What is Pitney Bowes?
Pitney Bowes is an American company that is specialized in the manufacturing of office supply products such as stationary products franking machines, mail sorters, ranking machines, software products like geo location software, CRM software, etc. Pitney Bowes is a provider of shipping, mailing solutions and data management services.
History
Pitney Bowes was established in the year 1920 after the passing of a bill by the United States House of Representatives that authorizes mechanical stamps on first-class mail and the respective companies of two
Men named Arthur Pitney and Walter Bowes amalgamated into each other to form 'Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company'. The company started with an
Aim of developing a machine that would combine double-locking counter with a system for wrapping postage payment, postmarking and cancellation services. With the passage of time the company extended its product and service range and covered up many other services into it.
Acquisitions
Since its establishment, the company took over operations of many small businesses in order to expand their own business. Pitney Bowes major acquisitions were of PSI Group, Advertising Audit Service (AAS), Group 1 Software, International Mail
Express (IMEX), Imagitas,
Ibis Consulting, Inc. and MapInfo.
Company Centers
Pitney Bowes is having many offices in different parts of the country with many offices regarded as the major centers of operations located in Shelton in Connecticut, Troy in New York, Lanham in Maryland and Danbury in Connecticut.