STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- World's Mailing Leader Showcases Technology to Securely Manage Funds and Information for Customers and Posts Postal officials from around the world gathering at the 1999 Post

Expo in Hamburg, Germany, October 5-7, will see firsthand how Pitney

Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) is addressing the mailing and messaging needs of businesses large and small, across the globe. Pitney Bowes will showcase an array of mailing technologies beneficial to customers and posts, ranging from PC metering software for entrepreneurs to the latest advancements in data capture for posts which can be deployed across multiple product and system platforms.

"Pitney Bowes knows mail, from the way businesses generate, process and integrate it into their operations, to the ways posts receive, process and deliver it," said Michael Stecyk, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, International. "That's why Pitney Bowes has the world's most comprehensive suite of advanced mailing systems and services to make it easier, faster and more cost-effective to use the postal network. Pitney Bowes is also the best partner to help posts address issues critical to their own operating efficiency, such as quality of mail, reduced processing time and expense, and information management."

Pitney Bowes solutions on display at Post Expo, booth no. 10016, include:

-- The PitneyWorks(SM) portfolio of mail, marketing, shipping and

     financial products for small businesses. This line includes
     PC-based postage solutions: PitneyWorks(SM) ClickStamp(TM) Online
     works for users with Internet access and enables postage to be
     printed directly onto envelopes while online. PitneyWorks(SM)
     ClickStamp(TM) Plus allows customers to download postage via
     modem and store it in a vault that attaches to a PC, for use when
     needed. These products are currently in beta test in Washington
     DC and California with the USPS.

-- Data capture information management solutions for posts

-- Galaxy(TM), a leading-edge "whisper quiet" digital mailing system

for mid-volume mailers

-- Euro postage meter

-- High-speed addressing system

Pitney Bowes' data capture technology helps posts manage information about the mailing network. It gives both customers and Posts access to data that can make mail processing more efficient, cost-effective and secure. This innovative technology offers critical information on business mail usage that can help posts streamline operations and develop new services. Pitney Bowes has data capture trials under way in Australia, France and Finland.

Data capture also plays a crucial role in the REMPI project. REMPI - Re-engineering the Mail-Post Interface - is an effort by Pitney Bowes, Neopost (a French mailing solutions company), the Royal Mail and Deutsche Post to build and test prototype systems, services and products that promise to revolutionize European mail systems. Now in the last few months of a two-year trial, the REMPI project is expected to result in massive cost savings for Posts and their customers.

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a $4.2 billion global provider of informed mail and messaging management. For more information about the company, visit http://www.pitneybowes.com.