Tag: France

Geodis opens up European front

Posted by | Mar 24, 2005 | |

Geodis is to launch a new European groupage servicecalled Eurofirst next month, providing customers with online tracking, PoDs and quality reports. The service will initially cover ten countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain; a further 15 countries will be added at the end of the year. Geodis launched the Eurofirst product at its annual results presentation in London last Friday. The main groupage business in the UK goes live with Eurofirst in April and the pallet network, Fortec, is expected to plug into the system in May. This should prove a major benefit for Fortec member companies and their customers, says managing director Rod Abrahams.

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DHL Global Mail France forms Executive Committee

Posted by | Mar 23, 2005 | |

DHL Global Mail France, a unit of Germany-based international mail solutions provider DHL Global Mail, recently formed its executive committee following the recent acquisition of French mail service provider Koba, it was reported on March 23, 2005.

Gunnar Graf, 35, was named president and director general of DHL Global Mail France. Up to now, he was advisor to the president of the mail division of Deutsche Post, and was responsible for the international strategy and development. He also took part in Koba’s acquisition.

Gilles Andre Ioset, 49, was named director general of DHL Global Mail France. He became president of Koba in 2000.

Eric Bravard, 41, was appointed director general responsible for finance and administration within DHL Global Mail France.

DHL Global Mail focuses on mail logistics and related solutions. The company is a subsidiary of German logistics and postal services company Deutsche Post World Net.

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French La Poste to sell 70 pct of TAT Express

Posted by | Mar 18, 2005 | |

French national post office La Poste announced its plans to sell up to 70 pct of the share capital of its subsidiary, express freight transport company TAT Express, to an unnamed French company, it was reported on March 17, 2005. The French trade unions had been informed for this decision at an extraordinary works’ council dedicated to the opening of the capital of TAT Express on March 10, 2005. TAT Express launched a restructuring plan in December 2003 which led to 200 job cuts and modification of the work contracts of another 200 company employees. TAT Express reduced its agencies in France to 33 and generated a 150 mln euro (USD200.5 mln) turnover for 2004.

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The postal perspective: 2006

Posted by | Mar 9, 2005 | |

Presentation at IEA by Pal Szabo, Hungary Post / Magyar Posta.
Hungary post strategy and postal facts, effects of liberalisation. Predicted mail volumes to 2008 for Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands & Spain.
P:LibraryIEA European Postal Services Mch05Pal_Szabo_Magyar Posta Hungary.pdf

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Hand Held Products Signs Major Contract With La Poste Subsidiary

Posted by | Mar 9, 2005 | |

Hand Held Products, the worldwide leader in image-based data collection solutions, has signed a EUR10 million pan-European agreement with DPD, a subsidiary of La Poste and part of the Geopost group. This involves hardware and software for an automated delivery scan system.

DPD tested solutions from several vendors before choosing Hand Held Products’ Dolphin(R) 9500 as the basis of its new system. The 9500 is a rugged mobile computer with powerful scanning capabilities and a triple radio with GSM / GPRS, wireless LAN and Bluetooth applications. DPD is initially purchasing over 6,000 customised Dolphins for its depots and delivery trucks in Germany, Switzerland and Benelux.

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