BCT, Inc. is the world’s largest wholesaler of thermographed (raised) and offset (flat) printed products to the printing trade. BCT is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was founded in 1975 and began franchising since 1977. BCT has 71 locations (66 franchised) providing wholesale services and products to printers, printing brokers, mailing centers, office supply houses, and general retailers throughout the United States and Canada. BCT’s full line of products includes business cards, a full range of short run, fast turn-around four color process or full color printing and imaging, letterhead, envelopes, labels, rubber stamps, announcements, invitations, specialty products, and more.

BCT’s comprehensive franchise system provides a comprehensive training program, which includes three days of hands on in one of the top BCT facilities and one day of classroom training, one week of training as the facility is being set up, and two weeks of training on site in your new Plant. After the initial training, BCT provides four additional one week on location training sessions, five days each. It also includes local marketing campaigns, experienced and knowledgeable field-support representatives, and proprietary accounts receivable software that manages the costs associated with day-to-day operations.

BCT, through its subsidiary, Pelican Paper Products, supplies paper products, press supplies, press parts and marketing items to the BCT Franchisees. Pelican’s largest warehouse and distribution center is located in Neenah, Wisconsin, and is over 50,000 square feet with 21 employees. Pelican is a paper manufacturer and has its own private label products as well as brand-name mill products. The ability to purchase raw materials at significantly lower prices than available in the open market through conventional methods significantly reduces paper and supply prices for BCT Franchisees.

One of the most important personal characteristics required as a BCT franchisee is strong people skills and come from a production/operations management background since the business model is all about through-put. An owner must be capable of managing 5 to 35 employees and be computer literate using applications.

BCT offers an earnings claim in our Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), Item 19. As an owner of a BCT, you are provided benchmarking of revenue, cost of sales, labor costs, and general overhead expenses.