STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2009--Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), the world's leading mailstream technology company, today announced the opening of a new facility in Corona, California that offers both domestic mail presort and international mail services. The new site expands Pitney Bowes's mail services capabilities on the West Coast and will offer customers opportunities to help increase efficiency, optimize deliverability and reduce postage costs.

Located at 250 Airport Circle, Corona, the facility has the annual capacity to presort more than 750 million pieces of Standard-Class letter mail. The new facility also offers Pitney Bowes's comprehensive international mail and package solutions. The 84,000 square foot center will employ approximately 100 people.

Through its automated presorting services at the site, Pitney Bowes is offering customers convenient, one-stop presorting of Standard Mail^(R) to help optimize deliverability, reduce postage costs and operational expenses, and provide greater convenience. In addition, the company's international mail and package solutions can help customers enhance the effectiveness of mailings around the globe.

"Pitney Bowes is delighted to join the Corona, California business community and looks forward to working with organizations on the West Coast to offer greater efficiency and productivity, and help reduce postage costs for their U.S. and international mailings," said John Ward, president, Mail Services, Pitney Bowes. "Our new, state-of-the-art facility will also allow us to expand our mail services capabilities to better serve our growing customer base in the future."

As the nation's leading mail presorter, Pitney Bowes enables customers to receive significant postage discounts on First-Class(TM) letters and flats, and Standard Mail^(R). Pitney Bowes currently handles 14 billion pieces of mail per year through its 37 facilities across the United States.

With expertise in 215 countries, Pitney Bowes is a leading international mail consolidator in the U.S. and U.K. that can help customers enhance the effectiveness of mailings around the globe. Customers can select from a choice of cross-border carriers for the distribution of mail, marketing material, publications and small packages based on service and price. In addition, Pitney Bowes helps customers track visibility to the movement of international packages, manages the customs process and pays service providers on behalf of customers. Pitney Bowes's international network of resources is supported by the most advanced mailstream technology and processes anywhere.

About Pitney Bowes:

Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 36,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6.4 billion. More information is available at www.pb.com.

Standard Mail and First-Class are trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service.

CONTACT: Pitney Bowes Inc.
Karen King, 203-351-6189
karen.king@pb.com

Source: Pitney Bowes Inc.