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Russian Post and Microsoft Rus sign cooperation deal

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

Russian Post and Microsoft Rus, the Russian subsidiary of the global Microsoft Corporation, have signed a cooperation agreement to modernise the outdated IT infrastructure of the Russian public postal operator.

The deal is part of Russian Post’s three-year programme to reduce losses and to modernise infrastructure and services. The modernisation programme was announced by Russian Post CEO Andrej Kazmin in April this year.

Under the agreement, the two companies will implement several projects in key areas that include among others developing IT solutions for monitoring electronic resources, establishing a unified e-mail service as well as exchanging technological and marketing information. The important steps include creation of software for information telecommunications infrastructure that comprises components designed for carrying out applied software operations.

Russian Post, with a network of 42,000 post offices and 415,000 employees, handles more than 1.5 billion letters and 48 million parcels every year.

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DHL Express Austria expands its air network

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

DHL Express Austria has doubled the number of its flights from and to Blue Danube Airport in Linz, Nothern Austria, with 5 weekly return flights on the Leipzig-Linz-Ljubljana route.

With the introduction of the new flights, the Blue Danube Airport Linz is further expanding its infrastructure as well as international marketing activities due to the increasing demand for air transportation.

Currently, around 450,000 kgs of air freight are handled at Linz Airport annually with an expected growth rate of 5-10 pct next year.

In June 2007, DHL Express Austria became a new customer of the airport. Since then, DHL has been operating the Linz – Leipzig – Linz route. In addition, shipments from Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria and parts of Lower Austria have been shipped via Linz to Leipzig since April 2008.

DHL Express has a total of 15 sites in Austria and employs about 870 people.

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German publisher Holtzbrink buys twelve units of insolvent PIN Group

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

Georg von Holtzbrinck has bought major parts of the insolvent mail company PIN Group in a deal making it one of Deutsche Post’s biggest competitors, according to various media reports.

The insolvency administrator of PIN Holding, Bruno M. Kübler, said that the sale to Holtzbrinck will help preserve a considerable part of PIN’s network but did not reveal any financial details. The transaction is pending regulatory approval by the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), which is considered rather a formality.

In total, Holtzbrink has taken over twelve units of the troubled PIN Group with a 100 pct stake in six PIN companies and a major stake in the remaining six. It acquired PIN Mail in Berlin, eight PIN units in Brandenburg, Freiburg-based Arriva as well as Main-Post Logistik and Main-Sorter-Service in Wuerzburg. These units are located in the metropolitan area of Berlin, in the five states in the former German Democratic Republic, in Lower Franconia which is one of Bavaria’s administrative regions, and the metropolitan area of Freiburg.

The acquired companies employ a total of 2,500 workers. In the meantime, Kuebler is reportedly in negotiations with potential investors to buy the remaining 20 units, which count 1,200 workers.

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FedEx to Face China Anti-Dumping Investigation?

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

FedEx’ Express division in China has cut its prices by up to 40 per cent in recent months, a move that has resulted in a growing market share and a monthly loss of RMB 50m (USD 7.30 m) , The Economic Observer reports. Chinese competitors, who see their existence in danger, are now reportedly urging the government to start an anti-dumping investigation.

FedEx has reduced its prices for shipments three times in 12 months, with the result that since its last cut in June, its market share has risen and volume has quadrupled, The Economic Observer writes.

China’s Ministry of Commerce and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing have been urged by Chinese express companies to support a proposal that the government launch an anti-dumping investigation into FedEx’ pricing strategy. China Post’s EMS and S.F. Express, the country’s largest private express delivery, say these price cuts are putting a lot of pressure on their companies, could eliminate the existence of small and middle sized express firms and could fundamentally change China’s express market in the next five years.

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Reva Systems provides Correos RFID structure

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

Reva Systems announced that Correos Spain, has deployed Reva’s TAP appliances to enable RFID operations at an additional 37 mail processing centers. The implementation was designed and managed by Aida Centre, a systems integrator headquartered in Spain, who was instrumental in helping Correos define the production architecture and ultimately deploy the Reva-based production solution.

Correos is using RFID to track mail tagged with UHF RFID labels in order to monitor and manage mail delivery service nationwide. At each processing depot, dock doors equipped with RFID portals capture data as letters and parcels move in and out of the facility. Reva TAPs installed at each site control the portal readers and process the RFID tag data for location accuracy, and then deliver the relevant tag data to Correos’ enterprise backend systems.

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