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VISIONEER AND BÖWE BELL + HOWELL SIGNSTRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

Partnership to Develop New Standard for Integrating Production Scanners with Enterprise Applications Using Visioneer OneTouch Technology

 

Pleasanton, CALIFORNIA and Wheeling, ILLINOIS – November 15, 2007 – Visioneer, Inc., a leader in intelligent imaging solutions, and BÖWE BELL + HOWELL, a leading provider of high-performance document management solutions, today announced that they have signed a strategic development agreement to create market-leading production scanning solutions. Under this development agreement Visioneer will integrate its next generation OneTouch technology into BÖWE BELL + HOWELL’s production scanning hardware architecture.  The first products will be launched in Q2, 2008 under the Xerox DocuMate brand as part of Visioneer’s license agreement with Xerox.

“This partnership is exciting for both companies as we can access the development strengths and resources of both groups,” said Russell Hunt, president of BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners.  “Visioneer is a company with a strong history of innovation.  Together, we will work to reduce complexity while enabling innovation for a new category of document scanners.”

“BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has long been recognized for their leading edge technology in production scanning,” said Murray L. Dennis, president and CEO of Visioneer.  “Independent labs, as well as our internal engineering test center, have both found BÖWE BELL + HOWELL products to have superior speed, image quality, reliability and media handling capability over all other manufacturers in this segment.”

“This agreement is a critical component of our strategy to partner for growth,” added Dennis.  “Working with BÖWE BELL + HOWELL will accelerate our efforts to offer a complete line of document capture solutions, from desktop to production scanning and serving a broader range of customers more rapidly. ”

About Visioneer

Visioneer provides a broad range of scanning solutions for the desktop, departmental and production document imaging markets as well as the mobile and remote business scanning segments.   In 2003, Visioneer combined its leading scanner technology with the Xerox brand recognition to develop the Xerox DocuMate product line.  Visioneer and Xerox DocuMate high-performance business scanners and imaging software solutions offer users speed, image quality, advanced paper handling and ease-of-use with exclusive Visioneer OneTouch® technology. These products have received numerous awards including Pick of the Year from Buyer’s Laboratory Inc., AIIM Best of Show, as well as consecutive PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards.  For additional information on Visioneer and Xerox scanning solutions, visit www.visioneer.com or www.xeroxscanners.com.

Visioneer offers both product lines under a single reseller partners program. The 20/20 Perfect Vision program optimizes VAR margins and sales opportunities through volume incentive rebates, sales support and marketing tools. Additional information can be found at www.visioneer.com/2020.

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 Truper 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.

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Media Contacts:

Danielle Cook

Visioneer                         

925-251-6350              

dcook@visioneer.com

 

Paul Elsberg

The Reynolds Communications Group

forBÖWE BELL + HOWELL

312-541-9300 ext. 106

pelsberg@reynoldsgroup.com


NOTE TO EDITORS: XEROX® and DocuMate are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION. Kofax, Virtual ReScan, and VRS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products, Inc.  The Visioneer brand name is a registered trademark. All other companies and products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized.  Prices, features, specifications, capabilities, appearance and availability of Visioneer and Xerox products and services are subject to change without notice. © 2007 All rights reserved.