TPG, Consignia, Singapore Post JV Begins
The new joint venture international business mail company set up between TPG, Consignia and Singapore Post has announced that it has officially started trading.
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Stiller Group wins contract with Teeside Waste Management.
Teeside-based Stiller Group has secured a five year agreement to haul more than 1,000 tonnes of waste a week from Teeside Waste Managements Middlesborough transfer station for disposal in landfill sites.
Read MoreScandanavian Survivor – How Wilson Logisitics avoid a merger
he Wilson Logistics Group sells airfreight, seafreight and logistics services through a network of subsidiary companies in 29 countries. A total of 2,145 employees work in 130 offices. Net sales reached SEK 5.5 million ($550 million) in the year 2000, on which a profit of SEK 115 million ($11.5 million) was recorded.
The net sales breakdown per business area in percentage terms during the year 2000: airfreight 50%, seafreight 37%, logistics 9% and sea/air 4%. The net sales per region: Northern Europe including UK 37%, Central Europe and Middle East 19%, Asia 17%, North America 140%, Latin America 8%, and Australasia 5%
The customer base comprises 27, 000 clients of which the largest include multinational Scandinavian manufacturers such as Atlas Copco, Bang & Olufsen, Lego, SKF and Volvo. New customers last year included Electrolux and ITT Flygt.
Wilson offers transport solutions with different lead times: Express, Priority, Regular and Economy in the airfreight, as well as Full Container Load (FCL) and Pipeline in the seafreight. The service range within the Logistics area includes purchasing, supply chain management, distribution and outsourcing.
Notable IT-solutions within the eWilson programme are Wiltrack for customer monitoring of consignments, Wilshipper for customer booking via Internet, Wilnet which is Wilson’s Intranet, and Wildoc, a web-based system for clients lacking their own EDI links.
Expanding reach of La Poste
Spain and India are the latest countries to extend ties with La Poste after Correos y Telegrafos agreed to increase its cooperation with the French, and Paris became the hub of an Indo-European parcel venture. Alberto Nunez Feijoo, general manager of Correos y Telegrafos, and Martin Vial, chairman of the La Poste group, have both pledged to “enhance their cooperation in order to consolidate their joint position in the Spanish express parcels market”, said La Poste in a statement.
Read MoreNightspeed wins Contract with Egton
Parcels firm Nightspeed is £850,000 a year better off after winning contracts.
Read MoreTPG to acquire leading Domestic Express company of Thailand
TPG announced today the acquisition of 51% of T.E.I., the leading domestic express company of Thailand. T.E.I. offers both express and logistics services nationwide through its extensive road and air network
Read MoreConsignia withdraws request for price hike
British post office, Consignia, has been forced into a climbdown over its request for a hike in the price of stamps. In April, just days after being granted a licence to operate as a plc, the company shocked regulator, PostComm, with a demand that both first and second class stamps go up by 1 p in October.
Read MoreMass mailers selling aide
Consignia is to extend its range of sales support beyond its own sales force and into agents sales teams. The scheme which is known as MASS (Mailing Agents Sales Support) will inform the mailing agents sales force of future marketing activity, so that they can identify opportunities.
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