Thiel Logistik AG takes over majority of Birkart Globistics
9 January, 2002. Thiel Logistik AG has acquired a majority of the business divisions of Birkart Globistics AG, Aschaffenburg.
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Consignia to outsource IT
Consignia has invited suppliers to bid for one of the biggest outsourcing contracts in the UK this year. Consignia is issuing a tender to outsource the majority of its day-to-day IT operations. The 10-year deal covers systems used by 35,000 staff worldwide, for an organisation with an annual IT budget worth 600 million.
Read MoreBRITAIN’S CONSIGNIA BUYS REMAINDER OF DGE
January 2002 CONSIGNIA has acquired the remaining 51% of DGE the Italian parcel group for GBP10m.
Read MorePost Danmark denies rumours of alliance between PNL & Deutsche Post
Post Danmark, the Danish postal service, has denied rumours that Pan Nordic Logistics (PNL), the logistics company owned in co-operation with Posten, the Norwegian postal service, is about to make an alliance with Germany’s Deutsche Post.
Read MoreGeoLogistics sells off Bekins Company
January 2001 GeoLogistics Corporation is selling The Bekins Company to Bekins’ agent family.
Read MoreExel acquires US logistics company
January 2002 Exel will acquire the assets of United States Consolidation Limited (USCL), a supplier of value added freight consolidation services to US retail customers.
Read MoreVietnamese Gov. to Divide Post and Telcom
Vietnam will scrap its state monopoly on telecommunications, allowing new companies to take 25 percent to 30 percent of the market by 2005, a senior official said Tuesday. The government will divide VNPT next year into a postal service and several telecommunications companies.
Read MoreU.S. Postal Service May Cut 20,000 Jobs
The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it plans to cut up to 20,000 jobs this year, citing disappointing financial figures for the first quarter of the 2002 fiscal year. The cuts come on top of 11,600 positions cut last year when the postal service lost $1.7 billion for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2001
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