Tag: France

Bull, Lockheed Martin win 147 mln eur order from French post office

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

France’s post office, La Poste, said it has signed a 147 mln eur contract with French IT services group Bull and with Lockheed Martin Corp for the companies to supply an IT system for its postal sorting machinery.

The contract, running from 2007 to 2010, will run in parallel with the construction of 13 new postal sorting platforms, Gabriel Hentzen, chief executive of La poste’s mail operations, told Agence France-Presse.

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DHL Global Mail France appoints Head of Automatic Data Processing

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

DHL Global Mail France has recently appointed Alain Halvick, 51, manager of automatic data processing and digital information, it was reported on December 9, 2005.

At the position, Halvick will be in charge of developing and implementing electronic solutions for automatic data processing, electronic invoicing, electronic data interchange (EDI), archiving of digital content and electronic document management.

At DHL Global Mail France Halvick is a subordinate to the general management and will work in close collaboration with the teams of Deutsche Post World Net in France and Germany. Deutsche Post World Net is the parent company of express services provider DHL.

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Industry awaits TNT’s logistics sell-off

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

The decision of TNT to put a ‘for sale’ sign on the majority of its worldwide logistics activities has prompted a series of questions from industry observers and analysts.

Much of the speculation revolves around the identity of likely potential buyers and whether the logistics business will be sold as one entity or hived off in pieces to several purchasers.

There are also questions about the timing of the move by the Netherlands-based mail, express and logistics group, and the reasons behind it.

Announcing its decision largely to withdraw from logistics during next year, TNT stated last week that a strategic review of its businesses had concluded that the group’s strength lay in designing, implementing and running de- livery networks in the mail, express and freight management sectors.

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Stamp price gap grows as European postal sector prepares for market opening

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

The Free and Fair Post Initiative (FFPI) today released its fifth survey
on stamp prices in the European Union (EU). The study, which covers the 25 EU member States, reveals that 20% of EU countries have increased stamp prices in the course of 2005 and that price differences are still wide. The annual comparative analysis of the FFPI points out that prices of stamps for basic domestic letters have increased in 5 member States1 during this year. In addition, the survey reports that the gap in prices between the old and new EU member States is still widening. It is in fact important to notice that costs have risen in 3 countries from the EU-15, therefore further enlarging the difference with the price in the new member States.
P:LibraryPostalFFPI Stamps Survey 05.pdf

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