Committing over 250-million USD investment in India for the next few years, global air express services company, DHL Express, has set up a disaster recovery centre in Chennai.
During the expansion plan in the coming years, the company will introduce new technologies, expand infrastructure, develop innovative products and services, and improve marketing and sales.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail’s General Logistics Systems is creating its own air express delivery service, Rico Back, the head of GLS, told Handelsblatt.
Back said the company will invest 10 mln eur in GLS Air this year and that its two aircraft will fly between the company’s delivery centres in Germany and the UK from October.
Ultimately, GLS Air wants to have a fleet of 25 aircraft that will fly to 17 European nations, he added. GLS is the continental European counterpart to Royal Mail’s UK-based Parcelforce Worldwide. It is based in the Netherlands and has 14,500 staff.
Read MoreDHL and Finland Post have agreed on a business acquisition based on which DHL will buy out Finland Post’s 49 per cent of shares in Kelpo Kuljetus Fi Oy, the jointly owned domestic transport company, rendering Kelpokuljetus a fully-owned DHL subsidiary. This deal is subject to approval by the competition authorities.
According to the deal, Finland Post will acquire the regional transport business of Kelpokuljetus, comprising the transports from post centres to delivery post offices and customers, whereby staff responsible for regional transport services, the related equipment and customer contracts will transfer to Finland Post. These employees will join Finland Post under their current employment terms.
Read MorePos Malaysia and the independent Malaysian parcels firm Nationwide Express have officially launched a strategic partnership. The initiative follows a recent cooperation agreement between the Malaysian postal authority and Singapore Post.
Under the agreement, customers will be able to buy stamps and philatelic items at over 100 Nationwide Express offices across the country. Pos Malaysia has a network of 650 post offices across the south-east Asia state.
Read MoreGeneral Logistics Systems B.V., Amsterdam (GLS) is investing more than 100 million euros to strengthen its pan-European network in the current business year. The focus here is on the expansion of cross-border structures and services. Customers appreciate quality and service: already last year, the cross-border parcel volume rose by 26 per cent.
A total of 45 million euros are currently being invested in new constructions, the expansion or the modernisation of locations. Two international hubs will be built in France and another one in Hungary. Important investments will also be made in Denmark (hub expansions in Copenhagen and Kolding), Germany (six new depot constructions) and Poland (new headquarters construction with an adjacent depot).
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