STAMFORD, Conn. & NEW ALBANY, Ind. - Pitney Bowes Inc. PBI today announced that L & D Mail Masters, Inc. has installed the Mailstream Productivity Series Inserting System to help increase operational efficiencies and lower costs for delivering high-integrity client communications. The system processes mail applications at speeds up to 26,000 mailpieces per hour with high levels of accuracy. By integrating the system into its existing print-and-mail operations, L & D Mail Masters will be able to redeploy resources to help serve its expanding client base.

Founded in 1986, L & D Mail Masters has grown from a home-based small business into a full-service direct marketing firm that offers creative design, high-quality print, statement processing, interactive online services and direct mail production to clients nationwide. The firm is a woman-owned business serving a broad range of clients including insurance, financial services, higher education, sales, publishing and healthcare industries.

In addition to the Mailstream Productivity Series Inserter, L & D Mail Masters also uses Pitney Bowes FlowMaster Inserting Systems in its mailing operations.

"L & D Mail Masters has been a long-standing client of Pitney Bowes and we are pleased that they have selected us to help them further enhance their mailing operations so they can deliver even greater value to their customers," said Grant Miller, vice president, global strategic product management, Document Messaging Technologies, Pitney Bowes. "The Mailstream Productivity Series Inserting System is known for its reliability and accuracy, and will fit in seamlessly with L & D Mail Masters' existing operations, and deliver greater efficiency and productivity."

"L & D Mail Masters needed a scalable solution that would not only help us increase operational performance and lower costs, but would also allow us to adapt to meet the needs of our growing client base," said Diane Fischer, president, L & D Mail Masters. "After evaluating other high-speed solutions, it was clear that the Mailstream Productivity Series Inserting System will help us accomplish this so we can deliver millions of high-quality communications each month for our direct marketing and transactional mailing clients. We have been a client of Pitney Bowes for 26 years starting out with a table top inserter."