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ProLogis signs new leases with DHL in Europe

Posted by | Feb 4, 2008 | |

ProLogis announced today that it has signed new lease agreements for more than 858,000 square feet (79,700 square meters) of distribution space in Europe with DHL Exel Supply Chain, a leading global provider of third-party logistics services and subsidiary of the Deutsche Post World Net group.

“DHL is ProLogis’ largest global customer, and we are pleased to be further expanding our relationship with the company in Europe,” said Gary E. Anderson, president for ProLogis in Europe. “At the end of 2007, ProLogis had agreements in place for more than 7.8 million square feet (725,000 square meters) of space with DHL in 10 European countries. We believe today’s announcement is a strong indication of the depth of our customer relationships and unmatched ability to serve their unique supply chain requirements.”

Among the new transactions include:

— 420,000 square feet (39,000 square meters) leased in a facility under
construction at ProLogis Park Tarancon near Madrid, Spain.

— 247,500 square feet (23,000 square meters) leased in a new,
915,000-square-foot (85,000-square-meter) industrial park ProLogis is
developing near the city of Jonkoping, a major distribution hub in
Sweden.

— 190,500 square feet (17,700 square meters) leased at ProLogis Park
Venlo III, a new 484,000-square-foot (45,000-square-meter) industrial
park located in the city of Venlo, less than five kilometers from the
German border.

ProLogis is currently one of the largest providers of distribution space in Europe with more than 101 million square feet owned, managed or under development, as of September 30, 2007.

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Hermes Logistik builds new hub in central Germany

Posted by | Feb 1, 2008 | |

Hermes Logistik started construction of its EUR 45 million new regional hub in Friedewald, Hessen, in central Germany, this week. The new depot is due to go into service in early 2009, creating up to 150 new jobs.

The 100,000 sqm facility will have capacity to sort 20,000 parcels per hour. The new location is situated close to the strategic North-South/East-West junction of the A4, A5 and A7 motorways.

Hermes is investing EUR 25 million in the sorting centre handling technology, while acquisition of the major new hub and construction of the building cost a further EUR 20 million. The Hamburg-based property developer ECE is responsible for constructing the distribution centre.

“Through the expansion of our logistics network and the startup of further Hermes distribution centres we will become even more efficient and continue to optimise the service quality of Hermes. It’s primarily our customers who will benefit from it”, Harmtut Ilek, Hermes Logistik director, who is also responsible for the hub in Friedewald, was quoted as saying.

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Latest ‘Future of Mail’ paper: “Mail Trends Update” by Fouad Nader (Adrenale Corp.) and Michael Lintell (Pitney Bowes)

Posted by | Feb 1, 2008 | |

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of press articles and statements from posts predicting that mail volumes would decline. New technologies and process innovations have been introduced, preoccupying researchers and managers in the postal and mailing industries with the impact of accelerating electronic substitution and changing customer behaviors. What are the actual trends that emerge from examining in detail the best information available from key countries? What historical perspectives, trends and emerging patterns may be useful in understanding how mail volumes may evolve in the future? The purpose of this paper is to provide further insight into the key trends identified and discussed in the previous Mail Trends Analyses by comprehensively examining the evolution of mail and analyzing postal volumes along key variables that influence mail demand. This paper builds on the considerable research that followed the original mail trends analysis and was documented in the Background Papers published at www.postinsight.pb.com for the project: “Electronic Substitution for Mail: Models and Results, Myth and Reality.” The paper also takes advantage of recent work in the study of the “Future of Mail”, also on postinsight.pb.com.

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Wincor World 2008: a successful demonstration of solution expertise

Posted by | Feb 1, 2008 | |

Wincor World 2008, which was staged in Paderborn from January 29 to 31, once again attracted more than 7,000 visitors from all over the world. Immediately after the event, the organizers were able to draw a favorable conclusion in every respect as regards this three-day in-house trade fair: Wincor World has established itself even more as an international get-together for experts from the banking and retail industries. And to an even greater extent than in previous years, the exhibits and presentations succeeded in illustrating how customary processes at bank branches and retail stores can be overhauled and streamlined with cutting-edge information technology.

“Feedback from our customers confirms that it was the right decision to expand our portfolio to include additional and more sophisticated services,” said Andreas Bruck, Head of Corporate Communication at Wincor Nixdorf. He added that IT decision-makers from all around the world had registered the company’s shift from a pure hardware vendor to a provider of integrated solutions for transforming branch and store business. “More and more, our relationships with customers have taken on the quality of a discussion between partners regarding solutions that combine hardware, software and service to make entire processes more customer-friendly and efficient,” continued Bruck.

Wincor Nixdorf and 60 partner exhibitors presented product, software, consulting and other services not just for banks and retail companies, but also for postal companies, operators of restaurant chains or canteens and lottery companies. In all, around 600 different exhibits could be seen across an area of 7,000 square meters. The concept of offering not just an exhibition at the newly designed trade fair center, but also a program of presentations and workshops, once again proved its value.

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