Tag: France

Seur to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Seur invests in Barcelona Spanish express company Seur, partly owned by France’s GeoPost (La Poste), is to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona to further upgrade its infrastructure.

The new 16,400 sqm facility, which is one of the ten hubs of the Seur network in the Iberian Peninsula, is divided into a 8,400 sqm cross docking bay and the 8,000 sqm Seur franchise Barcino.

The new loading platform incorporates the latest technologies which include a double conveyor worth EUR 6 million with a capacity to sort up to 14,000 parcels per hour.
Furthermore, the goods are controlled by means of a barcode reading system which transfers real-time information according to the position of each parcel.

The Seur franchise Barcino is located next to the hub and is one of the 85 franchises of the Seur network, which has invested EUR 11.5 million of the total EUR 40.5 million in its new facilities. With an extension of 7,994 qm the franchise Barcino employs a workforce of 290 professionals to ensure the best service possible. Barcino has generated a turnover of EUR 32 million in 2006.

Manuell Valle, Seur CEO, pointed out during the inauguration the importance of the new facility for the company. “The new platform is a reference of modernity and is well situated in terms of land, sea and air. These conditions are suitable to enhance the service quality for thousands of customers and follow the path of continuous improvement after the inaugurations of the Seur franchise in Sevilla and the franchise and hub of Lisbon.”

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Geodis opens a new groupage and express branch in Amiens

Posted by | Oct 12, 2007 | |

Geodis will open its new branch in Amiens on Friday 12 October 2007. This local transport facility will help local companies to grow by widening access to Geodis’s worldwide network.

On a 44,000m² site at the Espace Industriel Nord in Amiens (140km north of Paris), this site offers 85 loading dock doors, a 5300m² operating area and employs 140 people. All Geodis Calberson Picardie and France Express “groupage” and “express” deliveries and pick-ups for the Amiens sector will be handled here.

This new facility provides a direct link with Geodis’s national and international networks thus allowing the local firms to take advantage of the Group’s know-how.

Using its next-generation parcel management tool transmitting data in real-time via wifi, this facility will be able to process over 600,000 express or conventional groupage shipments a year as part of a quality, secure and reliable service.

The new site is part of Geodis’s strategy to regularly update its production equipment in a bid to constantly improve Total Customer Satisfaction (STC) against a backdrop of sustainable development. This investment and the drive of the regional team are also Geodis’s way of confirming its intention to become a key player in supporting companies in the Picardy region and their international aspirations.

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Kiala enters Austrian B2C parcel market

Posted by | Oct 11, 2007 | |

The Belgian-based parcels operator Kiala has entered the Austrian B2C parcels market, intensifying competition for Austrian Post.

The company has built up a network of 290 parcel pick-up points in kiosks, shops, petrol stations and other retail outlets, and plans to add about 100 more by next spring, Kiala Austria managing director Michael Zakoucz told Austrian media.

Customers are informed by SMS, e-mail or phone that a parcel is ready for collection at a nearby “Kiala Point”. Transportation has been contracted out to Salzburg-based newspaper distribution company PGV Salzburg.

The operator’s first major customers in Austria are the mail order companies La Redoute and Klingel. Zakoucz said that Kiala is aiming to gain a market share of 13-15pct in 2008.

Kiala, which is currently active in Benelux and France and has a test operation in the UK, increased turnover by 21 pct to EUR 25 million in 2006 and handled some 10 million parcels. It claims a network of 4,700 Kiala Points in Europe.

The company, whose investors include funds linked to La Poste and TNT, has also recently appointed a country manager for Russia and a new manager for Spain.

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ARCEP Chair Paul Champsaur presentation in the French National Assembly

Posted by | Oct 11, 2007 | |

In a speech before the Committee on Economic Affairs of the French National Assembly Paul Champsaur, ARCEP Chair, said he is happy with the political compromise on postal liberalization reached by the EU as it safeguards the universal service and leaves posts ample time to prepare. Mr. Champsaur added that he is confident that La Poste will have completed its transformation by 2011 and will be able to withstand competition when the market is fully liberalized on 1 January 2011, especially in an environment where competition is expected to grow at a slow pace. While Mr. Champsaur hopes that financial compensation for the universal service burden will not be needed, he affirms that principles of a compensation fund will be worked out with stakeholders in the meantime, in case such a funding mechanism is required. In addition, Mr. Champsaur said the progressive steps that key neighboring countries took before they fully opened up their market – UK first liberalized bulk mail, Germany first liberalized added value items, and direct mail had long been liberalized in the Netherlands – helped competitors and other stakeholders, such as mailing houses, better prepare for full liberalisation. In response to a question put by MPs, Champsaur says that the possibility of fully opening up the direct mail market before 2011 “should be studied”.

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TNT Express delivers for French e-retailer Cdiscount.com

Posted by | Oct 11, 2007 | |

TNT Express France has won a contract to deliver goods ordered online from leading e-retailer Cdiscount.com. The deal extends the operator’s home delivery activities in France.

Since September, TNT Express France has been delivering goods within 24 hours for the sales portal, which claims to be France’s largest e-commerce website.

Under the cooperation, consumers buying goods on Cdiscount.com can select TNT as their transport provider and have their items delivered direct to their home. Deliveries are made within 24 hours of the order being processed, with deliveries made Monday to Saturday between 08:00 and 13:00. Cdiscount.com customers can track their goods through the website.

If the consumer is not at home, the item is made available on the same day at the nearest Relais Colis pick-up point and the customer is informed by SMS. TNT cooperates with this parcel drop-off and pick-up network, which works on a shop-in-shop retail basis and has 3,800 outlets across France.

The e-retail website was set up in 1998. It has 40 online shops, 5.2 million customers and more than 25,000 orders per day.

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