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GLS opens logistics centre in Hungary

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

GLS, headquartered in Amsterdam, launched constructions last June and spent a total of EUR 6.2 million to finish the facility.

The new unit of GLS Hungary operates with a staff of 100 employees and can deliver 12 million packages a year, business daily Világgazdaság said.

The logistics centre will give home to the Central European headquarters of GLS, where they will co-ordinate Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries from.

GLS announced a month ago today that it entered into a network partnership with Bulgaria’s Interlogistica Ltd., which started realising nationwide distribution for all GLS companies in February 2007. The network of GLS, one of the three largest CEP (courier, express and parcel) service providers in Europe, now covers 35 states.

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GLS changes product names in France

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

GLS has changed the names of its products and services in France to bring them in line with the standard offers in 12 other countries on the continent.

The group has harmonised the names of its products across Europe in the English language and this will clarify its offers to clients, chief executive Rico Back said.

Next-day delivery of its Business-Parcel is available till 18.00 in France. Express-Parcel is delivered the second day (J+1) before 13.00, while Euro-Business-Parcel (formerly Euro Pass) is for rapid shipment throughout GLS’ 35-country network.

New services include: Pick&Ship, where parcels are picked up from destinations other than the client’s usual one; AddOnInsurance, for extra insurance cover of parcels; and DocumentReturn, allowing the return of documents in exchange for delivery of a parcel.

InNight-Parcel, InNight-SmallParcel and InNight-Solution provide urgent delivery, respectively, of packages up to 30kg, envelopes and parcels up to 2kg, and high security mail and documents, such as those between banks.

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Austrian Post offers parcel service at petrol stations

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Austrian Post has signed a deal with the country’s OMV petrol station chain to offer parcel services at 183 outlets in a move to broaden its services and reach new target groups.

From this month, consumers in Vienna will be able to hand in parcels at VIVA shops within 10 OMV petrol stations. The service will go nationwide to the 183 OMV locations in June.

Parcels will be delivered domestically within 24 hours and a European delivery service will also be offered. Austrian Post hopes to generate annual volumes of several hundred thousand parcels once the service is fully operational.

Walter Hitziger, Austrian Post board member for mail, parcels and logistics, said: “This cooperation will make it easier for Austrians to send their parcels.” Consumers would benefit in particular from the long opening hours and easy accessibility of petrol stations and good parking facilities.

GLS had planned to set up parcel shops at OMV locations but did not proceed beyond a test phase.

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GLS plans Spanish acquisitions worth about 250 mln Eur in total

Posted by | Apr 3, 2007 | |

Royal Mail Group PLC’s unit General Logistics Systems (GLS), formerly German Parcel, is planning to expand into the Spanish market through acquisitions and has about 250 mln Eur to spend, chief executive Rico Back told newspaper Die Welt.

‘We are in takeover talks in Spain and are planning to complete those in the coming two months,’ he said.

The company plans to further expand its operations into Romania and the Baltic states, the report added.

GLS is currently the third-largest parcel service in Europe.

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GLS opens logistics centre in Hungary

Posted by | Mar 29, 2007 | |

General Logistics System has opened a new 5,000-sqm logistics centre in Hungary’s Alsónémedi.

GLS, headquartered in Amsterdam, launched constructions last June and spent a total of EUR 6.2 million to finish the facility.

The new unit of GLS Hungary operates with a staff of 100 employees and can deliver 12 million packages a year, business daily Világgazdaság said.

The logistics centre will give home to the Central European headquarters of GLS, where they will co-ordinate Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries from.

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