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Nokia factory closure could hit DHL jobs (Germany)

Posted by | Jan 16, 2008 | |

Jobs may be lost at DHL due to the closure of a Nokia mobile phone production plant at Bochum in north-west Germany.

The Finnish company announced yesterday it will shut down its Bochum factory due to high operating costs and transfer production to Finland and lower-cost sites in Romania and Hungary. Some 2,300 employees will lose their jobs.

But a further 2,000 jobs at a range of Nokia suppliers and sub-contractors in the region are also in danger, according to German media reports. The locally-based Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that DHL is considering lying off staff as a result of the factory closure.

“When the Nokia factory closes, then it may be that jobs at DHL disappear as well,” a DHL spokesman cited. Some 200 DHL staff work directly with Nokia, and are responsible for shipping mobile phones to various destinations.

Nokia is an important international customer for DHL Express which handles transportation and delivery of the high-value mobile phones in various markets around the world.

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DHL considers U.S. future

Posted by | Jan 16, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post will likely unveil plans for its problem-plagued DHL business in the United States on March 6, say analysts.

When the German parent company releases its earnings report, losses are expected for the express unit which lags behind UPS and FedEx in the U.S. market.

In December, Bear Stearns called for the German parent company to “back away from U.S. domestic express.” In last month’s report, Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Beh called on Deutsche Post management to “reconsider its strategy to become a global express operation offering international and domestic service in all major markets under an integrated brand and service umbrella.”

This month another investment analyst, Morgan Stanley, also made a rare direct call for a DHL pull out, saying Deutsche Post needed to make the move in order to make its own financial projections.

Deutsche Post and DHL say they remain committed to their U.S. operations.

“The U.S. is an important market in our commitment to offer a truly global service network,” DHL said in a statement. “As the world’s leading Express and Logistics company, the U.S. is strategically important to the Group both as a stand-alone market and as a high-performance extension of our global service platform.”

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DHL Ireland profits plunged 200pc in 2006

Posted by | Jan 16, 2008 | |

The Irish wing of distribution giant DHL endured a profit fall of more than 200pc in 2006, despite a marginal increase in turnover to EUR 163m.
Figures just filed with the Companies Office show the earnings plunge was largely linked to exceptional costs, including EUR 1.354m for redundancy and relocation costs.
Those costs were linked to DHL’s 2007 move to a new distribution centre in north Dublin.
One of Ireland’s largest private distributors, DHL employed 795 people at the end of 2006, down from 843 the previous year.
The company achieved sales of EUR 163m for the year, up from 2005’s result of EUR 157m. Operating profit, however, tumbled from EUR 5.417m in 2005 to EUR 2.885m in 2006, on foot of higher costs.
A higher interest and tax bill put further pressure on the company’s bottom line, which ultimately delivered profits of EUR 1.16m for the year, down from EUR 4.468m the previous year.
The company’s directors noted the year’s performance was “in line with expectations and in line with overall performance of the Irish market”.
The accounts also detail a EUR 20.2m loan which was advanced to DHL in 2006 by ultimate parent company Deutsche Post AG, and a EUR 559,000 pension refund which will be treated in the 2007 filings.
During the year, the company’s four directors saw their own remuneration drop by more than 18pc to EUR 346,000, while average staff costs rose by about EUR 1,500 to EUR 47,500.
DHL Ireland closed the year with equity shareholders funds of EUR 12.1m, up from EUR 10.3m in 2005, and retained profits of more than EUR 10m.

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Leipzig/Halle Airport recorded its highest ever traffic figures in 2007 – cargo volume has risen to more than 100,000 tonnes

Posted by | Jan 15, 2008 | |

With a cargo volume of 101,285 tonnes and 2,723,748 passengers handled in 2007, Leipzig/Halle Airport recorded the highest ever traffic figures in its history. The number of flight movements, i.e. take-offs and landings, rose from 42,417 to 50,976, an increase of 20.2 percent over the previous year.

The cargo volume handled at Leipzig/Halle Airport rose from 29,330 tonnes to 101,285 tonnes, an increase of 245 percent compared with 2006.

This development is largely attributable to the growing commitment made by DHL, which, Mondays to Fridays, currently operates more than 30 flights from Leipzig/Halle every day.

Lufthansa Cargo has been using Leipzig/Halle Airport since October last year to operate 21 flights a week to destinations in the United States, in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Eric Malitzke, Managing Director Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH said: “progressive growth in the cargo sector and exceeding the 100,000 tonne mark clearly underline Leipzig/Halle Airport’s ambition to develop into a cargo hub of European importance within the next few years. With DHL opening its European hub this year, this positive trend will continue in 2008”.

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DHL Express expands Swedish consumer parcel network

Posted by | Jan 14, 2008 | |

DHL Express Sweden has expanded its recently-created network of 1,100 Servicepoints for consumer parcel services through an agreement with Scandinavian retail group Reitan Servicehandel. The expanded service is a key part of DHL Express Nordic’s strategy for 2008.

Under the deal, Swedish consumers and SMEs will be able to drop off or pick up their parcels at DHL Servicepoints within 7-Eleven stores and Pressbyran newspaper kiosks and shops located across the country, DHL Express Sweden said in a statement.

Reitan Servicehandel operates 72 7-Eleven shops in Sweden in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Malmo, while there are 318 Pressbyran outlets across the country attracting some 1.4 million customer visits a week, according to the group’s website.

DHL Express already has a network of 1,100 Servicepoints in Sweden operated as shop-in-shop services under contracts with a wide range of retailers. Private customers can hand in or collect their parcels at the Servicepoints.

Consumers sending parcels can book the shipment with DHL online and receive a shipment number to attach to the parcel. Payment is made directly to the retailer. Customers receiving parcels are informed by SMS or e-mail that their item is ready for collection.

The expanded service is a key part of DHL Express Nordic’s strategy for 2008 to strengthen its leading position in the region, said Martin Södergård, managing director of DHL Express Nordic.

The key aims were to intensify customer dialogue and make DHL Express more attractive as a potential partner by investing in service and improving access to products. “For me the Nordic region is a very exciting region because we have the chance to offer our customers a comprehensive product portfolio,” he commented. DHL Express Nordic, with 6,000 employees, covers Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the three Baltic states.

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