Siemens Wins Order from United States Postal Service - Total Volume Approximately EUR 160 Million
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Erlangen, May 20, 2008
Siemens has been awarded a contract with a total order volume of approximately EUR 160 million from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to replace and modernize its existing 550 letter sorting systems. The one currently being used is also a Siemens system and has been in service for almost 20 years. The contract includes the delivery of ancillary equipment, spare parts, training and complete integrated logistics support services. Production and installation is expected to be completed by spring 2011.
"We are delighted with the vote of confidence that USPS has given us, continuing our many years of successful cooperation. The new equipment plays an important role in mail processing and the new systems will help USPS to further boost its productivity," said Hans-Jorg Grundmann, CEO of Siemens Mobility.
The letter sorting system was initially deployed in the early 1990's. The automatic system will use the Siemens Advanced Color Reader (ACR) to detect and lift the address and other mail piece information for automatic reading. The new technology greatly increases the throughput of the machine and helps to easier maintain the systems. Siemens has the greatest installed basis of letter sorting systems worldwide.
More information about postal-automation under:
http://www.siemens.com/postal-automation
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of production, transportation and building technologies. With integrated hardware and software technologies as well as comprehensive Industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity and efficiency of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram.
With around 209,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal 2007 total sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated). http://www.siemens.com/industry
The Siemens Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its "Complete Mobility" approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. Complete Mobility combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts.
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