De Post/La Poste invests in new sorting network
De Post/La Poste has restructured and modernised its network of sorting centres in an investment programme totalling close to EUR 250 million (USD 317 m).
The first two of four new centres have opened in Ghent and Charleroi, to be followed in the next few months by centres in Antwerp and Liège. The existing Brussels X centre is due to be completely modernised.
New sorting equipment installed at the sorting centres will provide better address recognition and improved quality of service, says De Post/La Poste. Direct mail, accounting for 700 million items a year, will be delivered the second day after posting (J+2) instead of the current four days.
De Post/La Poste said the new sorting infrastructure would progressively handle all mail to improve cost-effectiveness and competitiveness.
