Tag: Germany

Lufthansa Cargo and Deutsche Post into closer partnership

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

Lufthansa Cargo and Deutsche Post are stepping up their cooperation. Last Wednesday, the two logistics services companies signed an accord in Frankfurt on closer cooperation in international airmail. The cooperation agreement envisages utilisation of Lufthansa Cargo capacities for the GLOBALMATCH mail distribution service, which Deutsche Post offers to other postal operators. GLOBALMATCH (Global Mail Transportation through Consolidation Hubs) consolidates airmail shipments from diverse postal companies for bulk transportation so as to ensure maximum efficiency in the use of available transport capacities.

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Are the benefits of liberalisation at stake in the European postal market

Posted by | Oct 10, 2004 | |

Both rumours and news about mergers and acquisitions in the European postal market are increasing to the point where it becomes legitimate to ask oneself:
Where this potential concentration process might lead to? As a matter of fact, several large operators are presently trying to buy shares of, or even entire operators, so as to prepare themselves for the total liberalisation of the market. This evolution may well jeopardize the benefits which could be expected from the liberalisation process in Europe, as market entry barriers grow and competition decreases.

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Deutsche Post Global Mail to become DHL Global Mail

Posted by | Oct 8, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, is planning to change the name of its international business with the delivery of letters. Until now, this area of the company’s business has operated under the name ‘Deutsche Post Global Mail’; in future, however, this will change to ‘DHL Global Mail’. The reason for the company’s decision is that the DHL brand is very well-known in international business, while an increasing number of competitors are using the word ‘Post’ in their brand name. Deutsche Post does not expect to be able to protect the word ‘Post’ as a brand.

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Deutsche Post and TPG aiming for consolidation of the European market

Posted by | Oct 8, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German mail, express and logistics giant, and Dutch rival TPG are taking stakes in foreign firms in deals aimed at kick-starting the consolidation of the European market. Deutsche Post said it is taking a 38 percent stake in Spanish postal company Unipost and TPG is close to finalising the acquisition of a 25 percent holding in Post Danmark, Denmark’s state postal monopoly.

Deutsche Post, which owns DHL, the global courier company, didn’t disclose the price it is paying for its stake in Barcelona-based Unipost, which specialises in delivering business mail in Spain and had sales last year of USD78.5 million.
TPG, parent of TNT, the global express carrier, said it has made a non-binding preliminary bid for a stake in Post Danmark.

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Pallet-Track to Germany

Posted by | Oct 7, 2004 | |

Pallet-Track has signed a partnership with German pallet network VTL to ofer a daily service to the country. It is also holding talks with similar organisations in France and the Czech Republic.

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