Forms Processing Equipment
Spedo US’ new 8200 Descending Stacker is the latest in the company’s continuous forms processing products which also include cutters, web buffers, mergers, and [...]
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Rural-Urban Divide A Key Postal Issue
From the OIG: The post office in America began as an urban enterprise, even though cities were smaller than they are today and were home to only a small share of the [...]
USPS, FedEx, UPS Respond To President’s Fentanyl Order
The USPS, FedEx and UPS issued statements on Friday saying they are trying to stop fentanyl shipments, following a presidential order to refuse such packages from China [...]
The Quickest Way to Save on Shipping Costs? Rate Shop
By Caroline McManus If you are in charge of your company’s shipping, you know how important it is to reduce costs and save time. In recent years saving on shipping has been [...]
USPS To Test “Plus One” Addressed Advertising Card
The USPS plans to launch a market test of an experimental product called Plus One on October 1, 2019. Plus One is an addressed advertising card that may be mailed as an [...]
Goodbye Laser: Johnson & Quin Converts Direct Mail Production to Inkjet
NILES, IL — It is the beginning of a new era at Johnson & Quin, a full-service direct mail production and mailing services company. With 143 years of printing [...]
Drop Shipping Update: New TDM Website
Truck Direct Mail (TDM) is the easy way to use NDC – SCF destination entry drop-shipping for maximum postage savings and faster in-home dates – all from a simple, secure [...]
FedEx Cuts Ties With Amazon
FedEx has terminated its ground service contract with Amazon, two months after cancelling its air express agreement. The move comes as Amazon builds its own delivery [...]
New Postal Steward Simplifies eVS Parcel Shipments
The new Postal Steward eVS Solution by Engineering Innovation, Inc. helps organize your electronic verification data before submission to the U.S. Postal Service, and [...]
Postal Service Online Standards Maps Updated
This tool/map reflects service standard changes that are effective July 1. This map illustrates the service standards based on July 1 Labeling Lists changes and the business [...]
UPS Seeks FAA Drone Approval
UPS has applied for FAA approval of commercial drone flights that will allow unlimited drone flights beyond the operator’s view. The application is being made by the [...]
New KR Tipping System
The new Kirk-Rudy KR497T tipping system is designed to be flexible, handling a wide variety of products and jobs. Run plastic cards, magnets, as well as a large variety of [...]
USPS Proposes New Electronic Signature Option
The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to include a more flexible option for package [...]
Secure Destruction Mail Service – How it Works!
Secure Destruction Mail Service is available for First Class letter and flat mail only. First Class Mail, by postal definition, is a protected class of mail because it [...]
Marketing Mail Merchandise Solution In The Works
USPS Management Optimistic About Marketing Mail Merchandise Solution From the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers: We received briefings from the Postmaster General and her [...]
PB Consumer Connect Helps Retailers Dominate Delivery Experience
Pitney Bowes has launched Consumer Connect, a new self-service post-purchase marketing solution for retailers that lets them transform shipment tracking into a dynamic [...]
AOC Fixes The Mail!
The South Bronx mail delivery is notoriously bad, as recent OIG studies have shown. New on the case: newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the [...]
NY Man Arrested for Mailing White Powder To Federal Offices
Jason Pantone, age 34, of Hyde Park, New York, was arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with mailing envelopes containing suspicious white powder to federal offices [...]
Cummins To Provide USPS Electric Vans
Cummins Inc. has begun delivering eight Cummins-powered all-electric vehicles to the U.S. Postal Service in California. The fully-electric Cummins PowerDrive equipped vans [...]
New Pub 25: Designing Letter & Reply Mail
The Postal Service issued an updated Publication 25: Designing Letter & Reply Mail in November 2018 This publication is intended to provide guidance for mailers who [...]