Hermes Logistik – Mondial Relay partnership
German parcels company, Hermes Logistik, has further strengthened its growing European network by forming a partnership with France’s Mondial Relay for deliveries and collections in France, Germany and Austria.
Home delivery specialist Mondial says it will also be expanding its consumer service through Relai pick-up points in four new countries – Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain – and hopes to have opened over 20,000 such points in the seven countries (including France) by the end of this year.
The expansion will see Mondial’s parcels volumes grow by about 20% in two years from the 34 million handled in 2006, the company said in a release.
The network is designed to cash in on the Internet home delivery boom in major markets such as Germany, France and the UK. Parcelnet, the UK home delivery company owned by the Otto Group, announced two months ago that it also was expanding by buying the Redcats courier network in the UK.
Hermes, which grew by 11.5% in 2006, is moving into the Austrian market this summer. It now has 13,500 distribution points in Germany and a further 1,200 lined up for Austria.
Mondial Relay carries out:
• Parcel sorting in accordance with their geographical destination comprised of two sorting machines which are able to process 180,000 parcels per day.
• Parcel transportation to 20 platforms located throughout France. Parcels are then delivered from these platforms to the customers’ homes or the 3,500 Relay Points (in convenience stores) in France within 24 hours if necessary.
• Delivery of furniture or large electrical appliances to customers’ homes and complementary services (installation, furniture assembly, set-up, etc).
