Tritek
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mail handling, imaging, vote-by-mail systems |
| Predecessor | Independent Computer Services (ICS) |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founder | James Malatesta |
| Headquarters | Wilmington , United States |
Area served | Worldwide, including Europe and United States |
Key people | James Malatesta (founder) |
| Products | Mail sorting hardware and software, vote-by-mail systems, OCR software, parcel sorting technologies, mail forwarding systems, digital email delivery platforms, multi-tier sorting systems |
| Owner | Private |
Tritek Technologies, Inc. was established in 1984 by inventor James Malatesta and is based in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The firm focuses on creating tailored hardware and software solutions for mail handling, imaging, and vote-by-mail systems, holding multiple patents related to mail sorting and processing technologies.
Serving a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies and academic institutions such as J P Morgan Chase Bank and George Mason University, Tritek’s vote-by-mail systems are utilized by jurisdictions including Washington state, Sedgwick County (Kansas), Camden County (New Jersey), all five boroughs of New York City, Napa County (California), Delaware, Kansas City (Missouri), and Charleston (South Carolina) for election ballot management.
Tritek maintains a manufacturing facility and mail processing center located in Wilmington. As a privately held enterprise with multimillion-dollar revenues, the company delivers its products and services worldwide, catering to European markets, educational institutions, presorted mail enterprises, and various U.S. government postal agencies. Key collaborators include Siemens, the United States Postal Service, and Lockheed Martin.
History
The origin of Tritek traces back to its affiliate company, Independent Computer Services (ICS), founded in 1981 to support Canadian Leigh Marsland Mail Sorting Equipment. In 1984, ICS secured global rights to Leigh Mail Sorting Technology and engineered its own optical character reader (OCR), the Model 88-5, designed for presorting mail on Leigh equipment. This development division was branded Tritek Technologies to emphasize its dedication to conveying, computing, and sorting innovations.
In 1988, Tritek introduced the first programmable optical reader capable of recognizing multiple fonts for mail processing applications. By 1991, it unveiled the 91-5 Ultrasorter—the pioneering high-speed flats sorter evaluated by the United States Postal Service as part of the FMBCS initiative; this technology was subsequently licensed for USPS’s continued use.
The year 2003 saw Tritek release "Rule Editor" software that allows mail sorting based on customizable rules linked to databases—enabling efficient processing of generically addressed inbound mail, advertising materials, or forwarded correspondence.
Since 2009, Tritek has concentrated on managing undeliverable returned mail that contains obscured or incomplete address details posing challenges to automated processing systems.
Partners
Cambridge Corporate Services utilizes Tritek’s automated mail sorting equipment to streamline its internal high-volume mail handling operations.
Products
- Tritek Compact - Mail Sorter with Minimal Footprint
- ACE Parcel Processing Station
- Equipment for Inbound, Presort, and Return Mail Handling
- Vote-by-Mail Processing Systems with Signature Verification
- Mail Tracking Solutions
- Optical Character Recognition Software
- Parcel Sorting Technologies
- Mail Forwarding Systems
- Digital Email Delivery Platforms
- Multi-Tier Sorting Systems
- Software Based on Rule-Driven Sorting