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Dahle Rolling Paper Trimmers
Personal Rolling Trimmers
Dahle’s Personal Trimmers are lightweight and portable so they can be conveniently taken anywhere. These trimmers are equipped with a ground self-sharpening blade that cuts in either direction and an automatic paper clamp to hold your work securely in place. With a cutting capacity of up to 7 sheets of paper at a time, this trimmer is perfect for cutting paper and trimming photographs. Dahle Personal Rolling Trimmers are available in 9", 12" and 18" cutting lengths and are a popular choice among photographers, craft enthusiasts and office professionals.
Professional Rolling Trimmers
Dahle’s professional series of rolling trimmers are designed for heavy duty applications where precision is essential. These trimmers are equipped with a ground self-sharpening blade that cuts in either direction. Most models in this series have a cutting capacity of up to 20 sheets of paper at a time and are perfect for cutting paper, trimming photographs, and large format printing. These trimmers can be wall mounted and the two larger sizes have optional floor stands. Dahle Professional Rolling Trimmers are available in 14", 20", 28", 37" and 51" cutting lengths and are a popular choice among professional photographers, print shops and graphic design agencies.
Premium Rolling Trimmers
Dahle’s Premium Rolling Trimmers are designed for heavy duty applications. Whether you are cutting matboard or a single sheet of paper, you can expect to receive the same burr free cut each and every time. This cutting capacity is made possible by a thick walled square aluminum guide rod which provides maximum strength with minimal side movement of the cutting head. Floor stands are available for the two larger sizes or the trimmers can be placed on a table or mounted on the wall. Dahle Premium Rolling Trimmers are available in 14", 20", 26", 36" and 51" cutting lengths and are a popular choice among professional photographers, picture framers and print and copy shops.
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
A Guide to Storing and Destroying Documents
The Lifecycle of a Document, From Storage to Shredding, Impacts Your Business
Nobody knows what happened to the so-called "paperless offices" predicted for the computer age, as 80 to 90 percent of all information in the average office is still maintained on paper(1). The importance of records management in a business cannot be exaggerated, as storing records is a major commitment of time and space, and keeping (or not keeping) the wrong documents on-hand can lead to penalties, fines and lawsuits.
Fellowes, Inc., manufacturer of Bankers Box® records storage products and the nation's leading shredder company, understands the needs of records managers from start to finish. With a full series of Bankers Box records storage products and a line of shredders specifically designed for the office, Fellowes has the products for document management in all stages.
The Lifecycle of a Document
Even in our digital age, it's a necessity to keep original documents. Many records are subject to operational requirements as well as legal ones. The Arthur Anderson and Enron scandals raised troubling questions about records management. In fact, these cases led to the Sarbanes-Oxly Act of 2002, making records management a priority and legal obligation. Under the act, companies can be subject to penalties if they destroy potentially relevant records.
Managing these files is simple enough, right? Wrong. Organization is critical to the success and profitability of a business. The average U.S. executive wastes six weeks per year with ineffective business office filing systems, and on average it costs $120 in labor to track down a misplaced document or $250 to recreate it(1). To start, documents have different accessibility needs, as some need to be accessed monthly while others may not be needed for years but still have to be kept for record.
Additionally, as files are archived and stacked, the weight of records adds up, making strength and durability a necessity in records storage boxes. If boxes collapse, important documents can be crushed, torn or destroyed. Bankers Box records storage boxes have strength you can count on, taking on the weight of the most demanding businesses because of patented construction and materials. In fact, these boxes can handle up to 850 pounds of stacked weight.
An effective records management program ensures compliance with recordkeeping requirements and government regulations to help avoid costly penalties or fines, while also reducing labor requirements for organization and record retrieval time. Efficient records management can be started by dividing records into four stages for proper storage or disposal actions:
1. Active: These documents are currently in use and are frequently
accessed in the office or during business travel in a vehicle. They're
pertinent for day-to-day business activities and referenced often.
2. Semi-Active: These documents are infrequently accessed. Bankers Box
records storage drawers, the well-known boxes with sliding file
drawers, are ideal for easy access, for offices with limited storage
space, and rooms without shelving units. Additionally, the storage
drawers are a lot easier to move than metal filing cabinets.
3. Inactive: Used less frequently, these documents are typically more
than two years old and are kept in "archival storage" to meet legal
requirements. When accessed infrequently, Bankers Box storage boxes
present the ideal storage option. Eighty-five percent stronger than
the basic box, Bankers Box can take the weight of the most demanding
businesses. The boxes can stack with or without shelving units and
can hold up to 850 pounds of stacked weight. A frantic search for a
document can be made even worse when documents are found destroyed or
crushed due to inadequate storage.
