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GLS expands French handling capacity with new sorting equipment

Posted by | Oct 9, 2007 | |

GLS is expanding capacity at its Paris hub to cope with rising volumes and will gradually introduce new sorting technology at its other locations in France. The value of the investment was not disclosed.

The European parcels operator will install a new modular sorting line at its hub in Fleury-Mérogis, in the greater Paris area in November, increasing its handling capacity from 4,000 to 8,000 parcels per hour.

In the future, all sites in the French network will also be equipped with the new system, GLS France announced. The move follows an initial test phase at the Toulouse depot.

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GLS France launches Global Business-Parcel

Posted by | Aug 27, 2007 | |

Since the beginning of July GLS France offers the Global Business-Parcel. This new product allows shipment to 50 additional destinations, thus rising to 85 the number of countries delivered around the world. Delivery times vary from 4 to 10 days, according to the country.

This product allows GLS France customers to export their parcels to the main countries around the world, receiving national, European and global services from one hand. Among the new countries served are the USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, India, Taiwan, China, Japan, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Maghreb countries and French overseas departments and territories (DOM-TOM).

To accompany its customers in the specific management of their international shipments and accelerate deliveries, the clearance through customs is included in its offer.

With the Global Business-Parcel, the harmonized operational processes and the interconnected IT systems allow a high level of security to customers in their shipment throughout the world. The shipment tracking, according to GLS standards, offers regular information on parcel position.

Parcels are collected according to usual conditions: collection times are defined within a common agreement, in order to respect the activity and process of each customer.

This service has no minimum shipment volume. The only requirement is to open a Global Business-Parcel dedicated account with GLS approving the specific sales conditions. As a complement of the product and service range, this product will be proposed as a complementary offer to existing deliveries in France and/or in Europe.

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GLS launches express services in Belgium

Posted by | Aug 15, 2007 | |

GLS announced today that it is launching express services in Belgium to broaden its service portfolio in the country.

From September GLS will offer its Euro Express-Parcel service for international shipments to nine European countries, including Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.

Express parcels will be delivered in less than 24 hours, with the exception of remote areas of Britain, the Czech Republic and Hungary where delivery will be within 48 hours. GLS has been offering domestic express delivery within Belgium since mid-June.

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GLS establishes start-up in Romania

Posted by | Aug 7, 2007 | |

GLS Romania went into operation on August 1st. Headquartered in Sibiu, the new subsidiary will be headed by Gabor Szemkeo, Managing Director GLS Europe East. The investment volume amounts to five million euros.

GLS will offer a national regular delivery time of 24 hours in Rumania: full-area distribution will be achieved by the hub in Sibiu as well as ten depots in Sibiu, Brasov, Pitesti, Bucuresti (Bucharest), Targu Mures, Cluj Napoca, Baia Mare, Oradea, Timisoara and Deva.

The start-up company is linked to GLS’ European network via regular line haul transports to the Austrian hub in Ansfelden and the Hungarian hub in Budapest. “From our European transhipment centre in Neuenstein, Germany, the hub for our international line haul transports, we are able to realize a regular delivery time of 72 hours for Rumanian import parcels”, explains Rico Back, CEO at GLS B.V., Amsterdam.

Following the growth markets

GLS already has experience in establishing start-up companies in growth markets: already a year before its entry into the EU, GLS Hungary was a hundred per cent subsidiary of the GLS Group. In May 2004, GLS Slovakia was launched; in April 2005, GLS Czech Republic began its operations. “We want to be present for our customers in eastern European EU markets to meet the increase in demand”, says Back. “Establishing our own companies has proven to be a successful strategy. We are able to achieve GLS’ high quality objectives in the first few weeks of operations and the break even point usually already in the second year.”

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