Hermes makes good start in Austria

Hermes Logistik said it has made a good start in Austria following its entry into the country’s domestic consumer parcels market in July this year.

Oliver Klingbeil, managing director of Hermes Logistik Austria, told media representatives that the company has so far handled about 1.4 million parcels and was “very satisfied” with its market entry. About 90 pct of the parcels had been generated from parent company Otto Group, which has switched its parcels business away from Austrian Post.

Klingbeil reiterated the aim of achieving a 20 pct share of the Austrian B2C market. It has been reported that Quelle plans to switch part of its Austrian parcels business to Hermes.

Hermes Logistik is currently operating with six hubs, 29 depots and 1,200 parcel shops in Austria. Handling and sorting is provided by DPD Austria, the B2B parcels company in which Austrian Post had a minority share until 2005.