Tag: Europe

The Pallet Network Rases The Bar

Posted by | Mar 30, 2007 | |

TPN are delighted to announce that Rase Distribution Ltd, based on Wickenby Airfield near Lincoln have recently joined the network.

Rase Distribution, founded in 1967, have built up a solid reputation for high quality service levels to a wide range of industries.

In addition to an extensive fleet of vehicles, Rase manage in excess of 300,000 sq ft of warehousing, handling a wide range of commodities.

Geoff Hill, Managing Director of Rase Distribution commented;

“We are delighted to have recently joined TPN after considering several options. It is essential for our customers that deliveries are executed professionally, in full and in perfect condition. We therefore chose TPN because of their solid reputation for consistent service and quality membership. TPN compliments our business very well and by joining the network, we can offer high quality, cost effective supply chain solutions to existing and new clients”.

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GLS opens logistics centre in Hungary

Posted by | Mar 29, 2007 | |

General Logistics System has opened a new 5,000-sqm logistics centre in Hungary’s Alsónémedi.

GLS, headquartered in Amsterdam, launched constructions last June and spent a total of EUR 6.2 million to finish the facility.

The new unit of GLS Hungary operates with a staff of 100 employees and can deliver 12 million packages a year, business daily Világgazdaság said.

The logistics centre will give home to the Central European headquarters of GLS, where they will co-ordinate Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries from.

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Royal Mail picks print manager shortlist for GBP 400m contract

Posted by | Mar 29, 2007 | |

Royal Mail Group has decided on shortlists for the various lots in the massive GBP 400m print management tender it launched at the end of December.
Almost 40 companies have been informed that they are on the shortlists of bidders invited to submit detailed tenders for four lots worth up to GBP 100m per year.

Bidders are now working on submitting full price tenders for the work either individually or as part of consortia before a deadline understood to be around 25 April. The tender process is expected to be completed in the summer.
Royal Mail declined to reveal the names of companies involved, although it said that more than 100 companies submitted expressions of interest in the initial stages.

Top print management firms who are understood to have bid for major parts of the contract include Communisis, Adare, HH Associates, Xerox, RR Donnelley Global Document Services (formerly Astron), AccessPlus and TPF Group. It is so far uncertain which of these have been invited to submit detailed tenders.

One notable exception from the bidders is Williams Lea, which is understood not to be involved in the process, due to the potential conflict of interest between its owner, German postal operator Deutsche Post World Net, and Royal Mail.

Ray Huntzinger, Royal Mail’s director of strategy programmes, is leading the tender process and set up a unit of 25 staff, under the name Royal Mail Document Management Services.

Xerox is seen by some as a front-runner after it won a GBP 400m contract for the Department of Work and Pensions in February.

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TNT in Estonian Post cooperation

Posted by | Mar 28, 2007 | |

The Estonian state-owned Eesti Post (Estonian Post) has selected TNT Express as its strategic cooperation partner following a public tender. The four-year agreement runs until February 2011.

Under the agreement, Eesti Post will market TNT express services at its post offices in return for a service fee. It will collect international express delivery consignments through its network and pass them on to TNT for distribution throughout the world. Eesti Post client services will be linked to TNT’s client servicing systems.

The cooperation is aimed at providing express consignments collection capability to Estonian post offices for retail and small business customers. Major corporate customers will continue to use TNT’s own local network.

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