Tag: Germany

Deutsche Post and Adobe team for online postage

Posted by | Feb 18, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post and provider of digital content software Adobe Systems have announced the launch of the STAMPIT WEB Internet postage service, combining the power of the Internet with the widely-available free Adobe Reader software. This services allows customers to pre-pay mail postage online without the need for dedicated software. Once purchased postage will be delivered to the customer as an Adobe PDF document that can be printed out and affixed to an envelope. STAMPIT WEB builds on Deutsche Post’s existing STAMPIT BUSINESS and STAMPIT HOME services, which have a combined 70,000-strong user base.

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German states withdraw proposal to end Deutsche Post monopoly before 2007

Posted by | Feb 18, 2005 | |

Germany’s Lower Saxony and Hessen states today withdrew its proposal from the Upper Hourse Parliament to end Deutsche Post AG’s stamp and letter distribution monopoly before it expires at the end of 2007, as the prospects for a majority were slim. The proposal suggested the monopoly be scrapped two years early on Jan 1, 2006. Deutsche Post welcomed the decision.

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Swedish Scribona extends partnership with German Schenker, DHL

Posted by | Feb 16, 2005 | |

Swedish information management products provider Scribona AB has extended its partnership with German logistics provider Schenker AG and DHL, the express logistics subsidiary of German postal group Deutsche Post AG, it was reported on February 16, 2005. Through the collaboration, the logistics systems will be integrated and Scribona’s physical inventory management and transports will be taken over by DHL and Schenker. Scribona’s logistics personnel in Sweden will be offered employment at DHL by the summer of 2005. Within 18 months, all physical inventory management will be relocated to one of DHL’s logistics centres at the same time that the logistics systems are integrated. The motive behind the collaboration is to create a more flexible supply chain function, Magnus Johansson, head of Scribona’s Supply Chain Management unit, said.

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Comment on German postal services market from 2004 Annual Report

Posted by | Feb 16, 2005 | |

The German postal services market generated revenues in 2004 of more than €23 billion. Some two thirds of the market is open to competition. Just under two thirds of these revenues is accounted for by Deutsche Post AG (DPAG), with the remaining third being split among a number of providers, most notably courier, express and parcel service providers.

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Delivering tough postal competition

Posted by | Feb 16, 2005 | |

Few markets are harder to open than postal services. Slowly but surely, e-mail, regulation, competition and market fragmentation are forcing national operators to rethink their models. Europe’s pace is about to quicken. Denmark will soon announce the winner of a 25 per cent stake in Post Danmark, with Dutch TPG and Germany’s Deutsche Post among contenders. Belgium wants a minority partner to modernise its service: TPG and France’s La Poste are rumoured to be considering bidding jointly. Cross-border consolidation so far has been held back by slow liberalisation and national sensitivity. Austria balked last year at partial privatisation for fear its service would land in German hands. Change has to come. Under EU pressure, the legally permissible monopoly on letters dropped from 350 to 100 grams in 2003 and falls to 50 next year. Markets are supposed to be open completely by 2009, though several may not be ready.

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