Tag: Croatia

Eastern Europe Postal Operators Takes Part in ACTIN

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

Romanian Post announces that this week sees the start of the ACTIN project with session communications focusing on quality of service.

ACTIN stands for Acquis Communautaire Training Initiative. The project aims to help prepare eastern european postal operators for the changes to internal markets as a result of postal liberalisation and in particular, competition. ACTIN is supported by the European Commission under its BSP2 Business Support Programme, a part of the PHARE initiative, and is coordinated by PostEurop (the Association of European Public Postal Operators), in cooperation with FEDMA and IPALMO (an Italian Research Institute).

The main beneficiaries are said to be Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey. The Pro Actin goal is to help operators adapt their business practices so they can compete successfully in the enlarged Union. The project works on a “training the trainers” model; this means that the people who benefit directly from the ACTIN training sessions will be able to go back to their home countries and businesses and pass on the knowledge they have acquired.

The seminar is supported by Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and the Slovak Republic. Romanian Post was nominated to host the ‘quality of service’ seminar.

The event runs from September 2-4, is conducted under the aegis of two major organizations: the European Commission represented by Mr. Denis Sparas, Project Manager and PostEurop Represenative Mr Ingemar Persson, general secretary of PostEurop.

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3 New Direct Marketing Associations join FEDMA Membership

Posted by | Jan 23, 2008 | |

FEDMA has increased its DMA membership by welcoming three new national Direct Marketing Associations from Croatia, Latvia and Turkey.

The adherence of these three DMAs demonstrates how FEDMA remains the unique voice of the European direct and interactive marketing industry attracting new markets within Europe and beyond.

By joining FEDMA, the Croatian, Latvian and the Turkish DMA will work closely with both FEDMA and the other 25 DMAs in FEDMA membership at an international level in order to protect, promote and inform the industry.

“We are delighted to welcome the Croatian, Latvian and the Turkish DMA into FEDMA Membership. Although they are located in very different countries, each DMA has similar challenges and opportunities since they are all in a new, but growing, DM markets. Together with our other DMAs and members, FEDMA will promote, inform and protect the industry, which are the three pillars of our mission statement” said Alastair Tempest, Director General of FEDMA.

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Austrian Post Wants to Invest in Bulgaria

Posted by | Nov 28, 2007 | |

Austrian postal operator ‘Oesterreichische Post’ wants to get into Romanian, Bulgarian and Bosnian market in the coming 15 months, Reuters informed, cited by money.bg.
We want to set up a network in the fragmented South-Eastern European market, company’s Chief Financial Officer Rudolf Jettmar said on Tuesday.

We want to fill in our blank spots in Bosnia, Bulgaria and Romania, Jettmar added.

He also specified that the postal operator is aiming to take over private operators working in parcel delivery or distribution of advertising.

‘Oesterreichische Post’ has spent 210 million EUR on takeovers in the first 3 quarters of 2007. The Austrian Post is already present in Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia.

Osterreichische Post AG was founded on March 3, 1999 as a subsidiary of Post and Telekom Austria. Its core business activities are provision of postal and parcel services as well as handling of financial business in cooperation with BAWAG P.S.K., a partner of many years.

The Austrian Post has a sales network that is unique in Austria. With comprehensive investments in modernization of post offices and the entire logistics, the business will continue to focus on customer needs and consistently move forward on its way from a public agency to a modern service company.

New products and services will not only help ensure national market leadership in future, but shall also pave the way to international activities.

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Austrian Post acquires City Express d.o.o. in Serbia

Posted by | Nov 19, 2007 | |

By taking over City Express d.o.o. in Belgrade, Austrian Post has entered the Serbian and Montenegrian parcel market and extended its presence in Central and South-Eastern Europe.

City Express, founded in 2002, will distribute over two million domestic shipments in 2007 with a total turnover of about 10 Mio EUR. This is equals 4 Mio door-to-door parcels and roughly for some 50 pct market share. With a headcount of 368 employees and a fleet of 248 vehicles, City Express is operating 14 sites in Serbia as well as a branch in the Republic of Montenegro.

„The takeover of City Express is following our expansion strategy in South-Eastern Europe. This step will unlock significant potentials for us, accessing the growth markets in Serbia and Montenegro”, says Anton Wais, CEO of Austrian Post.

After acquisition of City Express Austrian Post is represented on the market of parcels with subsidiaries in the following Eastern- and South-Eastern European Countries:

Slowakia: Slovak Parcel Service, and In Time (2002)
Croatia: Overseas (2003)
Hungary: Merland Express und Road Parcel (2007)
Serbia: City Express (2007)

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Further Acquisition in Croatia: Austrian Post purchases ST Media

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Another important expansion step taken on the Croatian unaddressed mail market
Closing follows within the next weeks

At the beginning of 2007, Austrian Post acquired Weber Escal, the leader in Croatia’s unaddressed mail market. Austrian Post now announces the acquisition of ST Media, the number two in this market segment.

ST Media has more than 10 years of experience operating in the field of delivering unaddressed advertising mail in Croatia. This year, the company will distribute more than 100 million unaddressed advertising mail items, achieving revenues surpassing EUR 2 million, which represents a market share of about 25 % in Croatia.

The Croatian market for unaddressed mail is in a stage of infancy, and thus features high growth rates. Subsequently, revenue growth at Weber Escal has exceeded a level of 50% during the current business year alone. “With the acquisition of ST media, Austrian Post is in a position to effectively deal with the rapid growth in Croatia, and to offer our customers even better services“, says Walter Hitziger, Member of the Management Board with responsibility for the Mail Division.

This year, ST Media and Weber Escal together employ a delivery staff of 600 people, and will distribute close to 300 million direct mail items. The two companies account for about three-quarters of the total Croatian market for unaddressed advertising mail. The close cooperation of the two companies will enable Austrian Post to achieve greater cost efficiency and exploit synergies in the future, particularly in the delivery of the mail items.

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