"We’re back", said Leslie Stern, the company’s chief executive since September 2011, adding that Bell and Howell still had many installations running in Europe.

On show are the JETVision Read & Print solution for inkjet printing addresses, logos and graphics on envelopes, and the Ascender 14 inserting system.

Bell and Howell International vice-president and general manager Hendrik Fischer, introduces the Forerunner 13 at Drupa: "This is one of the most cost-effective and productive inserting systems we have ever built."