4. Disposal: These documents are no longer required under a company's
retention policy and should be securely disposed of to reduce records
management costs. By disposing these documents, a company also
reduces potential legal liabilities caused by retaining records longer
than required.
Protecting Yourself and Your Customers: Be Safe, Shred It(TM)!
More than ever, destroying a document is an integral part of the document's management process. Every organization creates information such as research reports and marketing documents which, in the wrong hands, is a potential threat.
Privacy and protection legislation requires businesses of all sizes to properly manage and dispose of consumers' personal information. For example, the passage of The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) requires all employers and business owners to properly dispose of documents containing personal information that is derived from consumer reports. Shredding is recommended as an appropriate means for disposal.
Additionally, to offset the threat of corporate espionage, businesses should consider shredders with confetti-cut capabilities as the best way to destroy documents. Fellowes offers commercial office shredders ideal for businesses looking to effectively destroy significant amounts of documents, files and CD's. Fellowes commercial shredders are designed with a special turbo jam release button to allow the user to power through most paper jams. A waste basket adds the benefit of easy disposal.
Multiple variations of Bankers Box storage boxes and drawers and Fellowes shredders are available for records managers for any document organization need. For more information and product listings, please visit www.factory-express.com
About Fellowes
Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., Fellowes, Inc. offers an impressive range of products to equip the workspace, including paper shredders, binders and laminators, desktop accessories and records storage solutions. Fellowes, Inc. owns and operates subsidiaries in Canada, United Kingdom, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China and Australia, the company employs more than 1,200 people throughout the world and expects global sales in excess of $700 million this year.
Friday, December 09, 2005
New Shredder Joins Ranks of Fashionable Appliances
The Fellowes DS-1 Cross Cut Paper Shredder
The computer, scanner, printer and fax machine used to be rare in the home, but now are as common as the microwave. They used to be bulky, unattractive and hidden away in the home office, however, now its designs are so sleek people display them openly with pride. In similar fashion, one of the greatest weapons against identity theft, the shredder, is coming out of the office and into the open with a fashionable new design and patented safety features. Let's face it, no HGTV designer was going to recommend a shredder in the foyer - until now.
Today, Fellowes, Inc., the nation's leading shredder company, is introducing the Powershred® DS1 personal shredder - the first shredder designed, not only to protect your identity, but also your family's safety and home's décor.
The new shredder's proprietary Safe Sense technology ensures the safety of the user, including children and pets, by automatically disabling the shredder when it detects the presence of any human or large pet. An electronic sensor surrounds the shredder's "throat," or what is commonly known as the paper opening, and shuts down the machine immediately when it comes in contact with the energy field created by warm-blooded animals. The patent pending Safe Sense technology is expected to revolutionize the shredder industry.
"Fellowes invented the personal shredder 15 years ago, but those machines were used primarily in offices," said Kristen Gehrig, senior marketing manager at Fellowes, Inc. "As protecting our identities becomes increasingly important, we recognize that shredders in the home are becoming as common as the blender. Shredders are evolving from being a piece of office equipment to a home appliance, and now consumers won't have to sacrifice style or safety to protect themselves."
Previously described as boxes with teeth, many owners kept their shredders hidden in closets and home offices, with the other utilitarian supplies. Designed to complement any décor, the new DS1 Shredder is tall and black with a silver, wire mesh basket. It offers a sleek and contemporary look and is ideal for any room in the home including the foyer, kitchen, home office, family room or den. It is also equipped with a waste bin pedal that opens the basket when engaged, eliminating the need for an additional trash can in the room. The five-gallon waste bin can be removed, allowing for easy emptying.
In addition to looking good, there's power "under the hood." The Fellowes DS-1 safely shreds 11 sheets of paper per pass, along with staples, paper clips and credit cards. The shredder features solid, steel cutters that provide cross cut shredding and maximum security by producing small, unidentifiable pieces.
"Combining safety, security and exceptional design, this product takes away all excuses for not owning a home shredder," said Gehrig.
The Fellowes DS1 Shredder will be available at major office retailers nationwide in October 2005.
The DS1 and its innovative features will be protected by three pending patents.
