"We are very proud to receive this honor from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership," said Jon Love, president of Pitney Bowes Government Solutions. "Innovation is a hallmark of Pitney Bowes. We invest significant time and resources to deliver leading-edge mailstream solutions that help meet our customer's needs. When it comes to mailstream security, we take great pride in leading the way."
The human and financial impact of a biohazard release in a facility can be catastrophic. In addition to the need for preventative treatment of building residents after exposure to anthrax or other biohazards, the clean-up time and costs resulting from pathogens being released in a building can be excessive. As such, the ability to do proactive screening and testing of mail for high-risk mail recipients or in times of increased terror alerts is a valuable capability. The Pitney Bowes Biohazard Isolation and Screening System is the result of four years of research in laboratories and customer sites.
The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership's Innovation Prize is broadly based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence's three principles of approach, deployment and results, which are translated into CIP's criteria of Opportunity, Innovation and Numerical Results. The organization examined 97 applications representing manufacturing, high technology, service companies, hospitals, colleges, government and not-for-profits.
About the CQIA
A Connecticut nonprofit 501(c) (3) tax-exempt corporation, the CQIA is an active partnership among the private sector, state and municipal government, and the educational community, which annually sponsors a three-tiered awards program that recognizes organizations for their accomplishments. The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc., America's first state-level quality award, was founded in 1987 using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence criteria in an effort to advance innovative programs that improve quality, performance, and marketplace competitiveness. Beginning in 1995, health care, education, government, and other not-for-profit organizations became eligible to apply along with manufacturing and service companies.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes provides the world's most comprehensive suite of mailstream solutions to help companies manage their flow of mail, documents and packages to improve communication. Pitney Bowes, with $5.5 billion in annual revenue, takes an all-inclusive view of its customers' operations, helping organizations of all sizes enjoy the competitive advantage that comes from an optimized mailstream. The company's 86 years of technological leadership have produced many major mailstream innovations, and it is consistently on the Intellectual Property Owners Association's list of top U.S. patent holders. With approximately 34,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. More information about the company can be found at www.pb.com.