Case Study: HF Group grows its book manufacturing business with Xerox digital production and business development services

HF Group - Customer Case Study

HF Group, a long-time book manufacturer serving universities, libraries, publishers, and self-publishers, faced a rapidly changing book market driven by e-readers, shorter runs, and growing demand for digital print on demand. To adapt, the company turned to Xerox Corporation and its digital production and workflow technologies, including the Xerox iGen3, Nuvera 144 EA, iGen4 EXP, and FreeFlow tools.

Xerox Corporation helped HF Group build a new business model for its Book Partners subsidiary by automating workflow, improving short-run and print-on-demand book production, and supporting sales and marketing strategy with business development consulting. The result was a faster-growing division that quickly became HF Group’s top-growth segment, accounted for more than 10% of overall business, and delivered 30% growth while enabling new offerings such as Thesis on Demand and PrintMyGenealogy.

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Jim Heckman

Vice President