Mail processing machines include equipment for the automated enveloping, franking and addressing of business mail and parcels. Key areas include enveloping machines (ranging from desktop devices for small print runs to high-performance systems for bulk mail) and franking machines for computer-generated postage.
Addressing machines print or affix addresses directly onto letters, cards and parcels. Other mail processing equipment includes folding and cutting combinations, envelope openers, stacking stations and sorting systems.
Leading manufacturers include Pitney Bowes, Quadient (formerly Neopost), Frama, Francotyp-Postalia, Kern, Böwe and Hasler.
Mail processing machines are used in the mailrooms of large companies, by insurance firms and banks (for bulk mailings), in marketing and direct mail agencies, in print shops offering mailing services, as well as by property management firms and public authorities.