Tag: Germany

DHL expands global network and operations with new state-of-the-art European air hub

Posted by | May 26, 2008 | |

DHL has officially opened its new European air freight hub at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. The hub, one of Europe’s largest construction sites, expands DHL’s international network, providing greater connectivity to global growth markets and enabling DHL to improve its overall customer service.

Approximately 300 million Euros has been invested by Deutsche Post World Net in the construction of the DHL air freight hub Leipzig/Halle which enhances DHL’s speed, connectivity and reach in a number of ways. It is situated at a crossroads to provide direct North-South and East-West access to Europe, and connects both established and emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia.

The decisive criteria for the choice of location were the position of the airport, its proximity to growth markets in Eastern Europe, the long-term planning security with comprehensive authorization for night-time flights, the wealth of motivated and highly qualified locally-based personnel, and impressive infrastructure which allows for a future-oriented combination of the carriers air, road and rail.

The hub comprises of a distribution center, an aircraft hangar, apron, tank station and administration building. The amount of freight transshipped every working day is currently around 1,500 tons per night but by 2012 this figure is set to rise to 2,000 tons.

Leipzig is the first DHL facility able to meet its needs for electricity, heating and cooling energy, to a large extent self-sufficiently. This is ensured by a cogeneration unit for combined heat and power generation, together with 1,000 square meters of solar cells on the roof of the hangar workshop for the generation of electricity from solar energy. In addition, two underground cisterns, with a capacity of 300 cubic meters each collecting around 3,000 cubic meters of rain water each year, will be used instead of drinking water to wash the aircraft.

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Pin Group liquidator mandated by shareholders to continue operations

Posted by | May 26, 2008 | |

The liquidator of troubled German mail services company Pin Group AG S.A., Bruno Kuebler, has been mandated to continue its business in case he fails to find a buyer for the group.

Kuebler said in a statement he is optimistic he will find a buyer for the company. He said he is still in talks with three unidentified potential buyers.

France’s La Poste walked away from talks at the end of March, according to the statement.

PIN Group ran into trouble in December when publishing group and majority stakeholder Axel Springer AG stopped funding it after the German government decided to introduce minimum wages to the postal industry. Some 40 of its 91 units have filed for insolvency.

The company in 2007 reached full-year sales of 278 million euros, below the 346 million target, and negative earnings before earnings and tax (EBIT) of 68 million.

Kuebler said in the statement PIN’s debt as part of the insolvency procedures amount to more than 200 million euros.

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Deutsche Post members vote in favour of negotiated settlement (GER)

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

82.7 pct of ver.di members at Deutsche Post voted in favour of accepting the settlement negotiated on 30 April. As a result, the contractually agreed provisions can come into effect. “We have achieved a very good agreement which shows the exceptional cohesion of our members. That is precisely what makes us so strong”, says Andrea Kocsis, deputy ver.di President. The union had balloted its members on the negotiated settlement on 13 – 15 May, after more than 93 pct had voted in favour of unlimited strike action during the first ballot.

After a 4 week warning strike, ver.di succeeded in obtaining the permanent maintenance of the 38.5 hour week for all employees, a non-dismissal clause that will remain valid until 30 June 2011, and a 4 pct pay increase as of 1 November 2008 with a further 3 pct increase as of 1 December 2009. Furthermore, short-time working has been taken off the agenda completely. Immediately after the ballot results were in, the collective bargaining committee accepted the offer, thus putting a formal end to industrial action at Deutsche Post AG.

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Deutsche Post supports the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the UN environmental conference in Bonn, where the parties to the convention on biological diversity will meet from on May 19. A central element of Deutsche Post World Net’s engagement will be supporting the opening event on May 19, which will be attended by UN representatives, German Federal Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the Mayor of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann.

Artists from all over the world will be on stage for an open air concert in Bonn’s Museumsplatz (Museum Square), including Irish singer Bob Geldof. Geldof is not only known as an artist, but also as an organizer of large benefit concerts such as Band Aid and Live Aid that support social projects.

The company is also providing the conference with logistical support and will be setting up a postal retail outlet in the conference center of the Hotel Maritim in Bonn from May 12 to 30. The glass facade of the Post Tower will also light up the evening sky on May 19 as well as during the height of the conference from May 27 to 30 with the number “2010,” which symbolizes the central target of the intergovernmental convention: to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss around the world.

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the success of the UN environment conference as part of its commitment to the city of Bonn, where ts headquarters is located and as direct part of its own climate protection program, GoGreen. As the first company in its industry to implement a measurable climate protection target, the Group aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 percent for every letter mailed, every container shipped and every square meter of space used by 2020.

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Deutsche Post supports the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn

Posted by | May 18, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the UN environmental conference in Bonn, where the parties to the convention on biological diversity will meet from on May 19. A central element of Deutsche Post World Net’s engagement will be supporting the opening event on May 19, which will be attended by UN representatives, German Federal Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the Mayor of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann.

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the success of the UN environment conference as part of its commitment to the city of Bonn, where ts headquarters is located and as direct part of its own climate protection program, GoGreen. As the first company in its industry to implement a measurable climate protection target, the Group aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 percent for every letter mailed, every container shipped and every square meter of space used by 2020.

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