Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced that it is to continue operating its loss-making digital signature subsidiary Signtrust. It had been due to withdraw entirely from the business, as announced at the end of May, but it will now remain in operation.
Read MoreUPS Logistics is to handle European distribution for Oneida, the worlds largest producer of cutlery, co-ordinated fom UPSs European distribution centre in Herkenbosch in the Netherlands.
Read MoreHays Logistics has signed a Euro 12m contract with France Telecom that further strengthens the supply chain specialists leading position in the European mobile phone market.
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Read MoreFedEx Corporation, announced today a $1.8 billion, six-year expansion plan for its operating company, FedEx Ground, which will nearly double its daily package volume capacity from 2.5 million to 4.8 million by the end of fiscal year 2009.
The multi-phase plan includes the addition of 10 new and 23 expanded central distribution hubs, as well as the expansion or relocation of more than 300 existing facilities.
Read MoreDHL Worldwide Express has appointed Martin Larson as its new vice president of sales for the U.S.
Larson will oversee all aspects of sales including managing field sales and special services, business development, sales planning and administration.
Read MoreThe enlargement of the newly named UPS Worldport is the largest capital project in the company’s 95-year history and increases the hub’s sorting capacity to 304,000 packages per hour. The expanded capacity and automated sorting will mean greater reliability and faster transit times for customers, UPS said.
Read MoreState postal group An Post today announced that chief executive John Hynes is to retire at the end of his current contract in July 2003. Hynes, who has been with An Post since 1990, is one of the longest serving heads of a commercial state enterprise.
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