Haverhill, MA – ZBR Publications, Inc. today announced it has acquired Bindco Corporation of Redwood City, California and will form a company called GlobalWare SolutionsÔ (GWS). The combined organization, which will top the $150 million mark in revenue this year, will provide global software manufacturing, strategic outsourcing, fulfillment and distribution and E-Commerce programs. This merger is a major step toward establishing a worldwide, sole-source provider for the computer hardware/software and information based industry.
Bindco is a full turnkey software services provider strategically located in the heart of Silicon Valley, ZBR is a vertically integrated software manufacturer based in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The combination of Bindco’s west-coast and European presence with ZBR’s east coast operation adds significant value to the customers of both companies. GWS has 600 employees and more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space in its three locations.
“We are extremely excited about combining resources with Bindco,” said James R. Bartlett, CEO of ZBR and GWS. “Our customers have global needs and this merger addresses those needs. We are providing our customers with a dynamic, vertically integrated, global E-Commerce driven solution. This is a tremendous opportunity for both ZBR and Bindco.”
“There is a remarkable synergy between these two organizations,” added Peter McGuirk, President of ZBR and GWS. “This combination of talent and capability is truly a case of one plus one equaling five.”
"This is the beginning of an exciting new company that will explode into the marketplace," said Michael Marks, chairman of the board of Bindco and CEO of Flextronics Inc, one of the world's leading contract manufacturers. "This service model and product offering is what the software business community is looking for and GlobalWare Solutions is perfectly poised to provide it.”
About ZBR Publications, Inc. Headquartered in Haverhill, MA, ZBR is the largest independently held software manufacturer in New England. A recognized leader in its industry, ZBR adds value through the TotalWare™ Solution –which provides a virtual manufacturing operation that allows its computer/software and information based customers to focus their resources on developing their intellectual property. Combining great customers, suppliers and employees and utilizing the most up to date web-based technology, ZBR is currently the only Build to Demand supplier in the country providing a complete asset based management solution, full software documentation manufacturing, CD-ROM and media replication, product assembly, inventory management, distribution, fulfillment and ecommerce services all under one roof. The company’s Web address is http://www.zbr.com.
About Bindco Corporation. With facilities in Redwood City, California and Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bindco Corporation is one of the largest, independently owned software manufacturing turnkey service provider on the west coast. Services include operations management, manufacturing, e-business services and fulfillment operations for software and related products. Bindco has demonstrated success in providing businesses with responsive, creative and cost effective solutions to their printing, media replication and fulfillment needs. The company’s Web address is http://www.bindco.com.