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FedEx establishing presence in Sichuan
The Ministry of Commerce has officially approved FedEx to set up a subsidiary in Sichuan province to engage in international express delivery. At the West China Investment Strategy Workshop with Multinationals in Jiuzhaigou in October 2005, FedEx China CEO Tian Changan expressed his confidence in the investment climate of Sichuan province and hope for stronger investment engagement with the province in a bid to extend the industrial chain and to develop modern logistics.
Read MoreFrench La Poste decision reversed
European Union regulators were wrong to allow the French state-run postal service to help a unit expand into express delivery in the 1980s and ’90s, an EU court ruled Wednesday in a case brought by FedEx and DHL International. The regulators’ conclusion in 1997 that France did not provide illegal subsidies by allowing La Poste to grant logistical support to its Chronopost subsidiary was unjustified, the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg ruled. Industry groups have complained that former monopolies like La Poste have used government aid, which is intended to support nationwide letter delivery, to buy competitors in the express business. The case at the Court of First Instance, the second-highest European court after the European Court of Justice, was brought by express mail carriers FedEx, DHL and Crie, as well as industry group Union Francaise de L’Express.
Read MoreBuying TNT
ith new takeover rumors swirling around TNT, the company did its part to satisfy the chatter, although hardly on the scale that has TNT’s name making the rounds on the mergers and acquisitions market. The Netherlands-based express, mail and logistics giant added two highly targeted postal businesses to its TNT Post operation, shoring up its outlook for the direction of the European distribution and delivery market.
But the additions of Italy’s TMW Italia and British courier JD Williams to the mail operation still left TNT with at least one far larger transaction in its business plan still undone.
Read MoreDHL opens European home-shopping hub
DHL on Thursday opened a new center in Greven, Germany, that ultimately will handle all logistics tasks for the Home Shopping Europe teleshopping channel.
Full operations will begin in a few days. Starting in July, the 35-million euro center will handle the complete logistics operations for HSE24. The center will employ 250 and ship up to 40,000 packages per day. The express unit of Deutsche Post World Net said the center stakes a claim in the rapidly growing teleshopping business that depends on short distances and fast deliveries.
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