Bell and Howell, LLC today announced that it has spun off BCC Software (BCC), a former business unit, as an independent, stand-alone company owned by Bell and Howell's current shareholders. Versa Capital Management, LLC (Versa) now holds separate controlling majority interests in both Bell and Howell and BCC.
Christopher G. Lien, President of BCC, will continue to lead the company. Lien has spent more than 22 years in the data and mailing industries and has received national recognition for his contributions, most recently in his industry election as Industry Chair of the Postmaster General's Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, a 49-year-old organization with more than 150 members of the mailing industry.
BCC has proven itself the leader in postal software solutions and data marketing services. The company's latest offering, Go Data Solutions, is unique in providing a 100-percent cloud-based solution for small and mid-sized businesses that delivers on-demand access to a broad set of data services and a variety of ways to utilize that data in multichannel marketing. Astute direct marketers leveraging the full complement of BCC Software's solutions can strategically track a highly targeted marketing piece through delivery via the USPS using Track N Trace services and can message directly to the recipient through complementary messaging channels to increase awareness and build excitement. An online demonstration of these cloud-based solutions can be seen at www.godatasolution.com.
Bell and Howell is a trusted partner to our customers in their critical touch points with their own customers. Our customers include many of the world's largest providers in banking, insurance, telecommunications, public utilities, postal, freight operators, governments, and print and mail service bureaus. As the pioneer of production mail-inserting and sorting systems, we have evolved our competencies in service, software and hardware technologies to enrich customer communications and commerce in print, mail and parcels operations and information infrastructure. Supporting these solutions is one of the largest technical service organizations in the industry across the United States, Canada, U.K. and Germany. Headquartered with manufacturing in Research Triangle Park, N.C., the company maintains engineering, sales and business presences in Wheeling, Ill., Dallas, Texas, Allentown, Pa., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, U.K. and Germany. For further information, please visit www.bellhowell.net.
Based in Rochester, N.Y., BCC Software creates innovative postal software solutions and provides extensive data marketing services. The company was founded in 1978 and delivered mailing technology solutions under the BCC name for more than 30 years until its purchase by Bell and Howell in 2005. BCC employs approximately 75 people. More information on BCC can be found at www.bccsoftware.com or by calling 800-624-5234.
Based in Philadelphia, Pa., Versa Capital is a private equity investment firm with over $1.4 billion of assets under management and focused on control investments in special situations involving middle market companies. More information can be found at www.Versa.com.