The MAIL Group story begins in 1981 when Ron Robbins, a sales manager with Pitney Bowes, hears that the United States Postal Service is offering postage discounts to service bureaus that sort and commingle First Class letters from various business mailers.
Launching a company called M.A.I.L., Inc., in Lafayette, Indiana, he secured his first customer, Purdue University, hired some part-time help and began hand sorting letters into 3-and 5-digit groupings.
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