TNT Logistics and Italian RCS Libri extend contract
TNT Logistics, a unit of Dutch mail, express and logistics company TNT NV, former TPG NV, has renewed its contract for the outsourcing of logistics activities with Italian publisher RCS Libri for six years, TNT Logistics said on May 6, 2005.
Under the terms of the contract, TNT Logistics will provide RCS Libri with storage and distribution services for books, ensuring the launch of new initiatives across the country, guaranteeing the distribution of stocks to bookshops and secondary warehouses, and taking responsibility for the collection and management of returned unsold copies of general and scholastic books published by RCS Libri.
The activities of TNT Logistics are co-ordinated from a specialised hub in Gorgonzola, northern Italy, where TNT Logistics has set aside an area of 24,000 sq m for providing the services to RCS Libri. The engagement involves the handling and shipping of some 28 million books per year, covering more than 21,000 titles.
The renewal of the partnership with RCS Libri reinforces TNT Logistics Italy’s leadership in the publishing and media field, TNT Logistics said.
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Source: Het Financieele Dagblad
