What:

Rare behind-the-scene media opportunity to view USPS holiday mail processing operations

When:

Tuesday, December 7, at 4:00 p.m. (Arrival time begins 3:45 P.M.)
Please RSVP to albert.ruiz@usps.gov ASAP and no later than Dec. 6, 2021 10:00 A.M.

Where:

Fort Worth Processing & Distribution Center
4600 Mark IV Parkway
Fort Worth, TX, 76106

Note: Due to safety requirements, closed-toed low-heeled shoes must be worn.

Background:

Last year’s holiday season was unlike any other, for both USPS and customers alike. Demand for package delivery grew nearly 48 percent over the same period the year before, while nationwide, the American public relied on USPS to connect their holiday and essential correspondence as never before. The pandemic drove a surge in online shopping and e-commerce, creating a new level of ease for customers to shop from home. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Postal Service delivered a record 1.1 billion packages during the holidays.

As a result of this greater customer package demand, the Postal Service relied not only on our infrastructure of package sortation machines, but also on manual by-hand sortation of packages. The installation of these much-needed package sorting machines will be a game-changer, allowing for 12 times the package sortation capability than manual sortation and a better, more reliable service to our customers.

As part of the Delivering for America 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence, the Postal Service is investing $40 billion on people, technology and equipment to modernize its operation and provide a world class service to customers, including the installation of 112 new package sorters throughout the country. Three of these machines, the Single Induction Package Sorters (SIPS) have now been installed at three Dallas/Ft. Worth mail processing centers.

• Fort Worth Processing & Distribution Center 4600 Mark IV Parkway, Fort Worth, TX, 76106
• North Texas Processing & Distribution Center, 951 W. Bethel Rd. Coppell, TX, 75019
• Dallas Network Distribution Center 2400 Tom Landry Hwy, Dallas, TX, 75211

These new package sorters will meet our customers’ evolving mailing and shipping needs and help achieve long term service improvements. A Postal Service national press release containing infrastructure investments as they relate to the Delivering For America 10-Year Plan can be accessed at this link.

With this immediate investment, the Postal Service is prepared to deliver the holiday season.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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