Tag: DPD

In Europe, few postal operators now share the parcels market.

Posted by | May 27, 2003 | |

The German, Dutch and French postal operators now control 45% of the European parcels market. The market was estimated to be worth 36bn Euros in 2002. According to Claude Béglé (Director General of European operator Geopost) “the smaller postal operators which are not currently part of one the three main networks will have to sell themselves to one of the three in the next five years. No postal administrations will be able to survive by concentrating on mail only due to the costs of maintaining a large retail network and sorting centres“. (translation from original)

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GeoPost strengthens its management structure

Posted by | May 23, 2003 | |

GeoPost GmbH, the majority shareholder of DPD strengthens its management structure by the appointment of Mr Chris Ohlund as CEO Germany and of Mr. Claes Österberg as Managing Director for Nordics & Eastern Europe. GeoPost GmbH, led by its Managing Director, Dr. Claude Béglé, has as its purpose to direct the business activities and development of GeoPost’s interests in the region, as a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoPost SA (Paris) and ultimately of the French La Poste Group.

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Deutscher PaketDienst revises turnover forecast for 2002

Posted by | Aug 1, 2002 | |

Deutscher Paketdienst (DPD), the German parcel delivery service provider, a subsidiary of the French postal service La Poste, has revised its turnover forecast downwards for 2002. Earlier this year, it predicted a double-figure growth rate compared with around 1.6bn euros shown in 2001. The delivery volume, which was originally expected to rise by 8 per cent, is now expected to increase by 4 per cent.

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La Poste invests in courier service company

Posted by | Jul 18, 2002 | |

France’s postal company, La Poste, bought 50 peccent of the stock in Masterlink, the polish company which specialises in courier solutions, tracking services, and shipping tools, in Poland, Scandinavia and Baltic States. Its strategic investor so far was Sweden’s Posten AB.

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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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