SmartMail Services(R) (www.smartmail.com ) is pleased to announce its acquisition of Drop Ship Express (www.dropshipexpress.com ), a Minneapolis-based mail and parcel delivery company. The newly formed organization boasts greater than USD200 million of revenue and 1,100 employees working from 22 processing centers nationwide.
Read MoreTarget Worldwide Express has centralised its IT, sales, administration and training and marketing functions, previously at four sites, in a purpose built office suite at Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside.
Read MoreClothing and hom furnishings retailer Laura Ashley has chosen Amtrak Express Parcels to provide its UK courier services. Amtrak will handle home delivery of items ordered through the companys mail order catalogue, as well as providing collection and delivery services to its 212 stores.
Read MoreEXEL AGREES ACQUISITION OF TURKISH LOGISTICS PROVIDER TO THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Read MoreElectrical wholesaler Hagemeyer has awarded a five-year UK distribution contract to TNT Logistics. The contract, worth more than GBP10m (Eur14m) a year, involves deliveries to more than 200 outlets servicing Hagemeyer’s operating companies, including Newey & Eyre, WF Electrical, Barron, A&A Security and Parker Merchanting.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has not ruled out further job cuts abroad. However, management has assured that no redundancies are to take place in Germany, where any staff reductions carried out would take place through natural wastage. The company is also reported to be planning further acquisitions.
Read MoreSpanish express delivery firm Nacex, a subsidiary of logistics company Logista, has opened two new logistics platforms in Seville and Vitoria, in southwestern and northern Spain respectively, the company said on June 16, 2003.
Nacex has also expanded its facilities in Jaen and Valencia, southern and eastern Spain. The investments in the new facilities and the expansion of already existing ones totalled 1.0 mln euro ($1.2 mln), the company said.
Nacex, founded in 1995, has currently a network of 249 agencies and 14 logistics platforms, which offer a geographic coverage of Spain, Andorra and Portugal.
Read MoreOwned by the Norwegian and Danish Post Offices, Pan Nordic Logistics (PNL), is now completing its Nordic postal alliance by signing an agreement with Iceland Post. The result will be a comprehensive network reaching all households and companies in Iceland, the rest of the Nordic region, and the Baltic region. This partnership with Iceland Post means that the company is integrating its network. In the long run, Iceland Post and PNL will jointly develop services for the Nordic market.
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