Tag: Germany

Spring Global Mail enters the market for international press distribution in Germany

Posted by | Feb 21, 2007 | |

Spring Global Mail is entering the market for cross border press distribution. The new product, called Press Service, enables publishers to send products at more favourable prices than the main postal companies in Germany. In addition, the product contains a large range of services for the preparation of consignments.

The German postal market has a new player in the segment of press distribution. Spring Global Mail is entering the German market for press distribution.

Press Service offers two service levels: Premium and Economy. The rates of the Premium service are clearly more affordable than those of the main postal operator in Germany. The price advantage of the Economy service depends on the weight per item. There is no restriction on the minimum amount of items.

Spring Global Mail carries print products which are either already fully prepared by the customer or material that still requires further fulfilment. In this case Spring Global Mail offers a number of additional services, such as polywrapping, inserting into envelopes, addressing and franking. Spring carries only wrapped consignments due to quality reasons. Consignments are collected free of charge by TNT Express and the mail is distributed in the destination countries by Spring Global Mail’s partners.

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TAT Express is new trans-o-flex partner for France and strengthens European network

Posted by | Feb 21, 2007 | |

Trans-o-flex, the express delivery specialists, have gained TAT Express as their new partner for the French market in their European distribution network EURODIS. Beginning this month, TAT Express is delivering all France-bound trans-o-flex shipments. TAT Express puts trans-o-flex into a stronger position in the second-largest logistics market in Europe. In existence for 31 years, the French company employs 1,300 people, has annual sales in the region of EUR 143 million and transports about 14 million shipments. Since 2005 it has ceased to be a subsidiary of La Poste and is owned by a private investor and the management. Klaus J. Heinz, trans-o-flex CEO, on the new partner: “TAT Express is perfectly suited for a partnership with us, as our systems are very similar: high quality, the ability to carry parcels as well as pallets, use of the shipment concept, high competence in IT and the possibility to shift hazardous goods shipments in large quantities safely and reliably.”

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Mail start-up iq letternet targets 100 million letters in 2007

Posted by | Feb 21, 2007 | |

A new postal operator, iq letternet, aims to become one of the three leading postal operators in Germany competing with Deutsche Post. The privately-owned company is currently setting up a nationwide network of delivery partners and will use UPS for intra-regional linehaul transport.

Based near Düsseldorf, iq letternet plans to despatch 100 million letters this year which would establish it among the three leading postal operators in Germany in terms of volumes. “Each of our private delivery partners will receive more than 10,000 letters a day on average from iq letternet by the end of this year,” said Rainer Pliska, one of the three managing directors of the company.

The six companies that own iq letternet, which include several direct mailing firms, handle about 170 million letters from customers such as the German airline LTU, the Galeria Kaufhof department store chain and allkauf supermarket group.

Volumes are presently delivered mostly by some 60 regional postal delivery firms and the rest by Deutsche Post. Volumes will be gradually transferred to the new delivery network, with about 30 million pieces planned for this year, to ensure that quality levels are maintained.

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Deutsche Post World Net Chairman and CEO lauds DHL''s Bahrain operations

Posted by | Feb 20, 2007 | |

DHL was today praised for its regional operations by Deutsche Post World Net Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel in his regional visit.

The visit coincides with the group’s 30th Anniversary in the region.

Dr. Zumwinkel was in Bahrain as part of his regional visit which has seen him meet with DHL Express, DHL Exel Supply Chain and DHL Global Forwarding employees, as well as select VIPs and dignitaries in the region.

DHL recently invested into its Bahrain airside hub to enhance its service offerings and continue to provide a safe and secure service to all its customers.

DHL Bahrain is a key contributor to the local economy and its reputation, as a strong supporter of the local community for over 30 years is well known. Over 80% of employees promoted this year at DHL’s training programs, particularly in supervisory and management roles are Bahraini nationals, making a total of over 90% of DHL’s workforce Bahrainis.

A significant milestone for DHL was implementation of the Single Point of Entry agreement in July as part of the GCC Customs Union. With Bahrain being the centre of DHL operations in the region, the express and logistics provider now offers a swift enhanced service to DHL GCC customers by cutting shipment delivery times by up to half a day. Implementation of the agreement also allows DHL to perform one time processing of customs clearance upon entrance into its hubs in the region.

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Mail start-up iq letternet targets 100 million letters in 2007

Posted by | Feb 19, 2007 | |

A new postal operator, iq letternet, aims to become one of the three leading postal operators in Germany competing with Deutsche Post. The privately-owned company is currently setting up a nationwide network of delivery partners and will use UPS for intra-regional linehaul transport.

Based near Düsseldorf, iq letternet plans to despatch 100 million letters this year which would establish it among the three leading postal operators in Germany in terms of volumes. “Each of our private delivery partners will receive more than 10,000 letters a day on average from iq letternet by the end of this year,” said Rainer Pliska, one of the three managing directors of the company.

The six companies that own iq letternet, which include several direct mailing firms, handle about 170 million letters from customers such as the German airline LTU, the Galeria Kaufhof department store chain and allkauf supermarket group.

Volumes are presently delivered mostly by some 60 regional postal delivery firms and the rest by Deutsche Post. Volumes will be gradually transferred to the new delivery network, with about 30 million pieces planned for this year, to ensure that quality levels are maintained.

To secure a long-term cooperation with its delivery partners, iq letternet plans to set up a joint stock company in the first half of the year which all its partners can take shares in. Their participation will guarantee the reservation of their delivery area exclusively for themselves. At the same time, special shareholder agreements will ensure that competitors will not be able to enter the network by buying delivery partners.

Iq letternet claimed that it is the only postal operator alongside Deutsche Post in Germany that can receive letters as electronic data, print them centrally or decentrally, and then handle delivery. Letters are handed over pre-sorted to UPS for transport to the respective local postal delivery partner. This process chain halves the usual production and distribution times for a mass mailing. The company is also planning to open a central mail sorting centre in Darmstadt, central Germany.

The company said last autumn that it is aiming for annual revenues of euro 500 million by 2010.

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