Tag: B to C (Home Delivery)

DHL Malaysia Launches Promotion to Beat Year-end Rush

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

DHL has launched the Beat the Rush promotion for international shipments to help customers beat the year-end holiday season rush.

The promotion offers include half-day advantage for inbound shipments, flexible pick-up times, daily uplifts to ensure timely delivery, zero hidden costs and 24-hour customer service.

“In addition, DHL has added daily flights out of Johor Baharu and from its Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong and adding 20 tons of additional capacity to each flight,” country manager for Malaysia and Brunei Sam Leong said on a statement today.

The decision to extend the daily flights to Johor Baharu was due to capacity constraints on the Hong Kong-Singapore flights, he added.

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Time:matters opens new branch office in Poland

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

German same-day express and emergency logistics provider time:matters has opened its third European branch office in Warsaw following the offices in Zurich and Vienna as part of its internationalization strategy under which it aims to achieve European market leadership within a few years.

Due to its location, Poland provides an essential link between the established Western European industrialized countries and the emerging economic nations of the former Eastern Bloc with a substantial market potential, time:matters said in a statement.

The new time:matters branch in Warsaw is staffed with local logistics experts who are not only well familiar with the Polish market, but also with the specific express logistics needs of companies based in other Eastern European countries, for example in the Ukraine or Hungary, it pointed out.

time:matters’ services now incorporate Polish companies into the company’s international logistics network that encompasses around 400 destinations in 90 countries. Customers benefit from extremely short processing times for the transport of their products to other economic centres. In addition, customers benefit from authorized accelerated customs clearance and options such as on-site pick-up and delivery, time:matters added.

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ProLogis leases more space to DHL in the Czech Republic

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

ProLogis has leased 424,000 square feet (39,400 square metres) of industrial space in the Czech Republic to DHL Logistics.

Under the new deal between the two parties, DHL has leased 100 pct of the space in a recently-completed building at ProLogis Park Prague-Jirny, a master-planned industrial park located approximately 20 kilometres east of Prague, along the D11 motorway. DHL now leases more than 1m square feet at the park; earlier this year the company signed new agreements for two other recently-completed buildings at the park comprising 642,000 square feet (59,700 square metres).

ProLogis Park Prague-Jirny consists of six buildings totalling more than 2m square feet (192,200 square metres) of modern warehouse and office space. In addition to DHL, GLOBUS, a German retailer and hypermarket chain owner, leases 323,000 square feet (30,000 square metres) at the park.

As of September 30, 2007, ProLogis’ platform in Central and Eastern Europe totalled more than 29m square feet (2.7m square metres) of industrial space owned, managed or under development, in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

DHL currently leases more than 2.65m square feet (246,300 square metres) from ProLogis in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Austrian Post and trans-o-flex set course for expansion in Europe

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

Austrian Post and its German logistics subsidiary trans-o-flex will continue pursuing an expansion course in Germany and Europe, with the intention of acquiring additional companies. This was announced by Anton Wais, Chairman of the Management Board of Austrian Post, and Klaus J. Heinz, Speaker of the Management Board of trans-o-flex, speaking at a joint press conference in Frankfurt today.

Enhancement in the value of the trans-o-flex brand
“trans-o-flex offers an ideal strategic platform for the further international expansion of Austrian Post”, Anton Wais says in commenting on the joint strategy. “We will further exploit the success of trans-o-flex as a brand and increase its value. We affirm our complete support for the company and its management in their efforts to continue pursuing the business strategy which has been mapped out, attracting customers through innovative industry solutions and quality leadership”, he adds. As a consequence of the acquisition of a 74,9 % stake in trans-o-flex at the end of 2006, Austrian Post has been able to considerably strengthen its Parcel & Logistics Division, promote the market entry into the B2B parcels segment in Austria (shipments among companies), and accelerate its international expansion efforts. The formal closing of the transaction involving the acquisition of the companies “Van Osselaer Pieters Colli Service” (VOP) in Belgium and “Dedicated Distribution Services” (DDS) in the Netherlands first took place on October 1, 2007. “These firms will be integrated into EURODIS, the European distribution network of trans-o-flex, as soon as possible, as a step towards strengthening the network”, Anton Wais says. VOP and DDS are former trans-o-flex subsidiaries, which had been acquired by DHL in the interim.

Unique selling proposition: clear-cut sectoral focus and combined freight
“With these partners, trans-o-flex will be able to decisively expand its market position in the Benelux region, which is very important for our customers”, adds trans-o-flex CEO Klaus Heinz. “Together we will profit from the above-average growth in international mail volumes”. In the light of tough competition in the European logistics market, trans-o-flex will continue its strategy of achieving “controlled, profitable growth”, consistently taking advantage of the company’s distinguishing features. trans-o-flex is the only large logistics provider with a clear-cut focus on particular branches. In addition, as a provider of “combi-freight” services, it is able to offer customers extremely flexible service under one roof, through the combined transport of good either as parcels or pallets. The company’s core branches are the pharmaceutical, health care, cosmetic, consumer electronics and home entertainment industries with special logistics requirements. “We are the undisputed market leader for the pharmaceutical and health care sectors, and want to stay the number one”, Heinz says. “With our latest innovations, we clearly demonstrated how we even intend to expand our market position”.

Innovation on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry
trans-o-flex recently launched a new service which makes it the very first logistics company enabling its customers to meet the increasingly stringent legal requirements pertaining to the transportation and storage of medical products. The “ThermoControl” premium service, available starting in November, will enable drug manufacturers for the first time to fulfil the stipulations contained in the new German Ordinance on the Production of Pharmaceuticals and Active Substances (AMWHV), requiring the ongoing monitoring and documentation of critical parameters. Specially-designed equipment measures and records temperature and air humidity throughout the entire transport process. Two light emitting diodes optically indicate whether or not the selected temperature range has been kept. If, for example, the temperature range has been exceeded or fallen below, the goods will

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DHL relocates in Kandy

Posted by | Dec 2, 2007 | |

DHL Keells (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s leading express and logistics company, has relocated its Express Centre in Kandy. Strategically located at D. S. Senanayake Vidiya, this facility sports a trendy new look and feel, and is modelled after the concept of a walk-in retail outlet where customers can drop off their shipments.

The Kandy Express Centre offers a range of products and services including Jumbo Box and Express Pallet targeted at a rapidly expanding retail customer base. It is a convenient, accessible and user-friendly outlet targeted at individuals, tourists and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kandy and surroundings areas in central Sri Lanka, the company said.

DHL’s expanding network in Sri Lanka currently includes Colombo, Kollupitiya, Ja-Ela, Mt. Lavinia, Biyagama, Kandy, Kurunegala and Nugegoda. Dudek added that the Sri Lankan retail customer base has always given exciting growth opportunities.

During the last four years, DHL Keells (Pvt) Ltd. has made a considerable investment towards the development of its infrastructure and facilities in Sri Lanka. Among them is the purpose-built Euro 2 million (Rs 260 million), 40,000-square-feet facility at Vauxhall Street in Colombo which houses 130 staff for both the administration and operations arms of DHL Express in Sri Lanka, as well as a 24/7 call centre.

We plan to expand this service coverage into key cities across Sri Lanka, especially tourist spots, as we see the potential of new customers in tourists, mid and high end Sri Lankan customers, as well as SME customers.” Dudek said.

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