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Deutsche Post delivers takeover proposal to British rival Exel

Posted by | Sep 2, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post has approached Exel, its British global supply chain rival, about a possible takeover that analysts say could cost more than EUR5bn (USD6.5bn).
‘Discussions are at a preliminary stage and there can be no certainty as to their outcome,’ Deutsche Post said in a statement. Neither it nor Exel gave further details. The news sent shares in Exel soaring by as much as 17%, valuing it at GBP3.45bn (USD6.5bn), while Deutsche Post shares fell EUR 0.60 to EUR19.84 amid concerns it may be overpaying.

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Pin seeks nationwide presence in German postal delivery market

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

German private mail delivery company Pin AG plans to push ahead with its expansion in order to gain nationwide presence and become a strong competitor of market leader Deutsche Post, Pin CEO Bernhard Klapproth said. Currently, Pin handles 600,000 mail deliveries daily for large corporate clients and is one of Deutsche Post’s biggest competitors in the segment. By comparison, Deutsche Post handles 70 million letters daily. Pin plans to expand to the cities of Stuttgart and Hamburg. It is already present in Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne and Frankfurt.

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Hand Held Products signs five year maintenance contract with DPD

Posted by | Aug 24, 2005 | |

Hand Held Products, the world’s leading supplier of image-based data capture systems, has signed a pan-European agreement with DPD (Deutscher Paket Dienst GmbH & Co KG), a subsidiary of La Poste and part of the GeoPost group. Under the new agreement, which runs until 2010, Hand Held Products will provide support and maintenance services on over 6,000 Dolphin 9500 mobile computers. The Dolphins are being used in DPD’s depots and delivery trucks in Europe. The two companies had already signed an agreement earlier this year, when DPD installed an automated delivery scan system based around the Dolphins.

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Time for postal industry to ‘re-invent’ itself

Posted by | Aug 22, 2005 | |

A re-invention of the postal industry is inevitable and industry players should not fear global rivalry, but rather embrace it in the spirit of co-operation and competition among players, Deutsche Post AG divisional board member Dr Herbert-Michael Zapf said. Zapf said a re-invention of the postal industry would entail innovation, quality and service. The industry, he said, must innovate to meet future challenges, adding that innovation was more than just having new products but an understanding of one’s own business. “The postal industry needs to develop a broader understanding of postal services, which will ultimately lead to an extended value chain of postal services,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur last month. Zapf was a guest speaker at the recent 12th Asean Postal Business Meeting 2005. He said competition was good as it brought out the best in companies to provide efficient goods and services to consumers.

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Deutsche Post agrees to raise pay for civil servants

Posted by | Aug 21, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG has agreed to raise the salary of its 63,000 civil servants by between 3-4 pct, Die Welt newspaper said in a report to be published tomorrow.
The German postal giant has reached the agreement with trade union ver.di, it said, citing sources close to the talks. Deutsche Post has roughly 220,000 employees in total, around 63,00 of them are civil servants, Die Welt added.

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