Tag: DPD

La Poste Group and Posten AB cement strategic partnership

Posted by | Jul 17, 2002 | |

Martin Vial, Chairman of La Poste Group, and Lennart Grabe, President and CEO of Swedish postal operator, Posten AB, today cemented the strategic agreement signed in the fall of 2001 for the joint development of parcel operations in the Nordic, East European and Baltic markets.
The agreements finalized to date underline the postal operators’ shared determination to further strengthen parcel activities through win-win partnerships in promising markets with high growth potential ; partnerships that may also be extended to other operators.

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DPD (Germany), FedEx Cooperate on Express

Posted by | Jul 1, 2002 | |

Deutscher Paketdienst (DPD), Germany’s second-largest parcel delivery service provider after the country’s former monopoly Deutsche Post, is adding express deliveries to its range of services, in collaboration with US logistics group Federal Express. The collaboration between the two companies will give DPD a foothold in 220 countries, and it hopes also to improve its competitive position compared with that of Deutsche Post.

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DPD fulfils its promise

Posted by | Jun 21, 2002 | |

We are entering a new dimension with this product.>> Claude Béglé chairman of DPD’s supervisory board, told journalists in Hamburg when describing the process that has now reached a climax after months of detailed preparations. In the course of developing the new product, DPD gained a great deal of valuable experience with its Garan tiepaket 24. a next-day delivery service that it launched in its home market of Germany in the middle of 2000 as a high quality product with a high level of security.
DPD’s French parent group, La Poste. and the U.S-based integrator FedEx signed a cooperation agreement in summer 2001. As a result, DPD now has access to the international network (including air services) operated by Federal Express (FedEx).

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Martin Vial's solution for La Poste

Posted by | Apr 8, 2002 | |

The French post office, La Poste, closed 2001 with net operating losses of 95m euros, mainly as a result of the acquisition of German network DPD. Turnover increased slightly but operating profit dropped. Chairman Martin Vial has explained that these disappointing results are due to a drop in the use of mail caused by the spread of the internet and by the introduction of the 35-hour working week.

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DPD & FedEx to cooperate

Posted by | Mar 18, 2002 | |

Within the scope of an alliance between French La Poste and Fedex Express the US mail services company will carry postal consignments of the German La Poste parcel subsidiary Deutsche Paketdienst (DPD) on international and intercontinental flights. The Fedex/DPD cooperation concerns deliveries of DPD’s new express service, which is to be offered as of 1 July 2002.

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