Stop and Go in Postal Liberalisation
Update on the BvDP postal liberalisation index including key data.
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Hand Held Products announces $9 million local expansion
SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Hand Held Products, Inc. (HHP), a Welch Allyn affiliate and leading provider of image-based automatic identification data collection barcode scanners, POS automation and mobile/wireless solutions, broke ground today on a $9 million construction project for its world headquarters in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. The new 111,000-square-foot facility will be completed by spring 2002. The state-of-the-art facility, with more than double the square footage of the existing building, will be located just blocks from the current site.
Read MoreEMS Garantpost is to invest $5 mil in development of its capacity
EMS Garantpost, the largest Russian operator of express mail services, is intending to invest $5 mil in the development of its capacity. It is reported that the company will build a new mail processing center, purchase new equipment and create additional jobs.
Read MoreNorway Post's ErgoGroup Acquires IDP
Norwegian ErgoGroup is increasing its focus on the
international electronic communication market. In order to gain further
access to the markets of letters as well as e-mail distribution, ErgoGroup
acquires the postal industry’s e-messaging specialist International Data
Post. IDP, based in Copenhagen, becomes thereby an important sales channel
for the group’s wide range of electronic communication solutions. Norwegian
ErgoGroup announced today that they on November 15 will acquire
International Data Post A/S (IDP). IDP is a pioneer in the dissemination of
advanced e-messaging solutions to postal operators worldwide. IDP’s
employees and customers, counting 28 of the world’s leading postal
operators, received the news today. ErgoGroup is owned by Posten Norge
Consignia aims to improve e-commerce delivery
Delivery has been a problem for e-commerce in the past, but Consignia’s new services aim to improve the experience for buyers and sellers
Gift and grocery delivery may be easier this Christmas, thanks to expanding schemes from Consignia, the new brand name for the Post Office. Non-delivery and late arrival of goods ordered online has been a major problem in the past two years, but services from Consignia could improve matters for some buyers and sellers.
Local collection services, which started in five areas three months ago, are now available across the whole of the country. Local collection allows items to be picked up from the recipient’s nearest post office. About 2,000 items a day are now collected locally and over 110 sites offer the service free, Consignia said.
Read MoreFedEx Ground volume takes off: Freight mitigates air losses
“We believe that FedEx Ground package volume will grow approximately 9% and that yields will increase about 6%, similar to first-quarter growth rates,” FedEx chief financial officer Alan Graf said.
But in its first detailed disclosure of how the attacks have affected its business, FedEx said it expects second-quarter U.S. air express shipments to be down 11% from a year earlier, and international express to fall 5%.
Until now, FedEx had said it was unable to quantify the attacks’ effects. Most of its rivals, including top package deliverer United Parcel Service Inc., have warned of lower package volume, higher costs and weaker profits.
Read MoreSchneider and Hellmann strike up a strategic alliance
Schneider Logistics Inc., logistics provider in the US, and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Germany, are creating a strategic alliance that will advance the service offerings of both companies
Read MorePanalpina spread their presence across Hungary and Czech Republic
The Panalpina Group have extended its global network again, setting up national operating organizations in Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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