About Fellowes
Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., Fellowes, Inc. offers an impressive range of products to equip the workspace, including paper shredders, binders and laminators, desktop accessories and record storage solutions. Fellowes, Inc. owns and operates subsidiaries in Canada, United Kingdom, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China and Australia, the company employs more than 1,200 people throughout the world and expects global sales in excess of $700 million this year.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Automated Desktop Binding Solution
New ProClick® Pronto™ Automatically Binds with GBC ProClick Elements
GBC, a market leader in the manufacturing and distribution of binding and laminating products, has recently introduced a new automated binding solution for multi-user offices, print-for-pay, and high-production binding environments. The new ProClick Pronto systems are designed to improve workflow and increase productivity using the patented GBC ProClick binding style.
With the ProClick Pronto desktop systems and ProClick binding elements, users can produce up to 450 letter-sized 11” x 8.5” professionally bound documents per hour. The key to the Pronto’s productivity is a pre-loaded cassette holding the ProClick binding elements, eliminating the need to load elements one at a time. ProClick elements, available in three sizes and four colors, can be easily opened allowing pages to be edited, added, or deleted and then re-bound with the same element. ProClick-bound documents lie flat and pages can be rotated 360° for convenient note taking and photocopying.
The ProClick Pronto is available in two models: the ProClick Pronto P2000 and the ProClick Pronto P3000. The ProClick Pronto P2000 is a high-productivity, bind-only unit engineered to complement GBC’s high-capacity punches including the StreamPunch™ II, Quantum ® P70iX, AP-2 Ultra, USP-13, Magnapunch, and MP2500iX. The ProClick Pronto P3000 unit integrates an electric punch into the same machine for an all-in-one punch and automated bind solution. Both systems are easy to use and require no special user training.
GBC, an ACCO Brands Company, is a world leader with over 50 years’ experience in products that bind, laminate and display information. The GBC Commercial Products Group is an innovative technology leader in providing thermal and pressure-sensitive laminating films and equipment and professional-grade binding solutions for the commercial and digital printing markets. For corporate and print-for-pay markets, GBC offers a full range of products and services, from custom presentation solutions and technical service to high-end binding and laminating systems and supplies. ACCO Brands Corporation, (NYSE: ABD) is a world leader in branded office products with annual revenues of nearly $2 billion. Its industry-leading brands include Swingline, Kensington, Wilson Jones, Quartet, GBC and Day-Timer, among others.
©2005 ACCO Brands Corporation
For more information about this and other GBC products, please call Factory Express at (800) 399-2564
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'Tis the season ... for burglaries, thefts and scams
During this season of giving, a lot of people will suffer by giving thieves, thugs and scammers an opportunity to rip them off.
Some will lose cash. Some will lose presents. And some will have something far more valuable taken from them: Their identities.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, area police typically respond to increasing numbers of car and home burglaries, bank holdups and armed robberies.
But this year Internet scams appear to be on the rise, and showing up in some insidiously clever new permutations.
In recent weeks, MediaNews Group reporters have talked with two area women targeted by con artists posing as the Internal Revenue Service.
One said she got an official-looking e-mail from what appeared to be the IRS, informing her a quarterly tax payment had been lost in the mail, and asked her to send a replacement check.© 2005 Oroville Mercury-Register
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
GBC Brand Image Solutions™
GBC Brand Image Solutions™ introduces new sophisticated style binders and presentation materials that offer your company an even larger array of customizable options to help maintain a smart, professional image. This expanded suite of products and services available through Brand Image Solutions™ blends a strategic marketing approach with printed communication materials to protect and strengthen your company's brand position.
Three new products just introduced include:
Spectrum Frost™ Covers. You like the sophistication and professional look of a translucent frost cover, but cannot ignore your corporate colors and graphics. Choose Spectrum Frost™ Covers to make this statement in high-resolution color. Four-color offset process printing on the inside of a frost cover clearly communicates your brand with high-impact graphics while letting the content of your presentation show through. Graphics remain crisp and protected from scratches and fingerprints with a durable, clear UV coating.
Available in two sizes, 11" x 8.5" and 11" x 9", the substantial, 14-mil polyethylene cover material adds weight and presence to any presentation.
Brand View™ Binders. Multiple division meetings or regional conferences and seminars with numerous participants demand a customized and consistent look and feel for each event's presentation material. But you know a volume purchase of a single binder size would help your company's bottom line. Brand View™ Binders take branded customization to a new level. A clear overlay, for customized inserts, covers the majority portion of the front, spine and back, with space remaining for your custom printed silk-screened logos or images.
Landscape-oriented inserts — 8.5" x 11" — can be printed at your desk and placed in the overlay for customized content and presentations while each binder displays a consistent company logo, image, or message.
