Emirates Post signs Dh14 million contract to install advanced mail sorting machines
Emirates Post will increase its sorting capacity by 10 times after the installation of new advanced sorting machines, as part of new measures to cope with rising mail volumes. The machines will be installed at a new sorting building that will be constructed in Ramool. A Dh. 14 million contract was signed between Emirates Post and NEC Corporation for the supply and installation of two sorting machines
Emirates Post’s mail volumes have registered dramatic increase in recent years. On January 24, 2005, Emirates Post broke an all-time record in incoming domestic and international mail by handling 1,850,911 pieces of mail on a single day, against the daily year-round average of around 500,000 pieces. (The Emirates News Agency, WAM)
