Germany’s Deutsche Post has started the year well and aims to boost profits in 2004, Chief Executive Klaus Zumwinkel said, adding that the German mail and logistics provider is on plan in the new year.
Zumwinkel said the group would meet its goal of EUR 2.9 billion (USD 3.65 billion) in 2003 pre-tax earnings.
Read MoreRoyal Mail have taken up the opportunity to sponsor a prestigious World Mail Award supporting this year’s programme to recognize and celebrate best practice within the global mail industry. The Security Award, which Royal Mail are sponsoring, is a late addition to the 9 other criteria: e-Commerce; Innovation; Enterprise; Customer Service; Marketing; Technology; Industry Leadership; Quality and; Transformation. Applications for the awards are open for another three weeks and can be made via the Mail Awards website www.mailawards.com. The Awards will be presented at a black tie gala dinner on 25th May, on the eve of the World Mail & Express Conference and Exhibition in Berlin. Winners will receive worldwide acclaim through Triangle’s media channels and external advertising.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service, is planning to use an additional airport for air freight services provided by DHL, its subsidiary which specialises in logistics and parcel delivery. The company says that it is in negotiations with half a dozen airports, including Hanover, Leipzig/Halle and Hahn.
Read MoreDeutsche Post has reduced its stake in German IT and web services provider GFT Technologies AG from 12 percent to under 5 percent and sold its shares institutional investors. GFT is one of Deutsche Post’s key technology suppliers providing the post’s Stampit Internet postage offering. It is also supplying the Royal Mail’s new SmartStamp product.
Read MoreThe Dutch government has offered to fully liberalize its postal services by 2007, two years ahead of the EU timetable, provided that Britain and Germany do so too.
“The economy ministry wishes to completely open the postal service in the Netherlands to competition by 2007 on condition that Germany and Britain also open their markets by that date,” minister Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst said in a statement. The Dutch cabinet is to study the proposal before sending a report to parliament.
The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has set 2009 as the target for the 15 members of the European Union to open their mail services to competition.
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