Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Red Parcel Post to compete with Deutsche Post

Posted by | May 31, 2005 | |

A former board member of German postal services group Deutsche Post, Dieter Seegers-Kruckeberg, has announced plans to launch a low-cost parcel delivery company in Germany under the name of Red Parcel Post. Using new sorting and delivery technology, Mr. Seegers-Kruckeberg plans to offer significantly lower prices than rivals, such as Deutsche Post. There is speculation that prices could be as low as 2 euros per parcel, at least a third lower than the current market average. Mr. Seegers-Kruckeberg said that he was aiming to bring Red Parcel Post into operation at the end of 2006 or the start of 2007.

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Dutch TNT Reiterates 2005 Outlook

Posted by | May 30, 2005 | |

TNT NV, former TPG NV, has reiterated the earlier announced outlook for the company’s performance in 2005 at a press conference held on May 30, 2005.
TNT expects a one-digit year-on-year increase in turnover of its Express unit in 2005. The Post and Logistics units are expected to report unchanged year-on-year results for 2005. Chief executive officer (CEO) of TNT, Peter Bakker said he had confidence in achieving the targets set for 2005. According to the CEO, TNT will announce a number of cooperation agreements with Chinese companies in 2005. TNT continues looking for strategic options within Europe, Bakker concluded.

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German DHL Express to promote Europlus Courier Service in Poland

Posted by | May 30, 2005 | |

German express delivery services provider DHL Express, a subsidiary of mail services group Deutsche Post, will start promoting its new courier service DHL Europlus in Poland on June 1, 2005, Aleksander Morozowski, CEO of the company’s Polish unit, said.

The promotion campaign, which will last for three months, is connected with the recent opening of DHL Express’s international parcels sorting centre in Zabrze, Silesia province, southern Poland.

During the company’s promotion campaign parcels from Zabrze centre will be delivered to countries south of Poland, including the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, France, Italy and Hungary, in two or three working days at a 50 pct discount price, Morozowski added.

DHL Europlus service enables customers to order a courier and to monitor the parcel shipment through the Internet.

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DHL names Hickler to new US strategy post

Posted by | May 25, 2005 | |

DHL named former APL Logistics CEO Hans Hickler to the new position of vice president of strategy and business implementation in the United States. Deutsche Post-controlled DHL lost USD638 million in the US in 2004, its first full year of attempting to become the United States’ “third alternative” for express delivery. DHL Express Americas CEO John Mullen has said that DHL’s US service levels need to improve if the global operator is going to profitably compete with incumbents FedEx and UPS in the world’s largest express market. Hickler’s appointment appears to be part of an effort by DHL to shore up US customer service. “We are confident that DHL will benefit from Mr. Hickler’s extensive background in management and technology, and his consistent focus on customer needs will help ensure that every DHL customer receives a best-in-class customer experience,” said Mullen. Hickler will be responsible for the development and implementation of DHL’s US business strategy, as well as overseeing the company’s real estate, procurement and internal consulting functions.

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Target on road to £250m float

Posted by | May 25, 2005 | |

Directors at Warrington parcel firm Target Express are mulling a possible flotation of the business in a move that could value it up to £250m.

It is understood the firm’s venture capital investor 3i, which backed a management buyout in 2000, is now keen to exit the firm.

Target Express has appointed advisers Hawkpoint to look at its future and a possible sale is also believed to be high on the list of options.

Sources close to Target Express, confirmed that 3i, which owns 70 per cent of the business, is looking for an exit.

In a statement, chairman David Hoare said: “We are profitable and very cash generative so there is no need to do anything from a funding standpoint. But we always look at ways to increase our business and we will look at the whole range of options.”

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