Tag: GLS

GLS breathing down Austrian Post's neck

Posted by | Jul 26, 2006 | |

GLS, the European parcel subsidiary of Britain’s Royal Mail, is stepping up competitive pressure on Austrian Post through co-operation with the fuel station chain OMV, the Wiener Zeitung reported.

GLS is to open parcel shops in 180 OMV fuelling stations, country manager Klaus Schädle said. Together with parcel shops in other establishments, GLS will then have a total of 450 collection and drop-off points in Austria. This means that every third post office is now in direct competition with a GLS outlet. The parcels company said that half of its parcel shops are in communities where the post office has been closed down.

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New scanners for GLS Polish couriers and branches

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

GLS Poland has invested €2 million on some 800 new scanners for its couriers and branch offices in Eastern Europe’s largest express parcels market. Customers benefit from improved tracking options.

The hand-held data scanners, developed in cooperation with IBM and Symbol Technologies, enable GLS drivers to transmit shipment receipt data to the central system using Wireless LAN technology. The new scanners feature multi-coloured displays and high resolution cameras to record electronic signatures and also any damage to the shipment.

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UK Royal Mail's GLS to create own express air delivery service

Posted by | Jul 12, 2006 | |

The Royal Mail’s General Logistics Systems is creating its own air express delivery service, Rico Back, the head of GLS, told Handelsblatt.

Back said the company will invest 10 mln eur in GLS Air this year and that its two aircraft will fly between the company’s delivery centres in Germany and the UK from October.

Ultimately, GLS Air wants to have a fleet of 25 aircraft that will fly to 17 European nations, he added. GLS is the continental European counterpart to Royal Mail’s UK-based Parcelforce Worldwide. It is based in the Netherlands and has 14,500 staff.

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GLS invests in international parcel service

Posted by | Jul 12, 2006 | |

General Logistics Systems B.V., Amsterdam (GLS) is investing more than 100 million euros to strengthen its pan-European network in the current business year. The focus here is on the expansion of cross-border structures and services. Customers appreciate quality and service: already last year, the cross-border parcel volume rose by 26 per cent.

A total of 45 million euros are currently being invested in new constructions, the expansion or the modernisation of locations. Two international hubs will be built in France and another one in Hungary. Important investments will also be made in Denmark (hub expansions in Copenhagen and Kolding), Germany (six new depot constructions) and Poland (new headquarters construction with an adjacent depot).

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UPS and GLS top German CEP sales ranking

Posted by | Jun 20, 2006 | |

UPS and GLS have been rated the best CEP operators in Germany in an in-depth survey of sales performance. Hermes and Trans-o-flex came bottom of the list of seven leading carriers which also included DHL, DPD and TNT. The survey by Wiesbaden-based consultancy Marketing Partner compared and evaluated the carriers’ entire offer process from initial customer contact, advice and offer through to reliable timing and the length of the whole offer phase. The survey was based on a concrete enquiry for a complex logistics outsourcing contract involving more than 50,000 shipments per year.

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