| Today, Pitney Bowes is an S&P 500 company | | | | two companies founded by Pitney and Bowes |
| with worldwide operations. The Stamford, | | | | merged together as the Pitney Bowes Postage Meter |
| Connecticut-based Pitney Bowes Inc. is a | | | | Company. Their postage meter was approved by the |
| manufacturer of hardware and software products. | | | | US Post Office on August 25, 1920. In 1950, the |
| However, the more than a century old history of the | | | | company was listed on the New York Stock |
| company is interesting as well as inspirational. | | | | Exchange. |
| History & Timeline of Pitney Bowes | | | | The company slowly expanded its operations to |
| In the year 1901, an inventor by name Arthur H. Pitney | | | | barcode equipment, copier machines, facsimile |
| officially patented "postage stamp device," an invention | | | | machines, barcode printers, weighing & metering |
| by him that promised higher efficiency in offices. He | | | | systems, secure digital postage meters, and the D3 |
| started the Pitney Postal Machine Company. On April | | | | platform (Digital Document Deliver) for message |
| 28, 1904, the United States Congress authorized the | | | | management. The company owns more than 3,500 |
| use of permit Mail. Subsequently, in 1908, Walter H. | | | | patents in ticketing, laser printing, cellular phone |
| Bowes invented a stamp canceling machine and | | | | payment, encryption, shipping, mail production & |
| started supplying the machines to the Post Office, | | | | processing, etc. |
| after incorporating his company, Universal Stamping | | | | Products & Services of Pitney Bowes |
| Machine Company. | | | | At present, Pitney Bowes concentrates in four core |
| The United States House of Representatives | | | | areas of operations. They are Customer Engagement |
| permitted the practice of mechanical stamps on all | | | | Solutions, Business Insight Solutions, Workflow |
| First Class Mail on March 15, 1920. Subsequently, the | | | | Management Solutions, and Mail Solutions. |