Matt Broder, a company spokesman, said plans to leave have been in the works for three years. He said some operations will move to Indianapolis, while others will be outsourced to the freight-forwarding company CEVA Logistics.
“We took a whole look at our supply chain strategy,” he said. “It’s not that it can’t be done here, it’s just that we have critical mass in Indy that we don’t have in Miamisburg.”
Pitney Bowes employs 75 workers at the Miamisburg plant and has maintained operations in the city at least 25 years, City Manager Keith Johnson said.
Tuesday, Johnson said the financial impact on the city is less than $50,000 in income tax revenue. He said the city has been expecting the company’s pending departure.
“Our communication with Pitney Bowes never really got to the point of financial incentives,” Johnson said. “Pitney Bowes did not pursue any. Our impression was that staying in the Dayton market was not part of the corporate plan.”
He noted that city officials were not aware of the company’s plant closing announcement until learning it through media reports.
Broder said the company’s decision to close its Miamisburg operations “is not an Ohio strategy, but a national one.
“This is not about a few dollars an hour on the margin,” he said. “This is really about a national strategy to build and have efficiency and a robust system for our company.”
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