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2008/05/08 - USPS Postal Rate Change
The USPS is increasing postage rates beginning May 12. The most visible change is a 1 cent increase to $0.42 for First Class letters, however many rates have been changed. Please refer to the PDF rate card for detailed information, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Postage Rate Card


2008/03/22 - MailMax Company Easter 2008
We had a great turnout this year at our Annual MailMax Easter Picnic. All the families enjoyed plenty of food, drinks, and easter sweets. The children had a blast with activities, games, races and the big Easter egg hunt. Another fun spring day in Texas.




2008/03/01 - MailMax Direct Second Annual Company Softball Team
MailMax Direct employees have once again come together to form a co-ed softball team to compete against other local teams. This season will start Monday, March 17th and will last through April 14th.
3/18 Update: Record 1-1


2007/12/12 - Anderton Group Inc Annual Open House & Christmas Party 2007!
Annual event number seven! Customers of MailMax Direct(Austin-Waco), MailMax Printing(Temple-Waco), and Gatesville Printing were treated to another Merry Christmas event. Party goers were invited to meet the staff, tour the facility, and partake in a delicious holiday feast. David Anderton, his wife Debbie and a staff of helpful elves served up door-prize drawings for many, many, many prizes. Hope to see you all at next year's party!




2007/11/15 - MailMax Printing Breaks Ground
MailMax Printing Temple breaks ground on a new printing facility in the Temple Enterprise Park Business District. MailMax Printing (Temple) specializes in commercial offset printing, 4 color digital printing, high volume copies, and booklet making. Expected completion date is May of 2008.



2007/10/06 - MailMax Company Picnic 2007
This years MailMax Direct company Picnic was another great success. The hot dogs and hamburgers were hot and tasty, with all the fixings to round our a scrumptious meal. A few people showed off their singing chops with the karaoke machine while the kiddos bounced and splashed away in the inflatable playground equipment. Bingo and horse shoes rounded out the event, which proved to fun for all.



2007/03/01 - MailMax Direct Fields Company Softball Team
MailMax Direct employees have formed a co-ed softball team to compete against other local companies. The season will start Thursday, March 22nd and will last about midway through April.
4/06 Update: Record 2-2


2006/12/08 - Anderton Group Incorporated Annual Open House & Christmas Party 2006! For the sixth year in a row, customers of MailMax Direct (Austin-Tyler-Waco), MailMax Printing (Temple-Waco), and Gatesville Printing met the staff, toured the plant, and partook of a large traditional holiday feast. David and Debbie Anderton served up door-prize drawings for many, many, many prizes. Witness pictures of the jolly extravaganza to the left. Maybe we'll see you at next years party!





2006/10/28 - MailMax Direct Company Picnic The MailMax Direct Company picnic was a big success. Everyone enjoyed charcoal grilled hamburgers and other foods while also partaking in various games such as bingo. The karaoke singing was very eventful with some singers using body language to really get into the song. Although everyone had a great time it was really the kids that had the most fun. They were kept busy with singing, throwing horse shoes and even bouncing around in the inflatable playground equipment.



2006/09/01 - MailMax Direct is awarded the Baylor University Mail Services Contract.
Baylor University announced it would award a mail services contract to MailMax Direct for providing facilities management services to the entire University. MailMax Direct will provide mail processing in the incoming and outgoing mail operations. David Jacinto will be the site manager for this contract and will bring in eight(on campus) employees for day to day operational duties.



2006/07/19 - MailMax Direct adds flat inserter.
MailMax Direct once again makes strides in offering a multitude of options to meet current and future customer needs. The newest addition is a flat inserter that allows MailMax Direct to insert and prepare 9x12 envelopes. The sorter also allows for larger quantities to be done quicker and more efficiently.


2006/06/26 - MailMax Printing acquires new color printer. MailMax Printing upgraded from a Xerox DocuColor 2045 to a Xerox DocuColor 7000. The DocuColor 7000 has the ability to run full color orders at speeds up to 70 pages a minute and the quality is upgraded 4x to 2400 dpi. This not only doubles the speed it also allows MailMax to produce a higher quality end product. This new printer will handle all your color printing needs. For more information on how MailMax Printing can assist your company please contact Phil Roach at (254) 772-7720 or proach@mailmaxprinting.com


2006/07/01 - MailMax Direct introduces new sorter.
The newly purchased Bowe Bell&Howell J-3000 Multiline Optical Character Reader Sorter has been installed and is ready to improve production. This sorter is equipped with 80 sorting bins and three PC 70 printers. Having three printers enables the spraying of an eleven digit barcode, change of address and an endorsement(drop shipment authorization).The new sorter is also networked to the existing Bowe Bell&Howell J-1500 sorter which enables processing of one job on two machines for maximum efficiency. Both machines are equipped with a Sabre Reader which will read many different font styles and size while also maintaining a very high readability rate. Both machines are also equipped with FastForward service and updated weekly. FastForward is a USPS Move Update service that enables the immediate lookup of address information within the USPS National change of address system. This allows the mail to meet Move Update requirements and reduces undeliverable-as-addressed mail in the same process.
For more information on the FastForward service Click Here.


