Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Deutsche Post rivals strengthen hands in Germany

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

TNT Post and PIN Group have made further acquisitions in Germany to strengthen their hands to compete with Deutsche Post when the latter loses its national monopoly over the German letters market on 1 January 2008.

PIN Group has acquired Arriva GmbH, the largest private mail firm in Baden-Württemberg, which covers 40 pct of all households in the state. A joint venture between Badischen Verlag, of Freiburg, and SüdKurier, of Konstanz, Arriva also has more than 4,000 business customers.

Meanwhile, TNT Post announced yesterday that it was buying 25 pct of Citipost Osnabrück, a sister company of the local Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung newspaper. The holding will give TNT Post access to over 320,000 households in the region. TNT Post says it now covers 90 pct of all households in Germany.

Both PIN Group and TNT Post have acquired a large number of regional mail companies in Germany in recent years to build up national delivery networks in preparation for full liberalization of the German mail market.

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TNT Post buys 25.1 pct stake in Citipost Osnabrueck

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

TNT NV’s TNT Post said it agreed to buy a 25.1 pct stake in regional letter distribution company CPO CITIPOST Osnabruck GmbH & Co. KG.

No financial details were disclosed.

TNT Post said the stake provides it with access to more than 320,000 households in and around Osnabruck, a city in Germany’s northwest.

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PIN and TNT Post say 50,000 jobs at stake if minimum wages applied

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

PIN AG and TNT NV’s TNT Post convinced Germany’s Economy Ministry that 50,000 jobs are at stake, if the minimum wage agreement concluded by former monopolist Deutsche Post World Net AG and union ver.di is applied to the whole postal industry, Der Spiegel reported, citing ministry documents.

‘The entrepreneurs plausibly demonstrated that they would have to file for bankruptcy at minimum wages between 8 and 9.80 eur,’ the magazine quoted the minutes of a meeting between Deutsche Post’s competitors and the Economy Ministry held last Wednesday.

A representative of TNT Post said the Netherlands-based logistics company will consider withdrawing from Germany all together if Deutsche Post’s minimum wages are extended to the whole industry, Der Spiegel also reported, citing sources who attended the meeting.

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German Study Looks at Adjacent Postal Markets – 1,500 Companies with a Market Volume of EUR 16.5bn

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

The Federal Network Agency in 2007 commissioned a research project on the markets for upstream and downstream postal services. It has published the findings today. MICUS Management Consulting GmbH analysed the markets for direct mail, transaction printing, address management, mailroom outsourcing, response processing and document storage, collecting data on market volumes, provider structure, pricing and the intensity of competition. The study also looked at the linkage between the areas analysed. The study found there to be around 500 medium-sized and large companies (more than 10 members of staff) and 800 to 1,000 small companies operating in adjacent postal markets, generating a volume of around €16.5bn. Almost three quarters of this volume is accounted for by direct mail services. Currently, a trend towards outsourcing mailrooms can be observed amongst the customers, while providers are seen to be expanding the value chain to increase their margins and strengthen customer loyalty. To date, there has been little analysis of the markets for upstream and downstream postal services. The MICUS study is one of the first to explore these areas. It was occasioned by the Agency’s desire to gather information on the potential for leveraging market power into adjacent areas, so that it could recognise and assess the potential for abuse.

Study (in German)

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Express Europe adds Nordic partners

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

Net Express Europe (NEE), an alliance of independent parcel carriers, has added new partners to cover the Nordic region.

Nordic Express, based in Malmö, has been appointed the organisation’s agent for Sweden, Norway and Finland. NEE described the company as one of Sweden’s fastest-growing transport companies.

Denmark is now covered by 1Step, a Copenhagen-based parcels carrier with operating centres across the country.

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