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The winner by Scouts votes of the 2007 EUROPA stamp competition is the Armenian operator HAYPOST.

Posted by | Sep 18, 2007 | |

The winner by Scouts votes of the 2007 EUROPA stamp competition is the Armenian operator HAYPOST.

EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises, under the aegis of PostEurop, and that have Europe as their central theme.

The EUROPA stamp best design competition is a yearly event which takes place during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly. The first competition, in 2002 saw Malta win best stamp design. Following winning stamps from 2003 to 2006 were from Monaco, Greenland, Iceland and Ukraine.

In order to celebrate the ‘100 years of scouting’ and to stimulate the interest for EUROPA stamps among young scouts, it was decided that the EUROPA competition would be opened to scouts around the world, and they were invited to vote on-line for the stamp they liked best.

On the 9th May, Europe Day, in Portoroz, Slovenia, Scouts and PostEurop launched the 2007 issue of the EUROPA stamp competition, celebrating scoutism, and in which over 50 postal operators in Europe participated.

As revealed during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly in Vienna, Austria, the winner selected by the majority of voting scouts is the stamp issued by Postal Operator of Armenia : Haypost.

“On behalf of HayPost in Armenia, we wish to thank PostEurop for organizing this invaluable competition and especially our voters for having chosen the Armenian EUROPA stamp for the 2007 PostEurop competition. This stamp symbolizes the international peace generated by the scout movement, and the union between Armenians and all cultures in the world,” stated Hans Boon, Director General of HayPost.

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Oesterreichische Post to shed 1,200 jobs through 2009, union vows fight

Posted by | Sep 18, 2007 | |

Oesterreichische Post AG (Austrian Post) said that it plans to shed around 1,200 jobs until the end of 2009, with some 1,000 positions being eliminated in its mail and package delivery segment.

The Austrian postal services group said that the reduction in the number of letter carriers will take place within the previously announced framework of striking around 400 such positions a year through natural attrition, the Austrian news agency APA reported.

The Post’s employees union said that it will fight these plans and will no longer continue its wage talks with the company’s management, according to APA.

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Pitney Bowes 12th Leadership Roundtable in Majorca, Spain Kicks Off

Posted by | Sep 17, 2007 | |

Pitney Bowes 12th Leadership Roundtable “Strengthening the Industry Through Partnerships” begins on Sunday September 16, at Hotel Castillo Son Vida in Majorca, Spain, and continues with work sessions on September 17, 18 and 19.

A record number of postal organizations are set to participate at the Roundtable, alongside key executives from companies such as FedEx, UPS and Cisco. Highlights will include an Executive Dialogue with Michael J. Critelli, Executive Chairman of Pitney Bowes and a welcome speech by José Damián Santiago, President of Correos.

This roundtable will bring together a mix of postal executives, parcel operators, and other industry stakeholders, to discuss how all aspects of the industry can partner more effectively to build a prosperous future. The goal of the roundtables is to create an event where postal executives can openly articulate and debate challenging management, marketing, strategic and technological issues.

Luis A. Jimenez, Sr. Vice President and Chief Industry Policy Officer, Pitney Bowes, who conceived and organizes the Roundtables, said the idea was to create: “A private forum for major postal stakeholders where challenges could be discussed openly, and where conclusions could be kept in a confidential setting.”

This event will see more than 18 countries represented and participants will include top management from strategic, marketing, product development, technology, and information functions. Confirmed are participants from the posts of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland the UK and the USA. Other participants include: IPC, PostEurop, FedEx, UPS, Cisco and the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi). Participation in this Roundtable is by invitation only and is limited to 50 participants.

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TNT restructures express services

Posted by | Sep 17, 2007 | |

TNT claimed its emphasis on morning deliveries, which it is backing with an international communications campaign under the “Good Morning!” theme, was unique in the market.

The key to TNT’s restructuring is close integration between its road and air networks. Nigel Barton, strategic operations director, said TNT was the only integrator with fully merged road and air operations in Europe, operating 3,700 linehauls a week.

The company has an intraregional focus rather than the intercontinental focus of its main express rivals.

Marie-Christine Lombard, group MD for TNT Express, said the company would operate only on selected long haul routes, but was seeking to replicate its European regional road/air model in markets such as Brazil, India and China, where it has acquired large domestic players in the last two years.

TNT has calculated its share of Europe’s GBP 21bn (USD 26.8 bn) express market at 17 pct , ahead of DHL on 16 pct. Lombard said it was a great opportunity that “others” outside the main integrators and post offices still accounted for 48 pct of the market, since so many smaller players were “destination specialists” offering just one or two countries.

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New milestone in company’s history as ANC becomes FedEx UK

Posted by | Sep 17, 2007 | |

FedEx Express announced the re-branding of its recently-acquired UK domestic express company, ANC. From today, ANC will be known as FedEx UK and the new brand will be rolled out across all assets and uniforms by autumn next year.
“Since acquiring ANC in December last year, our management teams have been working together to ensure the benefits of the acquisition are passed on to customers of both organizations. Today’s unveiling of the new brand is an exciting step in fully embracing the FedEx UK staff and operations into the broader FedEx family,” said Robert W. Elliott, president, FedEx Express, Europe, Middle-East, Indian sub-continent and Africa.
“Today marks a major and symbolic milestone in our corporate history and one that everyone at FedEx UK warmly welcomes. At the end of the re-branding in the autumn of 2008, about 2,000 vehicles and 3,000 uniformed employees and contractors will proudly carry the new FedEx UK livery,” said FedEx UK CEO, Michael Holt.
Under its new brand, FedEx UK will continue to provide an outstanding range of comprehensive domestic distribution and logistics services with an established national pick-up and delivery network. FedEx UK will build on its strong customer service heritage and remain focused on delivery reliability and the development of its employees.

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