City Express celebrates 30th anniversary
Hamburg-based city courier service City Express celebrates its 30th anniversary
on 30 January. The company says it employs more than 260 members of staff, 240 of which are couriers.
Tag: Germany
Restructure for Deutsche Post's U.S. mail unit
Deutsche Post Global Mail USA has restructured its services and customer support.
The Herndon, Va.-based magazine and direct mail provider had its products into three groups: Global Mail Business, Global Mail Publication, and Global Mail Parcel. Each of them retains the three service levels previously offered -priority, standard and economy.
The subsidiary of German-based Deutsche Post World Net said each product group has a manager and account representatives to offer customer support.
Read MoreTPG expands unaddressed mail network in Germany
Mail, express and logistics company, TPG N.V, through its subsidiary TPG Post Holdings (Deutschland) GmbH in Germany, has today acquired 100% of the shares in Werbeagentur Fischer GmbH, a Bergen, Bavarian-based unaddressed mail distribution company.
The acquisition gives TPG Post access to a round-based delivery network covering 300,000 households in south-eastern Germany. Fischer is the market leader in its area and in 2002 the company delivered over 132 million leaflets.
Read MoreDeutsche Post outlines their cost-cutting strategy for 2003
Deutsche Post chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel said the company attained its core profit and sales targets in 2002 and would probably surpass a cost-cutting goal set for 2003. The company will release its 2002 results on March 25.
Read MoreDPD & Fedex to move into German domestic market
Parcel delivery firm, Deutscher Paketdienst (DPD) is to team up with FedEx to move into the international arena and take on Deutsche Post in the German Domestic Market.
DPD, a subsidiary of France’s La Poste is the second largest delivery service provider in Germany after Deutsche Post and through its collaboration with FedEx will now compete in the express deliveries sector.
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