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Vol. 35 No. 27
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Also in this weeks issue ...
• CoSentry set to double revenue again, thanks to Midlands Data Center project • Thompson Electric of Omaha achieves goals despite slowed new construction • Hauff Sporting Goods moves location west from downtown to follow growth • Black Employee Network at Union Pacific sees Rocker's leadership boosting growth • Green Business Council develops green assessment tool, certification system Special Section: Transportation, Distribution & Warehousing Western Douglas County Chamber of Commerce |
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Here is brief summary of our feature stories.
by Michelle Leach
Five years ago Pitney Bowes Presort Services Group’s 3,000 employees processed 35 million pieces of mail daily from 30 locations across the U.S., resulting in $150 million in revenues. Now the Omaha-grown mail presorting company’s 4,200 employees sort and prepare for delivery more than 41 million pieces of mail daily out of 36 locations, and it has left its stamp on 96 percent of the U.S. mail base.
“With presort services locations in Omaha, Lincoln, Cedar Rapids and most recently Urbandale, Pitney Bowes is helping to continue to bring job opportunities to the region,” said Jay Oxton, the Omaha-based president of presort services for Pitney Bowes.
Recession, financial efficiencies bringing more accounts to Orion
by Richard D. Brown
The national economic downturn and greater demands for operational efficiencies on the part of independent financial advisors has helped propel Omaha-based Orion Advisor Services to 25 percent growth in the past year.
Orion, with 82 employees — including 12 new information technology and client service positions in the past two years at its southwest Omaha offices that total 22,000 square feet — provides outsourced service bureau work to more than 160 independently owned and operated investment firms across the county.
Grubb & Ellis/Pacific Realty acquision, Aksarben move highlight growth goals
by Kristin Durbin
Grubb & Ellis/Pacific Realty’s commercial real estate presence is growing in Lincoln, in the same year of a significant relocation for its long-term operations in Omaha, said President and CEO Erik Wagner.
Grubb & Ellis/Pacific Realty, the primary operating entity for 21-year-old Pacific Realty Group, manages eight million square feet in three cities: 5.5 million in Omaha and Lincoln, plus the balance in Las Vegas.
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