Tag: Europe

Italian Express Delivery Firm Bartolini Launches Services in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece

Posted by | Jun 7, 2007 | |

Italian express delivery company Bartolini has launched services in EU newcomers Bulgaria and Romania, as well as Greece, the company said on Thursday.

The company will offer the services through its partner, German sector firm Deutscher Paket Dienst (DPD), Bartolini said in a statement.

Bartolini, one of the main express delivery firms in Italy, offers services to a total of 25 countries in Europe. Outside Italy, the company works with DPD and its partners from EuroExpress.

Bulgaria and Romania, which joined the European Union in January, have attracted large numbers of foreign investors in various sectors of their economies over the past few years. Service companies have followed investors in finance, real estate and tourism, telecommunications and industry, to take advantage of the business opportunities offered by the EU accession.

Some of the key express delivery companies in Bulgaria and Romania are international firms TNT, DHL and UPS. There are strong local players in Romania – Cargus, Fan Courier and Curiero.

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DPD opens largest centre in the Baltic Region

Posted by | Jun 7, 2007 | |

DPD has opened a new parcel sorting hub in the Latvian capital of Riga, which it claims is the largest such centre in capacity terms in the Baltic region. The 2,900 sqm new facility can handled up to 140,000 parcels per day, compared to the 10,000 daily shipments DPD Latvia has been handling to date. DPD is expanding at a pace in the Baltics and last year opened a 2,400 sqm sorting hub in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.

The Latvian sorting centre is 4km outside Riga city centre and situated on a 9,600 sqm plot of land with over 70 pick-up and distribution gates. The parcel sorting conveyor is 1 km long.

Meanwhile, DPD Lithuania announced its parcel volume had shot up over 36% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year, to 676,000 from 495,000 items. Sales grew by 40% in 2006, on top of similar growth the year before, and a further 40% growth is expected this year, the company said.

DPD Latvija is French owned company. The mother company is GeoPost which belongs to French Post Group.

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FedEx Kinko's partners with Adobe

Posted by | Jun 7, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s and Adobe Systems Inc. Wednesday announced a partnership to extend the reach of Kinko’s online applications.

With connections to Adobe’s Reader and Acrobat software, Kinko’s Print Online customers will be able to send documents for printing to any Kinko’s store in the country.

“By enabling FedEx Kinko’s Print Online functionality with Adobe Reader and Acrobat, people can simply and conveniently access FedEx Kinko’s printing services, which provides more options for working with PDF files — including professional printing and shipping via FedEx, right from the desktop,” said John Brennan, senior vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe.

The free Adobe Reader 8.1 has a “Send to FedEx Kinko’s” option in the file menu as well as a button on the main toolbar, represented by the Kinko’s icon. Later this month, Acrobat 8.1 will also feature the FedEx Kinko’s functionality as an option in the file menu.

With Kinko’s Print Online, customers may upload and combine multiple files, customize jobs with tabs and inserts, preview orders, track job status, choose to ship their orders or pick up at a local center, and pay online.

A variety of delivery options are available, including FedEx Express and FedEx Ground services. Users may store contact and billing information, reprint previous orders, review order history, receive discounts and special offers, set up preferences for a favorite center location and default recipient information.

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