Rowan Business Forms

Major Upgrade for Rowan Business Forms
March 13, 2007

Rowan Business Forms, Salisbury, N.C., announced a major technological investment in the future of the company and its’ customers. The independent forms manufacturer has replaced its 1993 Kodak 3500 Imaging system with Kodak’s latest CS400 Versamark Controller and 130 Data Station. The new system features two 6240 heads, imaging at 500 feet per minute. The 4" imaging heads enable Rowan to continue offering such value-added forms features as consecutive bar codes, MOD numbers, jumbo numbers and variable data imaging on unit sets, continuous, cut sheets, label stock and coated substrates. “Our K-3500 system had grown obsolete”, said Rick Hardesty, Rowan’s president. “So, to

The Way of the Future
November 20, 1998

Bar codes mean profits for both the distributor and the customer By Janet R. Gross The industry is nearly 30 years old and its traditional products still account for a majority of sales, but new technology and applications are transforming it as the market grow rapidly. No, it's not forms, but bar codes. Bar codes represented an $8.3 billion North American market in 1997, according to Venture Development, with industry growth rates pegged at 13.5 percent annually through 2001. Distributors can profit in two ways--by selling bar-coded products and by offering supplies. Either way, knowledge of the customer's hardware, software and the application is essential. Rowan Business Forms,