 2006/05/01 - Demolition begins as MailMax Direct prepares to bring in a new sorter.
A dividing wall and an office will be removed to make room for the new equipment which will allow for larger quantities of mail to be sorted daily.


2006/04/20-22 - MailMax Direct attends MFSA Southwest in South Padre Island, Texas
Incoming President for MFSA Southwest and MailMax Direct President, David Anderton, recently attended the annual conference in South Padre Island, Tx. During the events, MailMax Direct delivered a presentation on Transactional Prining and the technology advances that improve data acceptance from clients.



2006/03/01 - MailMax Direct offers Disaster Recovery Services for Printing and Mailing.
In response to client requests, MailMax Direct now provides custom disaster recovery services as part of its overall printing and mailing service offerings. MailMax works together with clients to identify specific processes to be emulated and performed off-site at a MailMax facility in the event of a disaster. The processes are tested, documented and a recurring test schedule is defined. All of this information is documented and combined into a disaster recovery plan specific to the client. The document is reviewed and approved by the client, and can then be integrated into or referenced by the client's existing disaster recovery plan. Disaster recovery process emulation can include automated data transfers, data processing, digital laser b/w or color printing, variable data and variable image printing including transactional documents, collating, ink jetting, fulfillment, transporting and materials handling, warehousing, inserting, sealing, metering, presorting, and first class presorting.
Contact MailMax Direct for more information on how we can help with your disaster recovery printing and mailing needs at (866) 751-1012.


2006/02/01 - MailMax Direct expands drop ship mailing services using Direct Logistics.
MailMax Direct continues to make strides in providing the best service available to its customers by using Direct Logistics to improve shipping. Using Direct Logistics allows Mailmax to ship large mailings quicker and more efficiently.



2005/12/08 - Anderton Group Incorporated Annual Open House & Christmas Party 2005! For the fifth year in a row, customers of MailMax Direct (Austin-Tyler-Waco), MailMax Printing (Temple-Waco), and Gatesville Printing met the staff, toured the plant, and partook of a large traditional holiday feast. David and Debbie Anderton served up door-prize drawings for many, many, many prizes. Witness pictures of the jolly extravaganza to the right. Maybe we'll see you at next years party!



2005/11/01 - MailMax Direct acquires large volume MICR production printer. MailMax has expanded it's Xerox equipment to include a new Docuprint 115 MX printer. This high-speed printer produces statements, checks, and other transactional documents through a variety of variable data applications. Data and document formats include Postscript, PDF, PCL, and IPDS input. The Sun Solaris RIP (DocuSP with IPS), coupled with our custom transactional printing preprocessors allow us to handle virtually any format or application. Contact Steve Kallus for more information on how we can help you with your transactional printing needs at (866) 751-1012 or skallus@mailmaxdirect.com.     
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2005/09/01 - For immediate release: The Anderton Group Announces New Facility in Tyler, Texas.
The Anderton Group, a leading provider of printing and mailing services in Central Texas, continues its expansion with the acquisition of Business Mail, Inc. located in Tyler, Texas. Business Mail will now operate as MailMax Direct and will remain at the current location at 3971 N Northeast Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75708. This addition allows The Anderton Group to offer it's extensive services to the Tyler, Longview and overall East Texas area. "MailMax Direct will continue to provide quality services to Business Mail's existing customers, as well as bringing new technologies and document processing capabilities to existing and new customers. We will be building new relationships and offering our expanded services throughout the area." stated David Anderton, president of The Anderton Group.  MailMax Direct, a division of The Anderton Group, is a service bureau built on a solid foundation of over 30+ combined years of mail processing excellence. In addition, MailMax Direct provides complete turnkey solutions for data processing, automated online electronic data and document processing, variable data printing for both personalized and high-end transactional services, strategic mailing list data, and much more. The Anderton Group, established in 1994, includes three MailMax Direct locations and two MailMax Printing locations throughout Texas, delivering quality printing and mailing services to the state for over 10 years. For further information visit their website at www.mailmaxdirect.com or call The Anderton Group at (254) 751-1012.
Click Here for MailMax Direct - Tyler Facility contact information.



