Israel Post Company buys Siemens sorting machine for NIS 10M

The sorting machines will be able to read handwritten Hebrew and identify the postal stamps on the envelopes. IPC had recently bought two postal sorting machines from Siemens for NIS 40 million
16.10.06 / 00:00
Israel Post Company buys Siemens sorting machine for NIS 10M
16.10.06
Israel Post Company buys Siemens sorting machine for NIS 10M
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The sorting machines will be able to read handwritten Hebrew and identify the postal stamps on the envelopes. IPC had recently bought two postal sorting machines from Siemens for NIS 40 million
 
Israel Post Company (IPC) issued last week a press release indicating it had entered into contractual agreement with Siemens AG to purchase a mail sorting machine for NIS 10 million. The sorting machines will be able to read handwritten Hebrew and identify the postal stamps on the envelopes.
 
The press release also noted that IPC had recently bought two postal sorting machines from Siemens for NIS 40 million.
The IPC recently published a NIS 30 million international tender to buy four more mail sorting machine.
 
It is understood that Bowe Bell, Siemens, Howell of Germany, and Italy’s Elsag are participating in this tender.
 
Avi Hochman, Israel Post general manager the heavy investment in mail sorting machines
will make it possible to switch the whole sorting system from manual to computerized sorting, saving time and money.

 

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