Tag: France

Chronopost France announce new appointments

Posted by | Oct 10, 2007 | |

Stephane Simon has been appointed Sales Director of Chronospost France, heading national and international sales. Stephane Simon started his career in 1989 in TNT, where he was Operational and Commercial Regional Director.

Stephane Simon was Sales Regional Director of South East in Chronopost from 1998 to 2004. Before joining Chronospost, he was Sales Director in Taxicolis.

Chronopost also announced the appointment of Bernard Lemaire as a Human Resources Director. Before joining Chronospost, Bernard Lemaire was Director of Human Resource in FNAC.

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Commission gives public aid to finance La Poste pensions for civil servants

Posted by | Oct 10, 2007 | |

Acting under the EC Treaty rules on state aid, the European Commission has authorized the aid planned by France for the reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste. The authorization is subject to conditions to ensure that La Poste and its competitors are placed on an equal footing as regards social security contributions and tax.

In the light of important commitments given by the French authorities, the Commission has concluded that the social security contributions and tax paid by La Poste would now be equivalent to what is borne by the postal operator’s competitors.

Under a 1990 law, La Poste was to finance in full the pensions paid by the State to its civil servants by way of a repayment to the State of the amounts paid out. This method of financing was a departure from the ordinary arrangement. Unlike an ordinary employer in a pay-as-you-go system, La Poste did not pay the levy that releases employers from any additional commitment for retirement pensions, but it had to ensure that the pension scheme for its civil servants was in balance.

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GLS expands French handling capacity with new sorting equipment

Posted by | Oct 9, 2007 | |

GLS is expanding capacity at its Paris hub to cope with rising volumes and will gradually introduce new sorting technology at its other locations in France. The value of the investment was not disclosed.

The European parcels operator will install a new modular sorting line at its hub in Fleury-Mérogis, in the greater Paris area in November, increasing its handling capacity from 4,000 to 8,000 parcels per hour.

In the future, all sites in the French network will also be equipped with the new system, GLS France announced. The move follows an initial test phase at the Toulouse depot.

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Air France cargo network live on Unisys-operated CPS

Posted by | Oct 8, 2007 | |

The Air France cargo network is now available through the Unisys-operated Cargo Portal Services (CPS), the electronic booking & shipment management service for the air cargo industry.

Freight forwarders around the world are now able to take advantage of the extensive Air France Cargo – KLM Cargo route network when booking and managing shipments.

“This development builds on KLM Cargo’s success with CPS over the last four years,” said Michael Wisbrun, president of Air France Cargo – KLM Cargo, adding that as a merged company, it was natural to extend CPS coverage for all clients through the combined AF-KLM Cargo network.

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CPL – Aramex plans more acquisitions

Posted by | Oct 4, 2007 | |

Aramex plans to continue buying freight companies in key markets around the world to build up its global network, Osama Fatalleh, senior vice president and chief strategic officer, told the CPL Summit in Barcelona this week.

The Middle East-based freight logistics company wants to become the world’s fifth-largest express player through a mix of subsidiaries, alliance partners and franchises. “Our industry cannot continue to be controlled by four companies on a global scale,” Fatelleh said.

Over the last few years, Aramex had built up a worldwide network through this mixed approach but continued to face the challenge of having partners acquired by one of the big four players, Fatelleh said. In response, Aramex had decided to move from a cooperation model to a financial holding strategy in key markets such as the US, Asia and Central Europe, he said.

At the same time, Aramex was broadening its product portfolio into freight. In future, it was likely to buy freight companies and then widen them with express services since there were now few attractive express companies left to buy, he commented. Aramex also planned to open up its network to smaller local or regional players to give them more opportunity to compete with the big four integrators, he added.

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