Tag: Italy

9 European Postal Service Providers Call for Caution in the 2009 Postal Service

Posted by | Jul 28, 2006 | |

Following the publication of the PWC study on the “Impact on Universal Service of the Full Market Accomplishment of the Postal Internal Market in 2009”, the postal operators of Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland and Spain, which account for over 50% of the Community population, express their concern about the study outcomes and plead the European Commission for a balanced approach when drawing up future postal legislation. At the beginning of this month of July, the European Commission published a study undertaken at its request by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in order to assess, in each member State, the impact on the universal postal provision of a full liberalisation in 2009. As stated by the postal Directive 2002/39/EC, based on the conclusions of this study, the Commission shall submit by 31 December 2006 “a report to the European Parliament and the Council accompanied by a proposal confirming, if appropriate, the date of 2009 for the full accomplishment of the postal internal market or determining any other step in the light of the study’s conclusions”.

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9 European Postal Service Providers jointly call for caution in the 2009 reform of postal services

Posted by | Jul 27, 2006 | |

Following the publication of the PWC study on the “Impact on Universal Ser-vice of the Full Market Accomplishment of the Postal Internal Market in 2009”, the postal operators of Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Lux-embourg, Poland and Spain, which account for over 50% of the Community population, express their concern about the study outcomes and plead the European Commission for a balanced approach when drawing up future postal legislation
At the beginning of this month of July, the European Commission published a study undertaken at its request by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in order to assess, in each member State, the impact on the universal postal provision of a full liberalisation in 2009.

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The Italian post office delivers profits

Posted by | Jul 21, 2006 | |

By diversifying – by moving into logistics, financial services, and mail-order retail – Poste Italiane has turned its once unproductive infrastructure profitable. Last year mail accounted for less than a third of revenues, which grew 14% over 2004, to 19.5 billion USD.

Net profits jumped too, by 19%, reaching 413 million USD. “Fifteen percent of our revenues are from services that didn’t exist three years ago,” says CEO Massimo Sarmi.

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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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Swiss MailSource Expands in France, Buys EPS Internal Postal Business

Posted by | Jul 5, 2006 | |

Swiss mailroom management solutions provider MailSource, a subsidiary of Swiss Post, founded internal postal services company MailSource France SAS on July 1, 2006, as part of its expansion in France.

The new company has acquired the customers and staff of Paris-based Euro Postal Services SARL (EPS) with immediate effect for a six-digit sum in euro, Swiss Post said in a press release on July 5, 2006.

MailSource France SAS is expected to generate an annual turnover of around 600,000 euro ($766,000) with the prospect of significantly increasing revenue, profit and number of employees over the next few years.

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