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Pitney Bowes open to Indian acquisitions

Posted by | Jun 16, 2008 | |

Pitney Bowes Inc. is open to acquisition in India. Provided the potential company’s business is complementary to Pitney Bowes business plans.
Pitney Bowes has been on acquisition trail in the last six years acquiring close to 70 companies in the last six years. The company is branching beyond the postage meter business and has invested USD 2.5 billion in acquisitions since 2000 to make inroads into the document services market.
Among the high profile acquisition for the company has been location intelligence provider MapInfo, which the company acquired for an undisclosed amount in 2004.
Pitney Bowes made its direct presence in India in 2004, though the company had an indirect presence in country through its distributors from 1970.
More than 10,000 of its two million customers worldwide are from India and half of 2007 revenues came from the sale and operation of postage meters.
Speaking about company business in India, Eric-Yves Mahe, said Pitney Bowes is hugely excited about its prospects in India.
Eric added that company looked to leverage its existing relation ship with its 10,000 customers in India.
The company also has recently signed an MOU with India Post. Under the MOU, Pitney Bowes will set up its network infrastructure to enable Indian postal franking meter users to remotely recharge franking machines without having to physically carry them to a post office.

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Correos to install digital franking machines (SPA)

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

CORREOS is promoting a project to replace its conventional franking machines with others that use digital technology and print individualised codes in two dimensions. With this initiative the postal company takes another step towards its goal of ensuring the traceability of items posted, assigning a code that enables them to be tracked and identified throughout the postal process.
The new digital franking machines will include the quality control system implemented by CORREOS, which will mean they also offer more information, the quality and appearance of the stamping will be improved, and more added value will be provided for users. This renewal consolidates the public postal operator’s adoption of Information Technology (IT), including it in all its processes to reinforce the quality and efficiency of the postal service.
The digital franking machines are automatically recharged (making them more secure) and can include advertising messages, adding commercial possibilities for clients. The optical reading system for franking marks stamped on envelopes, labels or wrapping paper guarantees their traceability and enables exhaustive quality control. This new system improves the processes of the postal services and offers more information to customers about their items, and for the postal operator, it provides an agile response to new needs and demands.
As well as being easily recharged, the new digital franking machines offer other benefits: they automatically update the rates and new postal products, they can be used 24 hours a day (when needed, the providers’ loading centre can be contacted by Internet), they personalise advertising messages and gather more information about the whole process. All of this means savings in time and money for users.

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Citipost Sells International Arm To Pitney Bowes

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

The Citipost group has sold it’s International business to Pitney Bowes International Mail Services. Citipost described the sale as ‘perfect timing’ and that it would allow Citipost to focus investment into our end-to-end delivery services in strategic business centres worldwide.

The Citipost group, which includes Citipost AMP Ltd, Citipost UK Ltd, Citipost DSA Ltd and Citipost Direct Distribution Ltd, will continue to operate it’s Hand Delivery services in the UK, Far East, Europe and North America.

“We have found there to be great synergy between both businesses and this is a very positive step for our staff, clients and shareholders.” said Citipost.

It said that internally, the changes would see an expansion of it’s service range and improved buying power but otherwise, it would be business as usual.

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Ulrich Gygi wins the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards

Posted by | May 20, 2008 | |

Dr. Ulrich Gygi, CEO of Swiss Post, was honored with the Industry Leadership Award at the 2008 World Mail Awards in Budapest. The award, which is sponsored by Pitney Bowes, was presented to Dr. Gygi by Patrick Keddy, President Pitney Bowes International.

CEO of Pitney Bowes, Murray Martin said: “We’ve been involved in the World Mail Awards since its inception and are very pleased to sponsor the Industry Leadership Award. This award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the success of our industry and helped shape the future of global postal systems.”

The Judging Panel said it recognized Dr. Gygi for his leadership and steady transformation of Swiss Post into a more efficient and cost-effective entity. “In addition to domestic operational and financial success, Dr. Gygi has also demonstrated creativity and initiative by forming strategic partnerships in international markets,” said David Treworgy, the non-voting chair of the judging panel.

The winner was selected through an independent Judging Panel consisting of seven distinguished individuals in the postal and mail industry:
Jean-Paul Bailly, CEO of La Poste and 2007 award winner
Helge Israelsen, CEO of Post Danmark and a previous award winner
Graeme John, Managing Director of Australia Post and a previous award winner
John E Potter, Postmaster General and CEO if the United States Postal Service, and a previous award winner
William Tan, former CEO of Singapore Post
Elmar Toime, former CEO of New Zealand Post and a previous award winner
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, former Chairman of Deutsche Post World Net and a previous award winner

Pitney Bowes will also make a charitable donation or provide funding for an educational initiative of Dr. Gygi’s designation

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Pitney Bowes New VariSort(TM) Mixed Mail Sorter Helps Mailers Achieve Greater Postal Discounts

Posted by | May 19, 2008 | |

Pitney Bowes Inc announced the introduction of the new Pitney Bowes VariSort(TM) Mixed Mail Sorter, a flexible sorting solution that helps mailers, mail consolidators and private posts automatically process all types of mail–even difficult-to-process materials–to maximize postal discounts.

The VariSort(TM) solution is the latest in the growing family of sorting solutions from Pitney Bowes. It automates the presorting of all types of mail pieces including clean or complex flats, hard-to-process materials including polywrap, bound printed matter, padded envelopes, small parcels and even irregular-shaped pieces. Automating more types of mail allows mailers to realize increased USPS(R) workshare discounts for presorting flats, while mail consolidators and private posts can offer expanded services to their customers.

The VariSort(TM) solution is designed to automate scanning, weighing, labeling and sorting of mixed mail pieces at speeds up to 8,000 pieces per hour to provide mailers with improved accuracy, increased productivity, greater integrity, and reduced labor costs, while they realize postal discounts.

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