Tag: Germany

October 18, 2001 — “Deutsche Post World Net and Lufthansa Cargo AG have set up a new subsidiary under the name XPL to market complete logistics outsourcing services to major customers, Deutsche Post board member Peter Kruse said on Thursday. The new company was majority-owned by logistics division Danzas while DHL International, Deutsche Post Euro Express and Lufthansa Cargo shared the remaining ownership, he told Reuters in an interview at the German logistics congress in Berlin. Headed by Danzas business development director Mike Proffitt, XPL would offer so-called fourth-party logistics (4PL) solutions beyond mere transport services to large firms with complex logistics requirements, he said. This supply chain management company was an example of co-operation between the Deutsche Post group and Lufthansa Cargo under their strategic alliance signed last year, he added. Addressing a news conference earlier, Kruse, in charge of European express services, said Deutsche Post and air express firm DHL International, in which it holds 51 percent, were already increasing operational co-operation and would shortly consider how to cross-sell products of both the Deutsche Post Euro Express parcels network and DHL Worldwide Express services. The DHL European overland service Europolitan, for example, had used the Deutsche Post Euro Express network since this September, he added.”