Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

FedEx Ground chooses Perrysburg, Ohio, site for new distribution hub

Posted by | Dec 11, 2007 | |

As part of a multi-billion dollar network expansion plan to nearly double average daily hub package volume capacity in North America, FedEx Ground, an operating unit of FedEx Corp., has chosen a 127-acre site in Perrysburg Township,Ohio, as the location for a new hub to replace its existing Toledo operation.

Total cost for the project is estimated to be USD 87 million, including land, construction and material-handling equipment. Once the hub is operating, FedEx Ground, through payments for property taxes, will be one of the largest contributors to the local Rossford City Schools annual budget.

The 400,000 square-foot facility will be built on Buck Road near the I-75 interchange. When it opens in 2009, the new hub will feature the latest automated material handling technology designed to initially process 22,500 packages per hour and 45,000 packages per hour when it eventually reaches full capacity after a projected expansion. The current workforce of nearly 550 employees and independent contractors is projected to eventually increase to more than 800.

Enhancing our distribution capability in the Midwest is an important step in our ongoing efforts to increase the size, speed and efficiency of our network, said Michael P. Mannion, senior vice president of Operations for FedEx Ground. This new facility will help us meet the growing demand of local shippers and serve as one of just two gateways for shipments destined to Canada.

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Office Depot entrusts European mail distribution to Spring Global Mail

Posted by | Dec 11, 2007 | |

Office Depot, one of the world’s largest sellers of office products, has chosen Spring Global Mail as its sole supplier for European mail distribution. The contract, worth EUR 180 million over a three year period, will see Spring managing the distribution of 175 million catalogues each year across ten European countries.

Office Depot and Spring have already been working together for a number of years, with Spring distributing Office Depot’s Viking Direct catalogues in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Ireland. A combination of proactive account management, reliable service and reduced costs resulted in Spring also being awarded the distribution of catalogues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy.

“Improving the efficiency of suppliers across the supply chain is a key part of Office Depot’s strategy”, says René Crins, European Project Director for Office Depot. “Spring have real expertise in the field of international mail and they apply this knowledge to find the optimal postal distribution solutions in each of the European markets in which Office Depot operates. This, combined with the meticulous way Spring manages our mailing plans across the supply chain, has resulted in the appointment of Spring as our sole supplier in this critical area.”

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DPD opens parcel shops at Staples stores

Posted by | Dec 11, 2007 | |

DPD has opened parcel shops at 56 stores of the office supply chain Staples in Germany to further develop its B2C business and broaden its product portfolio. Staples previously cooperated with GLS.

Staples expects to enhance its product portfolio with the new parcel shops, the DVZ transport newspaper reported. Managing director Sönke Feuerherm said Staples could offer customers nationwide parcel deliveries at attractive prices. The price is based on the box size rather than on weight.

“The Staples stores provide first-class locations, good service quality and high customer orientation”, DPD CEO Hans Fluri was cited as saying. The parcel company expected to increase its competitiveness with the new cooperation.

According to the DVZ, DPD agreed a deal with Staples for lower prices than had previously been the case with GLS.

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TNT to look at all options 'very thoroughly' if minimum wage adopted in Germany

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

TNT NV will look ‘very thoroughly’ at all options, should the German government approve the postal minimum wage that is reportedly pushing Axel Springer AG to consider winding up its mail services unit PIN Group by Christmas.

The upper house of the German parliament, in which German states are represented, is likely to decide on the minimum wage at its meeting scheduled for December 20.

‘If the minimum wage is adopted in Germany then we will look at our options very thoroughly, everything is open. And we will include the winding up of PIN in our option finding or scenario thinking, once the fact is confirmed,’ TNT spokesman Pieter Schaffels said.

This morning, the Financial Times Deutschland reported that majority shareholder Axel Springer plans to wind up its mail services unit PIN by Christmas and write-down 600 mln eur due to the bankruptcy.

The German government recently decided to expand minimum wages to 8-9.80 eur per hour agreed by services union ver.di and an employer’s association dominated by incumbent Deutsche Post World Net AG to the whole industry, challenging margins of Deutsche Post’s competitors.

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TNT Express upgrades Clinical Express

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

TNT Express Germany said it has optimized its product range “Clinical Express Network“ by introducing additional services for night-time delivery of human and veterinary samples for laboratories and other customers according to the “UN 3373” norm.

The service includes worldwide delivery with a range of time options, Saturday delivery and late collections, and free packaging. The service also includes next-morning delivery free of charge for orders made until 2 p.m. the previous day.

According to legal standards, all diagnostic samples need a package corresponding to the packing regulation IATA/ADR P650. The packaging solution developed in Sarstedt was tested and approved by the German federal agency for material research und control (BAM).

TNT said it provides customers with the packaging solution “medpak CEN” free of charge including external and secondary packaging. The external packaging is annotated with all the stipulated declarations and labels, e.g. “UN3373” label. This also contributes to the automatic sorting of shipments within the standard network of TNT Express.

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