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World Mail Award winners celebrated

The 2007 World Mail Awards, presented on Monday night at a top London hotel, brought out the very best from postal services around the globe. More than 350 senior executives from the industry gathered to hear yachtsman, hero & adventurer, Pete Goss, present the coveted trophies for best practice and excellence.

This was the 8th year the Awards have been run by Triangle and they continue to grow in both prestige and breadth of coverage, with two new awards and four new sponsors for 2007. The distinguished panel of judges met only hours before the presentation to select the eventual winners of the awards from the 38 finalists.

The twelve winners competed against a broad geographical diversity of applicants and a wide variety of products and services submitted by operators and suppliers to the mail industry.

This year’s World Mail Award winners are as follows:

• Corporate Social Responsibility (sponsored by DHL Global Mail)
– Brazil Post for its Postal Bank project

• Customer Service (sponsored by Western Union)
– Canada Post Corporation for its Customer Value Management program

• e-Commerce (sponsored by Saudi Post)
– Deutsche Post AG for its ADDRESSDIALOG project

• Growth (sponsored by Q-Post)
– DHL Global Mail for its global letter-writing club LetterNet

• Industry Leadership (sponsored by Pitney Bowes)
– Jean-Paul Bailly, Chairman and CEO, La Poste

• Innovation (sponsored by Emirates Post)
– ampm for its delivery tracking solution eyeTrack

• People Management (sponsored by Australia Post)
– Masterlink Express for its ”Talents Maker” management academy training program

• Quality (sponsored by Magyar Posta)
– Singapore Post for SingPost Quality Excellence

• Retail Project (sponsored by Triangle)
– Aramex International for its SHOP&SHIP mailbox system

• Security (sponsored by Royal Mail)
– Royal Mail for its Mail Integrity Programme

• Technology (sponsored by Intermec)
– Denmark Post for its GIS route planning system

• Transformation (sponsored by IBM)
– Saudi Post for the creation of NAQEL

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Aramex brings in real-time scanners

Dubai-based express firm Aramex has introduced a real-time scanner system which it says will be deployed in its operations worldwide by the end of this year.

The USD 1.5 million system of wireless, handheld scanners is designed to update clients with delivery and collection details from ground couriers on the move, and has already been deployed throughout the Gulf region, Jordan and Lebanon.

“Banks are especially pleased with the advantages of this new system,” said Iyad Kamal, Aramex’s vice-president for logistics & ground services.

“Providing banks with instantaneous delivery updates of their invoices and credit card deliveries enhances efficiency of their operations,” he added.

Aramex, listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM: ARMX), employs over 5500 people in 240 offices and offers services worldwide through a network of alliances.

The company said it would upgrade its ground services equipment – to use the latest in advanced technology – following recommendations from a forum of 50 of its operational managers in Amman, Jordan, in December.

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Interview – Aramex aims to be world's number 5 express operator

Aramex, the Middle East-based independent express company, aims to grow into the world’s fifth-largest express operator through selective acquisitions and by expanding its partner network, a senior executive told CEP-Research.

Although the “Big Four” – DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT – were clearly “in the premier league”, Aramex wanted to head the “second division” of regional players, Adrian Horsley, Vice-President Express Services, said on the sidelines of last week’s Asia Pacific Mail & Express 2006 conference in Singapore.

The Jordan-based and Dubai-listed company expects its 2006 revenues to grow to US$330 million from USD232 million in 2005, largely due to acquisitions of smaller freight companies in the Middle East and Europe over the last year, Horsley said. In 2005, it generated about 55% of revenues from international and domestic express transport, and about 33% from freight forwarding. The company, whose key markets are the Middle East and India, has some 260 offices in 45 countries in total.

“Our mission is to be recognized as the fifth-largest global distribution player by 2008. With the Global Distribution Alliance, Aramex has a true global international express distribution system that is 95% managed and controlled by us,” Horsley declared.

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ARAMEX awarded "Global Express Delivery Company 2006"

ARAMEX, the leading provider of total transportation solutions, has been presented with the prestigious (Global Express Delivery Company 2006) Award, the industry’s top accolade.

A panel of judges from the influential Institute of Transport Management (ITM), the UK-based international standards-setting organization for the sector, made their decision based on the accomplishments ARAMEX has made in the past year. The Company was nominated by members of the ITM and the general public who submitted their recommendations through the Institute’s Transport Journal and website. The accolade is the most prestigious of the awards given by ITM recognizing outstanding achievement within the express sector.

ARAMEX is already established as the market leader for express services within the MENA and South Asian regions, and is recognized as one of the leading logistics providers in the world. Furthermore, it continues to expand its international operations and presence through a series of ambitious acquisitions. Recently, it added European logistics specialist TwoWay Vanguard to its global logistics capabilities.

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Middle East Logistics 2006

The Middle East Logistics Report 2006 is packed full of useful macro-economic data, providing an ideal background to the growth of the express and logistics industries in the region. Included in the report are statistics on trade, GDP and demographic figures for the region as well as individual countries.

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