Pitney Bowes Inc. is an American technology company most known for its postage meters and other mailing equipment, services, and other technologies. The company was founded by Arthur Pitney, who invented the first commercially available postage meter, and Walter Bowes as the Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company on April 23, 1920. The company provides services of the mailing, shipping, and financial varieties to approximately 750,000 customers globally, as of 2021. Pitney Bowes is a certified "work-share partner" of the United States Postal Service, and helps the agency sort and process 15 billion pieces of mail annually. Pitney Bowes has also commissioned surveys related to international e-commerce. The company formerly produced copier and fax machines until this business was spun off in 2001 under Imagistics International. Pitney Bowes is based in Stamford, Connecticut, and as of December 2024 employed approximately 7,200 employees, about 78% of whom were located in the United States. During 2018 Pitney Bowes along with 90 additional Fortune 500 companies "paid an effective federal tax rate of 0% or less" as a result of Donald Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Wikipedia