BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners - First Scanner Company to Win Two Best of AIIM Show Awards in Same Year
Spectrum XF and new Trūper 3600 take top prizes at annual ECM exhibition

WHEELING, Ill., June 1, 2006 — Two BÖWE BELL + HOWELL document scanners, Spectrum XF and the new Trūper 3600, won Best of Show Awards at the AIIM 2006 Exhibition in Philadelphia, making BÖWE BELL + HOWELL the only scanner manufacturer ever to win multiple AIIM E-DOC Magazine Best of AIIM Show Awards in a single year.

The annual awards recognize hardware and software technologies exhibited at the AIIM Expo that “demonstrate exceptional capabilities and quality, and show evidence of significant ROI (Return on Investment) potential,” according to a statement by AIIM, the international authority on Enterprise Content Management.

Spectrum XF was recognized in the ‘Production Scanners’ category. Available since fall 2005, Spectrum XF is built on a proven, high-volume scanner platform. With the industry’s most advanced camera, the SharpShooter™ TriLinear CCD, and onboard VirtualReScan® (VRS) 4.0 Plus image enhancement technology, Spectrum XF has a maximum speed of 140 pages per minute (ppm) — up to 20 percent faster than other scanners in its class.

Introduced in March 2006, the rotary-only Trūper 3600 won the AIIM E-DOC Magazine Best of AIIM Show Award for the ‘Mid-volume Scanners’ category. The Trūper 3600 features exceptional speed and a very high duty cycle for a low-volume production scanner. Designed for the everyday document imaging needs of businesses in finance, insurance, healthcare, transportation and government, the scanner is compact, powerful and easy to use.

A panel of 22 industry experts selected the winning products. In a statement, AIIM E-DOC Magazine Editor Bryant Duhon said, “These products exhibit technology excellence and an attention to the needs of organizations (large and small / private and public) across the globe.”

“It is a great honor for BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners to be the first scanner manufacturer to receive two Best of Show awards in the same year,” said Russell Hunt, president of BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners. “The AIIM Expo is where all the best companies in the industry come to showcase their latest technologies. It’s a testament to the strength of our full line of products that both our high-volume and our low-volume production scanners were recognized as truly exceptional in their respective categories.”

In addition to Spectrum XF and the Trūper 3600, at AIIM 2006 BÖWE BELL + HOWELL exhibited and demonstrated the Trūper 3200, a flatbed-plus-rotary low-volume production scanner introduced last year, and Sidekick, a powerful, all-in-one-box desktop scanner and past AIIM E-DOC Magazine Best of AIIM Show Award winner.

About BÖWE BELL + HOWELL

BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners is always adding value to its full line of fast and dependable scanners to help organizations easily and cost-effectively transform documents into flawless digital images.  BBH constantly innovates to meet customers' imaging needs with its high-end Spectrum XF Series, midrange Trūper Series, entry-level Sidekick Series and wide-format Infinity WF.  Based in the Chicago area, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners has an international presence selling scanners through a worldwide channel of distributors and value-added resellers.  The company is a business unit of BÖWE BELL + HOWELL.  For more information, call 1-800-SCAN-494 or visit www.bbhscanners.com

Members of the press can make inquiries of Linda Stiglicz at BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, 847-423-3029 or Paul Elsberg of The Reynolds Communications Group, 312-541-9300 ext. 106.