SALT LAKE CITY — A postal rate change on the horizon, the Utah Postal Customer Council will hold its annual Postal Expo on Tuesday, April 10, at the Davis Conference Center, 800 W. Heritage Park Blvd, in Layton, Utah.

Seminars on the new shape and weight-based postal rates, and new addressing requirements for business mailers, are two of six business presentations being offered at Postal Expo 2007. Other business session topics include: Your own home post office, new ideas for direct mail campaigns, dealing with stress at home and work, and a Postal Inspection Service presentation on protecting the mail and customers. Vendors in Utah will be exhibiting the very latest in mailing technology and services.

Keynote speaker at the event will be U.S. Postal Service Vice President Customer Service Susan Plonkey from Washington D.C., who will talk on what is new and changing in the Postal Service.

The Postal Expo is open to everyone. Registration forms for the Expo are available by calling (801) 974-2550, or by email at utahpostalcustomercouncil@usps.gov. The cost for the event is $50 per person, or $45 each for three or more representatives from the same company. The price includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The Postal Expo will begin at 7:15 a.m., providing an opportunity to visit the Exhibitors on hand to share information on their products and services. The Utah Postal Customer Council is an organization of business partnership between Utah mailers and the U.S. Postal Service in Utah.

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to cover its operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail volume.

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