Deutsche Post to invest $420m in mail operations
Deutsche Post announced on 23 March that it would invest €420m ($575m) by 2012 in 385 new mail sorting machines.
Deutsche Post announced on 23 March that it would invest €420m ($575m) by 2012 in 385 new mail sorting machines.
The Bonn-based company said it had ordered 288 machines for standard letters and 97 machines for large letters from Munich-based Siemens.
“This is the biggest investment in new mail technology since the construction of the mail sorting centres in the mid-nineties and thus represents a clear commitment to the future of mail,” said Juergen Gerdes, a Deutsche Post mail representative.
The company said the new investment will increase the speed at which mail is processed and delivered because the number of sorting steps is reduced and the degree of automation is increased.
