Ryder wins contract with Aspects Beauty Company
Cosmetics and perfume maker Aspects Beauty Company has renewed its contract with Ryder for five years.
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Exel wins contract with Compaq
Exel will also be managing Compaqs supply chain from Europe and the FAr East into South Africa.
Read MoreExel wins contract with Roche
Healthcare company Roche has renewed its contract with Exel, which manages the supply chain for Roches UK healthcare products.
Read MoreOutsourcing propels (Australian) air express to new heights
One of the big movers in the transport sector in Australia is air express.
In 2001, Australia has seen rapid growth in the development of air express
services.
DHL claims to have 45 per cent of the Australian air express market.
TNT maps out strategy to gain market leadership
In a bid to gain market leadership by 2005, e-logistics provider TNT has mapped out a strategy that will be dominated by strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions. Martin Phillips, director for sales and marketing for Asia, said in an interview at the Shangri-la Hotel in Makati City, that the
company will engage in such activities to further strengthen its
hold on the market.
To gain the top position in the e-logistics market, Mr. Phillips
said that the company has to grow its courier services by 300% and
its logistics business by 1,000% in 2005.
Bax Global acquire Austrian Forwarder
BAX Global of the US have acquired the air/ocean operations of Schier, Otten & Co. of Austria. This gives BAX a presence in Vienna, Linz and Graz.
Read MoreKLM warns on full year
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said Wednesday it was likely to start reducing flight frequencies in order to cut costs as management said that full-year operating profit would come in “well below” last year.
The warning came as KLM said first-quarter income dropped by half amid the deteriorating global economy
Read MoreBID TO REPLACE SNC-LAVALIN'S STAKE IN LEBANON'S LIBANPOST
Lebanese group Investment House received a
tentative nod on Monday to replace Canadian company SNC-Lavalin as the main
investor in LibanPost, reports Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper. But a deal has not yet been finalized and remains subject to Cabinet approval,
official sources told the newspaper.
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