FRENCH POSTAL organisation La Poste and parcels subsidiary GeoPost have no more than two years in which to complete the development of their European express/parcels network.
That, at least, was the view expressed by Claude Begle, GeoPost general manager, at the recent 12th World Mail & Express Conference.
DPD Deutscher Paket Dienst GmbH & Co, in which French La Poste has a 85% holding, plans to merge the Swiss companies DPD Ost and DPD West into DPD Switzerland AG. The latter will be controlled by Geneva-based GeoPost Switzerland S.A. DPD Switzerland aims to invest around SFr 20mn in Switzerland in order to benefit from the lucrative parcel delivery business.
Read MoreGerman DPD Deutscher Paket Dienst, the independent consultancy Dr. Städler and IBM have set up a co-operation agreement, offering an all-round service package for e-business solutions
Read MoreIn its function as the La Poste division for the parcel and logistics sector, Deutscher Paket Dienst DPD plays an important role in setting up and expanding its European structures. Integrating the Baltic area and Poland would be the next step in the pioneering work for new markets, it was reported in Aschaffenburg in March
Read MoreLa Poste, the French postal services company, plans to become the second
largest parcel delivery company in Europe following its acquisition of 85
per cent of Deutsche Paket Dienst GmbH (DPD), the German parcel delivery
company.
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