Tag: Germany

Smart Box Provides Added Security

Posted by | Aug 22, 2006 | |

Where is my shipment – right now? Is the shipment still complete? These are the kinds of questions many customers want answered while their goods are being shipped – especially when it comes to such valuable items as pharmaceuticals or high-end entertainment electronics. Smart Box is the answer. Norbert Pieper, Senior Expert Security in the Corporate Security Department and his colleagues Rainer Hen and Michael Schmidt are the minds behind Smart Box. A few years ago Pieper and his team started to identify potential weaknesses in shipping processes; they also considered customers’ additional requests. Their research led to the idea of an intelligent transport box that met all demands. “Why re-invent the wheel? There are plenty of technologies that have already stood the test,” describes Pieper his thoughts during Smart Box’s conceptual phase. He decided to combine several technologies for the smart transport container, the most important of which is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

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Gottschalk Brothers Carry Their Burden for DHL Päckchen. TV celebrities promote reduced costs for parcel shipping

Posted by | Aug 21, 2006 | |

Since May 1, the price for parcels (Päckchen) sent German-wide with DHL has been reduced from EUR 4.30 to EUR 3.90. Also, from August 21 until October 31, customers of the leading parcel and express provider can send their items abroad at a lower price: during this time, the charges are only EUR 7.90 instead of EUR 8.60 to send DHL parcels within Europe. Starting Monday, Thomas and Christoph Gottschalk will promote this offer in a major campaign, featuring themselves as the well-known defiant pair.

Themed “Only our prices are small” the Gottschalk brothers will be presented all over Germany on posters, advertisements, brochures and the Internet during the next three weeks. At a number of selected railway stations their images can be seen as so-called mega air posters. In metropolitan areas radio commercials will be aired and bulk mail distributed to 5 million households. More than that: 500 DHL vehicles will bear the campaign motifs and attract further attention.

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Data Systems & Software Inc. acquires 23 percent of Paketeria GmbH

Posted by | Aug 18, 2006 | |

Data Systems & Software Inc. (OTCBB: DSSI – News) today announced that it has completed the purchase of an approximately 23% stake in Paketeria GmbH. Privately held Paketeria is Germany’s first Services Supermarket, combining five service businesses under one roof — Ebay dropshop, post and parcels, photo processing, photocopy and printer cartridge refilling.

Commenting on the investment, John A. Moore, President and CEO of the Company, stated, “To me, Paketeria is exciting on several levels. I have had a successful business relationship for over 20 years with Paketeria’s founder, Andy Roesch. Through a public company in which I was the largest shareholder, I bought a stake in Andy’s former company, for USD 1.7 million, which he took public in 2000 and returned USD 100 million to us. That year, Andy was named ‘One of Germany’s Top 5 Entrepreneurs of the Year’ by Ernst & Young and the German Stock Exchange. With Paketeria, Andy has built a business that is growing explosively, approaching profitability, and exploiting a huge vacuum being created by the privatization of Deutsche Post in Germany. I feel that this will be a very successful investment for DSSI’s shareholders.”

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DHL takes over Deutsche Steinkohle logistics center in Hirschbach, Saarland

Posted by | Aug 17, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post World Net subsidiary DHL took over the Hirschbach logistics center of Deutsche Steinkohle AG (DSK), located in the German state of Saarland. The logistics specialists at DHL Exel Supply Chain will operate the center and assume 113 staff currently employed by DSK. As part of the deal, DHL will integrate the center within its existing global network and open it up for other customers, securing the long-term future and further development of the site.

The 85,000m² center includes 14,000m² hall storage area and is responsible for warehousing and supply to the Saar mine in Ensdorf and the central workshop in Hirschbach. DHL is taking over the entire warehouse management, quality control of materials and reverse logistics. The materials held in the warehouse include giant equipment such as extracting plants, power trains and engines, all the way down to spare parts and consumables. For DSK, signing the outsourcing contract guarantees the future of the site. “We wanted to give our logistics personnel a promising future. By opening the site to third-party customers, the center will be developed further during the next years. We’re delighted to be working with DHL, a partner that will be able to manage this task”, said Franz-Josef Heiermann, head of materials management at Deutsche Steinkohle AG.

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Deutsche Post says prices will not be affected by VAT

Posted by | Aug 16, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, says that it will not raise the price of sending letters or parcels for private customers following the increase in VAT in Germany.

The company says that this area of business forms part of its so-called universal services, which are exempt from VAT.

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