LONDON -
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) postal automation subsidiary, SOLYSTIC, will display a wide range of its industry-leading mail processing technologies at Post Expo, the international postal technology exhibition and conference.
Post Expo takes place from 29 September -1 October 2009 at the Deutsche Messe, Hannover, Germany and is the world’s leading event focused on strategy, technology and services for the global postal sector. SOLYSTIC is a major sponsor of Post Expo and can be seen at exhibit stand number 4010 in Hall 2.
“The European Commission’s Postal Directive will open up the market at the start of 2011 for most countries in Europe and operators will need the best technologies available in order to achieve the level of efficiency, performance and profitability that will enable them to take advantage of this open market,” said Pierre Igou, chief executive officer and chairman of SOLYSTIC. “We are well positioned to offer innovative solutions to help modernize mail processing from large and small format sorting machines and carrier route sequencing equipment, to envelope information recognition, integrated solutions and virtual identification systems.”
The key themes highlighted on SOLYSTIC’s exhibit stand will be innovation, C4 format mail sorting and flat-mail processing.
SOLYSTIC will be holding a series of conferences on its exhibit stand covering a wide range of capabilities including E-learning in the postal domain, preparing delivery rounds for C4 format mail and managing postal activities in the current economic environment. Richard Ross, director Postal Automation Systems at Northrop Grumman’s Electronic Systems sector will give a presentation about flats sequencing entitled “Deploying the Flats Sequencing System.”
For further details please visit the SOLYSTIC Website: www.solystic.com/wps/wcm/connect/Site%20Internet/internet/en/live/news /programme+conference+post-expo.
SOLYSTIC is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman and specializes in the design, development, manufacture and integration of mail-processing systems. It has been a world leader in the postal market for more than 60 years. It offers a wide range of technical solutions to postal operators, mail consolidators and parcel sorting centres on a global basis. Its head offices are based in Gentilly, near Paris, and its production site is located at Bourg-Les-Valence, France. With 600 employees and customers in more than 20 countries, SOLYSTIC has a worldwide presence.
In Europe, Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems. In the UK, Northrop Grumman provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation systems, robotics, C4I solutions and mission planning, aircraft whole life support, IT systems and software development.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Source: Northrop Grumman Corporation
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