Pitney Bowes and Sitma Machinery Collaborate to Develop Next Generation Mail Finishing Platform for High-Volume Mailers
April 12 2011 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced a collaboration
with Sitma Machinery S.p.A. to develop a next generation mail
finishing platform to help mail operations produce high quality
customer communications at a lower cost per piece.
The platform will combine Pitney Bowes’s expertise in high-speed
inserters, software solutions, and service with Sitma Machinery’s
innovative wrap solution. This new mail finishing platform will
help Pitney Bowes customers to better manage costs for their
mailing and printing operations, without compromising
integrity.
“Expectations for improvements and greater return-on-investment
from mailing and printing solutions run high on the production
floor every year,” said Grant Miller, vice president, global
strategic product management and North American sales, Document
Messaging Technologies, Pitney Bowes. “Our collaboration with Sitma
Machinery will provide our customers with a next generation mail
finishing platform that can help increase efficiency, decrease
costs, and serve as an important component to integrate mail and
print operations.”
“Sitma Machinery is delighted to be collaborating with Pitney
Bowes to create an integrated mail finishing solution that will
help deliver greater productivity to high-volume mailers,” said
Aris Ballestrazzi, president and co-owner of Sitma Machinery. “As
an important component of the platform, Sitma Machinery’s wrapping
solution will help increase work cell efficiency and flexibility
with jobs.”
Pitney Bowes customers can preview this innovative mail
finishing platform at the annual global Customer Summit, June 6 –
8, 2011, which is hosted by the company’s Document Messaging
Technologies business group in Danbury, Connecticut.
The new mail finishing platform will be an important component
for delivering more powerful, relevant customer communications.
Pitney Bowes offers a unique end-to-end solution that can help
print and mail operations migrate to an all white paper factory.
Pitney Bowes® IntelliJet™ Printing System, Production Intelligence®
output management software and high-speed mail finishing systems
with the Print+ Messenger™ Color Inkjet module enable unprecedented
levels of productivity and operational cost savings. All these
systems are backed by a single service and support team for peak
efficiency and performance. Together, these elements result in a
truly integrated solution for companies where mail plays a
strategic role in customer communications.
About Pitney Bowes:
Delivering more than 90 years of innovation, Pitney Bowes
provides software, hardware and services that integrate physical
and digital communications channels. Long known for making its
customers more productive, Pitney Bowes is increasingly helping
other companies grow their business through advanced customer
communications management. Pitney Bowes is a $5.4 billion company
and employs more than 30,000 worldwide. Pitney Bowes: Every
connection is a new opportunity™. www.pb.com/
About Sitma Machinery:
Sitma Machinery is a private joint stock company established in
Spilamberto, Italy, in 1965. Sitma Machinery is the world leader in
printed media, packaging and distribution systems with over 8,000
systems installed worldwide. Sitma Machinery supplies high quality
lines dedicated to magazines, newspapers, and mailing industries.
Sitma Machinery is a $70 million company and employs more than 300
worldwide. www.sitma.com
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