Tag: Germany

trans-o-flex opens company in Netherlands

Posted by | Sep 5, 2006 | |

With immediate effect, the trans-o-flex group is running its Dutch business via its newest subsidiary, trans-o-flex Nederland B.V. The German combifreight operator, specialised in transporting sensitive goods, founded the new company this June together with Marc van Stokrom, Pieter Mäkel and Hank Meeuwsen, three Dutch logistics managers. All three have years of management experience at Dutch logistics companies. Marc van Stokrom is a shareholder and Managing Director of trans-o-flex Nederland. Mäkel and Meeuwsen, who each have the same stake in the company as van Stokrom, are responsible for Sales / Finance and Operations / IT respectively. “We strongly believe in the success potential of the trans-o-flex network in the Netherlands and this engagement gives us a more direct involvement in this process. That’s why we have chosen this joint operation as a new partner in EURODIS, our European network,” says Marc Hackländer, Managing Director of EURODIS GmbH. “Our management trio, with their extensive experience, are there to guarantee in Holland the same high standards of quality as our customers in Germany are used to getting from trans-o-flex.”
The new firm is headquartered in Utrecht and will work out of six sites in Holland.

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Reksoft brings technology innovation to the postal service business

Posted by | Sep 4, 2006 | |

Reksoft, the software outsourcing vendor with primary resource base in St. Petersburg, Russia, announced that it successfully developed an innovative software solution to raise the efficiency of Germany’s leading manufacturer of franking machines, Francotyp-Postalia.

As an innovative, total solutions provider, Francotyp-Postalia offers a full range of mail center solutions, notably post processing machines. The company manufactures all kinds of franking machines from compact entry devices to high performance mailing systems serving the perfect solution for organizations in every size. With more than 900 employees worldwide and sales and service subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and USA, the company is proud to have more than 260,000 installed franking machines worldwide.

Reksoft and Frankotyp-Postalia GmbH cooperation started in 2005, when Reksoft was chosen from among other providers of software development services from Eastern Europe. The core idea of the project launched by the customer was to improve the performance of operations and it was requested that Reksoft focused solely on the software part of the system, leaving hardware and mechanics untouched.

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DHL – new service points

Posted by | Sep 1, 2006 | |

Utilising the services of the world leader in express delivery and logistics has become even easier. DHL has opened three new Service Points in Moscow and the Moscow region, at: the Zemlaynoy val, Kutuzovsky Prospect and Rublevo-Uspenskoe Shosse.

DHL constantly strives to not only meet, but exceed, its customers expectations. As many of DHL’s customers prefer to send their shipments personally – DHL Russia continually operates a program whereby it extends its network of existing Service Points network across Moscow and the Moscow region, giving it’s customers more choice and convenience.

Each of the new Service Points offers a full range of transportation services, both locally and across the globe. Unique custom-made software and modern equipment, allows the DHL agents at the Service Points to provide the customer with all of the required information on transportation issues and to speed up the shipments’ processing.

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Express logistics in Germany

Posted by | Sep 1, 2006 | |

Market Value
The German express logistics market grew by 2.3% in 2004 to reach a value of $14.2
billion.
Market Value Forecast
In 2009, the market is forecast to have a value of $17.5 billion, an increase of 23%
since 2004.
Market Segmentation I
Next day delivery services generate the largest share of the market, accounting for
42.2% of its overall value in 2004.
Market Segmentation II
Germany, Europe’s largest express logistics market, accounts for 32.2% of the
regional market’s value.

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Deutsche Bank CEO says not interested in pursuing takeover of Postbank

Posted by | Aug 31, 2006 | |

Deutsche Bank AG’s chief executive Josef Ackermann said that the bank is not interested in pursuing a possible takeover of Deutsche Postbank AG, while speaking at the Handelsblatt-sponsored ‘Banks in Transition’ conference.

‘We are not pursuing the Postbank actively,’ Ackermann said.

Germany’s largest bank is also not interested in possible merger or takeover of rival Commerzbank AG, the CEO said.

Media reports which speculated that Deutsche Bank was interested in pursuing a takeover bid of Postbank had driven the shares in the recent past.

Deutsche Post chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel silenced some of this speculation when he recently told journalists that that company has no plans to relinquish majority control of the company’s Postbank AG unit in the mid-term.

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