailers exceed their production goals, while achieving an aggressive return on investment," said Tom Moylan, CapStone vice president of business engineering and automation. "Our success in previous projects is proof of the unparalleled and sustainable efficiency we can bring production mailers."
The agreement will enable close collaboration on the design and recommendation of mail-finishing systems, which can include BBH inserting and sorting equipment and production mail software, and the CapStone AutoViri products and automation systems.
AutoViri is a suite of proprietary robotic mailing systems that has the capabilities to tray, sleeve and palletize at the rate of today's high-speed production mail systems. When working at optimal levels, the AutoViri products allow other automated equipment to be increased to maximum capacity by removing bottlenecks. In addition, direct labor deployed on highly repetitive manual functions is reduced and production space can be recaptured and optimized.
For more information on BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, please visit www.bowebellhowell.com.
About BÖWE BELL + HOWELL
Headquartered in Wheeling, Ill., BÖWE BELL + HOWELL is a leading provider of high-performance document management solutions and services. The company pioneered gripper arm mail-inserting systems in 1938, and has one of the world's largest installed bases of such inserters as a result of the technology's flexibility, performance and reliability. The company's complete portfolio of inserting, sorting, plastic card, integrity, cutting, packaging, print-on-demand and software solutions is the most comprehensive product offering for paper-based and digital mail communications. These solutions are supported by one of the largest dedicated service organizations in the industry. For further information on BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, please visit www.bowebellhowell.com.
About CapStone Technologies
CapStone Technologies LLC is a Nebraska-based business engineering firm that specializes in process efficiency improvement in the print-to-mail industry. CapStone offers a full range of process-related services, including the new AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions. For more information about AutoViri, visit www.autoviri.com or call 402-330-5018 x7.
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NEW ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS OFFER RAPID ROI
May 18, 2009 — In today’s economy, it is critical that companies focus on a quick return on investment when purchasing new technology. A new series of solutions from CapStone Technologies provides that much needed return. AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions provide the necessary solution to attain sustainable savings and significant ROI.
These patented robotic systems are faster and more efficient than the manual processes of today. AutoViri automates the workload formerly performed by extensive manual resources. It has the capability to tray, sleeve and palletize at the rate of today’s other high-speed equipment output. The money once spent on salaries, vacation, sick days and insurance can be reallocated to this productive and reliable system for an aggressive payback.
“AutoViri has demonstrated proven reliability with units in live production over two years that eliminate the labor associated with the highly repetitive manual functions of any operation,” according to Fritz Buglewicz, Vice President of Business Development for CapStone Technologies.
CapStone Technologies LLC is a Nebraska-based business engineering firm that specializes in process efficiency improvement in the print-to-mail industry. CapStone offers a full range of process-related services, including the new AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions. For more information about AutoViri, visit www.autoviri.com or call 402.330.5018 x4.
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CAPSTONE TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS
May 11, 2009 – CapStone Technologies proudly introduces AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions. Designed and patented specifically for the print-to-mail industry, AutoViri—Latin for “Automatic Man”—brings the speed of automated processing to a new level.
With an AutoViri traying solution already installed and processing more than two million pieces per day at one of the nation’s largest facilities, AutoViri is quickly proving why it is a sensible investment with quick ROI. In addition to traying, AutoViri sleeving and palletizing solutions are also under development.
Business engineering firm, CapStone Technologies developed AutoViri in response to a growing need for print-to-mail and fulfillment centers to improve process efficiency, reduce labor costs and maximize productivity potential. AutoViri’s effect on overall process efficiency is perhaps as exciting as the product itself. According to Fritz Buglewicz, Vice President of Business Development for CapStone and AutoViri, “There’s so much opportunity for our clients to process more mail on a daily basis and increase their success, and AutoViri is the answer. In addition to AutoViri working at optimal levels, other automated equipment can be increased to maximum capacity as well.”
CapStone Technologies is a Nebraska-based business engineering firm that specializes in the print-to-mail industry. CapStone offers a full range of process-related solutions, which now includes AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions. For more information about AutoViri, visit www.autoviri.com or call 402.330.5018 x4.
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NEW ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS IMPROVE PROCESS EFFICIENCY
May 18, 2009 — CapStone Technologies proudly introduces AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions, robotic mailing systems designed to increase efficiencies, helping print-to-mail businesses run at optimal performance. These patented robotic systems are faster and more efficient than the manual processes of today. AutoViri has the capability to tray, sleeve and palletize at the rate of today’s high-speed equipment output, and will continue to do so as output rates increase.
AutoViri has extremely minimal downtime, only requiring occasional maintenance during your normal PM’s. These systems execute tasks at peak performance all the time, so you know every piece of mail output will be done so quickly, efficiently and with audit trail capabilities for changing USPS regulations.
Improved efficiencies translate to reduced labor costs and maximized productivity for print-to-mail, presort and fulfillment operations. “There’s so much opportunity for our clients to attain sustainable savings and increase efficiency, and AutoViri is the answer. In addition to AutoViri processes working at optimal levels, other automated equipment can be increased to maximum capacity with bottlenecks removed,” said Fritz Buglewicz, Vice President of Business Development for CapStone Technologies and AutoViri.
CapStone Technologies LLC is a Nebraska-based business engineering firm that specializes in process efficiency improvement in the print-to-mail industry. CapStone offers a full range of process-related services, including the new AutoViri Robotic Mailing Solutions. For more information about AutoViri, visit www.autoviri.com or call 402.330.5018 x4.
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