All You Need to Know About Pitney Bowes

Today, Pitney Bowes is an S&P 500 companytwo 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 aCompany. 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 thecompany was listed on the New York Stock
company is interesting as well as inspirational.Exchange.
History & Timeline of Pitney BowesThe company slowly expanded its operations to
In the year 1901, an inventor by name Arthur H. Pitneybarcode equipment, copier machines, facsimile
officially patented "postage stamp device," an inventionmachines, barcode printers, weighing & metering
by him that promised higher efficiency in offices. Hesystems, secure digital postage meters, and the D3
started the Pitney Postal Machine Company. On Aprilplatform (Digital Document Deliver) for message
28, 1904, the United States Congress authorized themanagement. 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 andpayment, encryption, shipping, mail production &
started supplying the machines to the Post Office,processing, etc.
after incorporating his company, Universal StampingProducts & Services of Pitney Bowes
Machine Company.At present, Pitney Bowes concentrates in four core
The United States House of Representativesareas of operations. They are Customer Engagement
permitted the practice of mechanical stamps on allSolutions, Business Insight Solutions, Workflow
First Class Mail on March 15, 1920. Subsequently, theManagement Solutions, and Mail Solutions.