DHL Mexico to Invest USD12 mln to modernise transport fleet

DHL de Mexico, the Mexican unit of German express delivery services provider DHL Express, will invest $12 mln (9.98 mln euro) to renovate its transport fleet, the vice president for operations of the Mexican unit, Luis Humberto Erana, said on September 26, 2005.

DHL Express is a subsidiary of mail services group Deutsche Post.

DHL de Mexico plans to buy 36 light trucks Mercedes Benz, as well as 32 light trucks M2 from U.S. truck producer Freightliner LLC.

The aim of DHL de Mexico is to transport a total 300 tonnes of documents and packages daily in the Latin American country.

The annual revenue of DHL (www.dhl.com) stands at 34 bln euro ($40.88 bln) in the last few years and the company operates in a total 228 countries worldwide. In Mexico it has been operating for more than 25 years.

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