Tag: Europe

Reksoft brings technology innovation to the postal service business

Posted by | Sep 4, 2006 | |

Reksoft, the software outsourcing vendor with primary resource base in St. Petersburg, Russia, announced that it successfully developed an innovative software solution to raise the efficiency of Germany’s leading manufacturer of franking machines, Francotyp-Postalia.

As an innovative, total solutions provider, Francotyp-Postalia offers a full range of mail center solutions, notably post processing machines. The company manufactures all kinds of franking machines from compact entry devices to high performance mailing systems serving the perfect solution for organizations in every size. With more than 900 employees worldwide and sales and service subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and USA, the company is proud to have more than 260,000 installed franking machines worldwide.

Reksoft and Frankotyp-Postalia GmbH cooperation started in 2005, when Reksoft was chosen from among other providers of software development services from Eastern Europe. The core idea of the project launched by the customer was to improve the performance of operations and it was requested that Reksoft focused solely on the software part of the system, leaving hardware and mechanics untouched.

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Integration of Itella Finland Ltd and Elma Electronic Trading

Posted by | Sep 4, 2006 | |

Finland Post Group’s leading information logistics subsidiaries, Itella Finland Ltd and Elma Electronic Trading, will join forces. Although operations under the new organisation began on 1 September, the companies will see their combination take legal effect on 1 January 2007.

With a combined staff of around 900 and net sales of EUR 115 million, the new company forms part of Itella Group which operates in eight Northern European countries. It is a top expert in electronic messaging services, eInvoicing, printing services, data management and marketing.

This integration will enable the new company to provide corporate customers with an increasingly seamless service package for invoicing and customer relationship management, and generate greater efficiency in their customer service processes. With respect to consumer solutions, consumers can choose how and in what form they wish to receive their invoices – in printed form delivered to their letterboxes, or electronically to their online bank or Netposti.

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Dutch Vanderlande Industries gets USD 400 mln order from U.S. UPS

Posted by | Sep 4, 2006 | |

Dutch automated material handling systems producer Vanderlande Industries has received a large order worth over USD 400 mln (USD 311.6 mln euro) from U.S. package delivery company United Parcel Service (UPS), Vanderlande chief communication officer, Frans van Duren, said on September 1, 2006.

Vanderlande will deliver a fully automated package grading system to UPS Worldport airhub in Louisville, the USA, which will double the airhub’s capacity. The contract is running until the end of 2009.

Vanderlande has been delivering package grading systems to UPS since mid-1990s.

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TNT delivers on promises: Dave Kulik, managing director of TNT's logistics group, shares his strategy following the sale of the company to Apollo Management.(TNT Network Logistics)

Posted by | Sep 1, 2006 | |

Things couldn’t look more different between the two largest express/mail companies in terms of their attitude towards logistics. Where Deutsche Post acquired Exel to build a stronger logistics capability within its network of services, TNT NV of Amsterdam has announced the sale of its logistics division to the private equity firm Apollo Management LP for 1.48 billion (euro) (USD1.89 billion).
In making the announcement TNT’s Peter Bakker pointed out the company had now delivered on two of the three promises it made in December 2005 when it announced it would exit logistics.

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DHL – new service points

Posted by | Sep 1, 2006 | |

Utilising the services of the world leader in express delivery and logistics has become even easier. DHL has opened three new Service Points in Moscow and the Moscow region, at: the Zemlaynoy val, Kutuzovsky Prospect and Rublevo-Uspenskoe Shosse.

DHL constantly strives to not only meet, but exceed, its customers expectations. As many of DHL’s customers prefer to send their shipments personally – DHL Russia continually operates a program whereby it extends its network of existing Service Points network across Moscow and the Moscow region, giving it’s customers more choice and convenience.

Each of the new Service Points offers a full range of transportation services, both locally and across the globe. Unique custom-made software and modern equipment, allows the DHL agents at the Service Points to provide the customer with all of the required information on transportation issues and to speed up the shipments’ processing.

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