Dutch Sandd To Deliver Addressed Mailings to Post Office Boxes
Dutch postal services company Sort and Deliver (Sandd) in Apeldoorn, eastern Netherlands, will soon start delivering addressed mailings to post office boxes, the company said on November 15, 2004.
The delivery to post office boxes is expected to strengthen its growth ambitions. Sandd is specialised in delivering addressed direct mailings, sponsored magazines, catalogues and periodicals. The company expects to deliver 130 million addressed mailings in 2004 and 210 million in 2005. Sandd has a domestic market share of 5.0 pct and is the second player on the Dutch postal market after Dutch postal, express and logistics company TPG NV, it said. The company targets a market share of between 20 pct and 25 pct in 2008.
Sandd was established in 2000, through the merger of several regional post centres. The company doubled its turnover to 15 mln euro ($19.4 mln) in 2003. Sandd opened its latest branch in Haarlem, eastern Netherlands, on March 1, 2004.