Brand View™ binders are available in a wide variety of vinyl cover colors with the option of mixing and matching a different interior color to employ all your brand colors. As another unique feature, GBC offers free shipping for this product alone anywhere in the U.S., in any quantity. Additional customizable options are available through special quotations. Quick Ship Vinyl Binders. Meetings are rescheduled and production time crunch is now a reality. You have an urgent demand for customized binders for an important presentation. Turn to GBC to print and ship custom Quick Ship Vinyl Binders in only five days. Suedene vinyl binders are available in eight color options for the cover and can be silk screened in up to three colors. The three most common binder sizes, 1", 1.5" and 2" spine sizes, can ship within five days while other sizes can be produced and shipped within ten days. Binders feature two deep 3.5" pockets with a business card slit and are available in round or Angle-D rings, which provide greater sheet capacity.
For more information about these products and how GBC Brand Image Solutions™ consultants can help strengthen your company's brand identity, call 800–399-2564 or log on to www.factory-express.com.
GBC, a brand of ACCO Brands Corporation, has served a broad range of document communication needs for businesses worldwide for over 50 years. Our products and services, including binding and laminating solutions, custom presentation solutions and technical service, are critical to our customers in helping them distinguish their printed materials and achieve a professional edge in today's competitive market. ACCO Brands Corporation (NYSE: ABD) is a world leader in branded office products, with annual revenues of nearly $2 billion. Its industry-leading brands include Swingline, Kensington, Wilson Jones, Quartet, GBC, and Day-Timer, among others
Binding and Laminating Supplies - up to 50% offFellowes Puts an End to One-Size-Fits-All Shredders
New line addresses noise, jam and waste disposal issues found in common shredders
Between the hustle and bustle at work and at home, who needs the additional stress of a noisy, messy shredder? Fellowes, Inc., the nation's leading shredder company, today introduced a new Powershred® series for the office and home, specifically designed to vanquish shredder pet peeves and preserve user sanity.
The new Powershred series is comprised of 10 durable shredders, each uniquely designed to provide quiet, efficient shredding and satisfy the needs of a variety of users. Whether you work from home or in a small office, the Powershred series is loaded with new patent-pending features for safety and waste disposal, offering the perfect "fit" for any home or small business looking to protect themselves from identity theft.
A recent survey of shredder users who work from home or in small offices showed noise, jams and waste disposal are among the greatest annoyances experienced. Business users reported closing offices doors to shield others from an aggravating high-pitched squeal, while one home office user reported having to vacuum after every round of shredding.
"Shredders are not a one-size fits all appliance, " said Kristen Gehrig, marketing manager at Fellowes, Inc. "As protecting our identities becomes increasingly important, shredding is essential not only in major corporations, but also in homes, home offices and small businesses. Fellowes listens to what people want from a shredder, and we are responding with a series of shredders that meet a variety of needs."
New Powershred Series
For those looking to shred smaller amounts at home, such as mail solicitations and unwanted credit card applications, the Personal series (P-series) is a good fit. The P-45C and P-55C models, for example:
Protect users, children and pets with a patent-pending safety lock
Feature a proprietary pivoting head handle for easy waste disposal and a wide waste opening to serve the dual purpose of waste can and shredder
Offer maximum protection with its confetti-cut capabilities
Chew through staples and credit cards
On the work front, the need for shredders among small businesses will undoubtedly increase with the passage of The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act or (FACTA), which requires all employers and business owners to properly dispose of documents containing certain consumer information. For ultimate shredding in a small business environment, the Home Office (PS-series) and Small Business (SB-series) series feature models with the same patent-pending safety lock and confetti-cut protection, but accommodate the needs of people working from home and in small businesses. The PS-65C, SB-85C and SB-95C models, for example:
Feature powerful motors to prevent overheating with continuous use and further reduce machine noise
Simplify shredding with an angled "mouth" so you can easily feed paper into the shredders' throat - even when the machine is located under your desk
The Fellowes Powershred® series is currently available at major office retailers nationwide.
Buy it at Factory Express
About Fellowes
Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., Fellowes, Inc. offers an impressive range of products to equip the workspace, including paper shredders, binders and laminators, desktop accessories and record storage solutions. Fellowes, Inc. owns and operates subsidiaries in Canada, United Kingdom, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China and Australia. The company employs more than 1,200 people throughout the world and expects global sales in excess of $700 million this year.
For more information, visit www.factory-express.com.
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