| 1981 |
Ron Robbins launched M.A.I.L. Inc. in Lafayette, Indiana in 1981. This group was tasked with creating software and hardware solutions for service bureaus on a national basis, and it evolved into a national powerhouse in the area of daily catalog fulfillment and processing operation. |
| 1989 |
MailCode Inc. arrived on the scene, employing local, highly-skilled Purdue University Engineering graduates. Their goal was to design cutting-edge, highly effective automated solutions to solve some of the most challenging mail processing problems. From this platform, industry-leading products such as the Olympus were created. As a true testament to their success, MailCode Inc. was acquired by a well-recognized Fortune 500 organization. |
| 1997 |
Ron Robbins and several individuals established Differential Weighing Inc. in 1997. From this company, “Differential weighing” was patented with the marketing tag line of “Why put mail pieces on a scale when you can just take them off?”. |
| September 2006 |
Engineering Innovation Inc. (EII) arrived on the mail industry scene. Engineering Innovation, Inc., a proud member of the M.A.I.L. Group, came to fruition as a by-product of industry demand for a re-engineered EZ-Flats Solution. The EII team consists of most of the same people who created the MailCode products. EII’s highly successful record of accomplishment under the M.A.I.L. Group organization has kept them busy and determined to create and develop "Best in Class" industry-changing products. |
| May 2007 |
EII debuted the EZ-Flats Lite Machine (Essential Machine) and EZ-Flats Full Machine (Premium Machine) to NPF. |
| December 2007 |
EII releases Dynamic Sort, an automated First Class mail preparation technique which finalizes the mailing in parallel with running a single pass on their EZ Flats system. The MLOCR-based EZ Flats solution, which was introduced at the National Postal Forum this past spring, produces a bundle-based automated First Class mailing at only a fraction of the cost of traditional flats sorting machines. |
| February 2009 |
After the USPS proposed in the Federal Register to cease Bundle-Based processing, EII began a campaign to distribute protest material to mailers. This material included sample letters and instructions on how to contact the USPS and congressional representatives with the goal of over-turning the proposal. Only a week before the deadline, EII contacted over 100 companies by phone and webinar to explain what the proposal was and ways to combat it. |
| April 2009 |
USPS released information that Bundle-Based processing would continue. EII and mailers celebrated victory! |
| June 2009 |
Confirmdelivery.com joined forces with EII to create a new entity, EZ-Confirm. The web-based application allowed business mailers to save postage, reduce overhead and enhance tracking capabilities on lightweight Accountable Mail. From streamlined addressing to precise tracking, EZ-Confirm facilitated the entire mailing process. |
