Tag: DPD

Parcelnet links up with Hermes

Posted by | Oct 7, 2008 | |

“We want to be part of the European network as part of Hermes,” Parcelnet’s Managing Director Carole Woodhead said. German-based Hermes is building up a European network with sister companies Parcelnet, Mondial Relay (France) and Porta a Porta (Italy) as well as its subsidiary in Austria.

Parcelnet is currently testing cross-border deliveries from Britain to Germany for TV shopping company QVC, Woodhead said. “More British companies are interested in Europe, and there are European customers with UK shipments,” she commented. The home delivery firm, which has so far used other European carriers for its cross-border shipments, is also in talks with France’s Mondial Relay over cooperation. “In future we want a common service offer,” she added.

Parcelnet currently handles about 110 million parcels a year, has revenues of over GBP 200 million (EUR 257 million) and “is a profitable company”, Woodhead stressed.

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DPD to open enlarged depot in north-west Germany

Posted by | Sep 26, 2008 | |

DPD Germany has officially inaugurated its new depot in Essen-Karnap, north-west Germany, which is planned to go into operation on January 2, 2009.

The 5,000 sqm facility, on a 32,000 sqm site, will replace the smaller DPD depot in Essen by doubling the sorting capacity to up to 32,000 parcels per day. With the new depot, the company aims to strengthen its network in the region in order to keep up with the parcel volume which is expected to grow continuously over the next few years, DPD said.

The company aims for annual volume growth of at least 3 pct at the new depot which has 10 unloading bays and 16 loading bays. All 100 employees and 90 deliverers from the old depot will move to the new facility.

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DPD Switzerland to invest in new eco-depot

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DPD Switzerland has announced the building of a new ecological depot in Buchs, in the canton of Zurich, which will go into operation on 1 October 2009.

The new logistics centre will be constructed based on a coherent ecological concept on a 20,000-sqm land to be sold by the community of Buchs for an amount of EUR 5.2 million.

The new centre will be constructed with low land consumption, thanks to the u-form of the building, and based on a completely sustainable energy supply through heat recovery from ground water and about 1,000-sqm of solar cells producing 125,000 kWH of energy yearly.

DPD will lease the new building including a total of 28 unloading bays, 99 loading bays and an office building with the option to be extended at a later point of time. The company says that the new depot will generate a total of 220 jobs.

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