2005/09/01 - For immediate release: Brazos Printing is now MailMax Printing - Waco.
Long-time Waco printer and sister company to MailMax Direct, Brazos Printing, recently moved into the facility adjacent to the MailMax Direct facility in Waco, Texas. Brazos Printing will now share the same umbrella designation as well. MailMax Printing - Waco will continue to offer it's extensive line printing services to existing customers, as well as provide advanced integrated mailing solutions.
Contact Phil Roach for more information at (254) 772-7720 or proach@mailmaxprinting.com
Click Here for MailMax Printing - Waco Facility contact information.



2005/04/10 - MailMax Direct attends the 2005 MFSA-SW Annual Conference in Little Rock, AR. The Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association - Southwest held it's annual conference from 4/7 through 4/10 at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, AR. The conference provides an opportunity for the companies and vendors of our industry to work together in sharing ideas and standards, learning about new technology, and promoting the mail services industry. Events included plant tours, presentations from various members, discussion panels, new vendor technology overviews, roundtable discussions, and distinguished speakers including James L. "Skip" Rutherford at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. David Anderton and Micah Roark of MailMax Direct attended the conference and hosted a roundtable on transactional printing. MailMax Direct is a proud member of the MFSA-SW.



2005/03/23 - MailMax Direct Completes IS Upgrade.
MailMax Direct has increased its Internet bandwidth with a new T1 from SBC Internet Services (formerly Southwestern Bell), our largest area provisioner. Benefits include increased speed for customer data uploads and downloads, more available DS channels for wider throughput, and less hops from our local regional frame to one of the three surrounding major city backbones. In addition, MailMax Direct's network has been upgraded with new equipment, as well as a new network architecture, allowing increased segmentation for security and stability. Finally, NT-based network servers for web, ftp and email services have been replaced with new FreeBSD-based servers. This upgrade increases each network service's security, capability and stability, using a proven OS and server software. These upgrades as a whole will benefit all AGI companies and customers.



2005/03/01 - Brazos Printing Moves To New Facility. Long-time Waco printer and sister company to MailMax Direct, Brazos Printing, recently moved into the facility adjacent to the MailMax Direct facility in Waco, Texas. Brazos Printing will enjoy a larger facility, more press and production equipment, a new typesetting department, and expanded staff. Along with this facility and equipment upgrade, customers will enjoy new digital services such as web and FTP file transfers, integrated mailing services through MailMax Direct, and full-color static and variable data laser printing via a new Xerox DocuColor digital press. Call Phil Roach today to setup a tour and see what new features and services Brazos Printing has to offer at (254) 772-7720.
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2005/02/01 - MailMax Direct opens new facility in Austin, Texas. To serve our increasing customer base in Austin and the surrounding area, MailMax Direct opened a new facility at 5555 N Lamar Blvd in Austin. The new facility will act as a local processing center for Austin customers, as well as a hub for First-Class Presort and Standard Mail. Pick-up and delivery service is available throughout the city and the surrounding area. The facility will also act as an acceptance and consolidation center for corporate and government accounts. Operations Manager Tom Boaz is a long time Austin resident with far reaching experience in mail, document processing, purchasing and management systems. General Manager Richard Rogers has over 30 years experience in the mailing, forms and service bureau industries. Call Richard today to discuss how we can meet your needs and exceed your expectations in the Austin area at (512) 371-9696.
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2004/12/09 - Anderton Group Incorporated Annual Open House & Christmas Party 2004!
It was time again for our annual event. For the fourth year in a row, customers of MailMax Direct, MailMax Printing, Brazos Printing and Gatesville Printing met the staff, toured the plant, and partook of a large traditional holiday feast. David and Debbie Anderton served up door-prize drawings for many, many, many prizes. A cornucopia of picutres can be found to the right. Maybe we'll see you at next years party!



2004/11/22 - MailMax Direct acquires another intelligent inserter.
MailMax has expanded it's Bell & Howell equipment to include a MailStar 500 OMR inserter. This high-speed inserter prepares statement and transactional mail in a variety of sizes and number of inserts, including the ability to read OMR marks for variable insert control. The feeder workstation also allows for logic control by the operator. The machine provides in-line folding, inserting, sealing and metering. The inserter is shown here being assembled and tested on it's first run.