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IDS: It all balanced out

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

IDS, based in Bielefeld (North Rhine Westfalia, Germany),published its results for the year 2001. Sales increased from EUR 2.0 billion in 2000 to EUR 2.15 million in 2001. However, there was a slight decrease in the volumes handled. The network transported a total of 1.7 million tonnes of goods.
There were 7.3 million one-day consignments compared to 7.5 million in 2000. A double-digit growth rate was achieved by the premium <> and > products. The <> product introduced at the beginning of 2001 also increased its market share.
IDS’s executive manager, Barbara Dietz, commented:
<<In spite of the cost explosion caused by the <> tax, road tolls and rising wages and the generally difficult economic climate, we managed our finances extremely well in this business year.>>IDS, based in Bielefeld (North Rhine Westfalia, Germany),published its results for the year 2001. Sales increased from EUR 2.0 billion in 2000 to EUR 2.15 million in 2001. However, there was a slight decrease in the volumes handled. The network transported a total of 1.7 million tonnes of goods.
There were 7.3 million one-day consignments compared to 7.5 million in 2000. A double-digit growth rate was achieved by the premium <> and > products. The <> product introduced at the beginning of 2001 also increased its market share.
IDS’s executive manager, Barbara Dietz, commented:
<<In spite of the cost explosion caused by the <> tax, road tolls and rising wages and the generally difficult economic climate, we managed our finances extremely well in this business year.>>

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Azkar unit invests 10 mln Eur in parcel delivery centre in Portugal

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

Transportes Azkar SA unit Azkar Portugal has invested 10 mln eur in a new parcel delivery centre in Vialongo, outside Lisbon, La Gaceta de los Negocios reported, without citing a source.
The new centre has 16,000 square metres and 89 hubs, the newspaper said.
Azkar also plans to invest in other centres in Coimbra, Oporto and Faro, it noted.

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Austrian Post has established a CEP subsidiary in Slovenia

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

Osterreichische Post has established a CEP subsidiary, the Slovenian Parcel Service, in Slovenia. The new companys service portfolio comprises standard parcel shipments, express services (in the Maribor and Ljubiljana areas, consignments reach their destination on the same day), saturday and return deliveries.

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Swiss Post to aquire remaining 10% of Setz Gütertransport AG

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

Swiss Post is to acquire the remaining 10% of the shares in logistics company Setz Gütertransport AG. This will give the state-owned postal services a 100% control of the firms capital.
Swiss Post bought 90% of the shares back in 1997 from Hanspeter Setz, then the owner of the company. The original purchase was designed to facilitate the provision of complete logistics solutions in addition to purely mail-related services.
Full control of Setz Gütertransport AG is part of Swiss Posts strategy of continuing to build up a strategic position in the international logistics market.

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Japanese mailing firms hit by legislative compromise

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

A series of bills that threaten to shake-up Japan’s postal delivery service are to be passed in a diluted form, to the frustration of many private firms keen to enter the country’s direct mail market.
The revised bills are the result of a compromise between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
While the revised government bill will allow private firms to enter Japan’s state-run mail delivery market, the LDP’s revisions state that companies wishing to become mail service operators must both charge unified fees and collect and deliver mail everyday.
It also requires any private firm looking to deliver mail to submit a business plan to the government and await approval.

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Hungary Will Privatize Postabank

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

The state privatisation agency, APV Rt, will announce an open tender for a majority stake or the totality of the state-owned shares in Postabank, the country’s only commercial bank yet to be sold to foreign investors, the Nepszava daily reported, citing the national post office Magyar Posta Rt. Magyar Posta will have to privatise Postabank ‘as quickly as possible’ under a decision by the finance ministry and the state privatisation agency, post office head Gyoergy Csaki said. ‘There has been no decision so far on how large a stake should be sold, or whether the purchase price would go to Magyar Posta or to the APV Rt,’ said Csaki.

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Talks open on An Post fee increase

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

The Government has entered talks with An Post to increase the €40 million fee paid to the company to deliver social welfare payments, it is understood.
With An Post projecting a €37 million deficit this year, it argues the fee should rise because it has not risen since 1996 and that the contract is loss-making.
In a report yesterday, a Government-appointed group said a “realistic” price should be set for the social welfare service.
The Postal Forum was chaired by industrial relations consultant Mr Phil Flynn with members from An Post and the Irish Postmasters’ Union. It is thought to have said the fee increase should be treated in isolation from proceedings against the Government by European Commission over the fact that the social welfare contract was awarded outside a tender process.

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Integrators beat the Russians to the post

Posted by | Jul 19, 2002 | |

According to a survey by Research International, DHL now holds 51% of the Russian domestic express market, followed by TNT on 19% UPS with 10’% and FedEx with 7%. DHL Worldwide and TNT Russia both announced last month that their revenues grew in excess of 30% last year, while UPS recorded “double-digit” growth.
TNT’s increase of 40% was the highest rate of growth among all 200 countries it operates in, according to Harro van Graafeiland, the company’s general manager.
He attributes the growth to a rapidly recovering economy and increased demand from Russian companies for reliable domestic delivery services.

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