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Bartolini continues network expansion
Bartolini, one of the leading Italian express parcels companies, has continued to extend its nationwide network with the recent opening of several new depots.
The privately-owned company put a new Napoli Centro depot into operation at the start of September. The facility, located about 10 km from the city centre, covers a surface of 2,600 sqm and is equipped with an automatic sorting system. Bartolini said that the new branch would enable it to further improve its service quality for Naples and the northern part of the surrounding province.
On Sicily, Bartolini also opened a new depot called Catania Centro in early September to improve coverage of the local area. Located about 15 km from the city, it covers a surface of about 1,500 sqm and it is equipped with an automatic sorting system.
The company has also put into service a major new depot at Palmanova, between Udine and Triest in northeast Italy, in mid-July. Covering 8,000 sqm, the facility serves the province of Gorizia and part of Udine, and is strategically located close to the A4 and A23 motorways. The Palmanova depot is also equipped with an automatic sorting system.
Read MoreItaly Private National Post To Be Born Soon
The establishment of Uniposta, Italy’s new private postal service operator, will be finalised within 40 to 50 days, it was announced in a statement on September 11, 2006.
The company will be born from the unification of already-existing Italian business operators.
The new postal company’s business plan sets its annual turnover target at 500 mln euro (USD 635.9 mln), achievable until 2011. The plan also envisages a share of between 8.0 pct and 10 pct of the revenue of state-owned postal service company Poste Italiane on a national postal services market, which generates a turnover of more than 12 bln euro (USD 15.261 bln) every year, the statement read.
Italian outsourcing and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider Omnia Network has been considering the possibility to be part of the new group.
Read MoreExpress logistics in Italy
Market Value
The Italian express logistics market grew by 5.2% in 2004 to reach a value of $4
billion.
Market Value Forecast
In 2009, the market is forecast to have a value of $5 billion, an increase of 24.4%
since 2004.
Market Segmentation I
Next day delivery services are the most lucrative in the market, generating 45.2% of
its revenues.
Market Segmentation II
Italy accounts for 9.2% of the European express logistics market’s value.
India Post to set up a bank
In a dramatic attempt to wipe out the Rs 1,000 crore deficit that India Post currently runs, it has started work to set up a bank. Tentatively called the Post Bank of India, sources say it will start operating with 30 branches towards the end of this year – next year on the outside.
During the course of the 11th five year plan, the idea is to open 1,500 branches across the country. In many ways, the move mirrors a transformation that was engineered by the Italian postal service.
After years of mounting losses broke its back, Poste Italiana started using its network to run everything, from a bank to selling vacuum cleaners. The gamble paid off and CEO Massimo Sarmi is now spoken of in revered tones.
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