2008 Competitive Market Review L13983
2008 Competitive Market Review
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DPD to open enlarged depot in north-west Germany
DPD Germany has officially inaugurated its new depot in Essen-Karnap, north-west Germany, which is planned to go into operation on January 2, 2009.
The 5,000 sqm facility, on a 32,000 sqm site, will replace the smaller DPD depot in Essen by doubling the sorting capacity to up to 32,000 parcels per day. With the new depot, the company aims to strengthen its network in the region in order to keep up with the parcel volume which is expected to grow continuously over the next few years, DPD said.
The company aims for annual volume growth of at least 3 pct at the new depot which has 10 unloading bays and 16 loading bays. All 100 employees and 90 deliverers from the old depot will move to the new facility.
Read MoreBelgian Post eyes Greek express company
Belgian Post is close to buying the express business of the Greek post office, according to newspaper reports.
The Belgian national postal operator is heading a consortium also comprising financial investors that would buy Tachimetafores, the express courier subsidiary of the Greek post office ELTA, the Belgian publication Trends-Tendances reported.
Citing Greek media, the publication wrote that Belgian Post was the final remaining bidder following the withdrawal of Deutsche Post and a dozen originally interested parties. A deal could be sealed within two months, it said.
Tachimetafores has revenues of EUR 30 million, and expects to make a small profit of EUR 700,000, this year, according to the report. The sale is part of the search for a “strategic partner” for ELTA ahead of postal liberalisation, which is scheduled in Greece for 2013.
A Belgian Post spokesman declined to make any comment on the topic, the publication added.
Read MoreNew Director at La Poste
Kurt Pierloot becomes the new Director of Mail & Parcels Operations at La Poste (Belgium). He will succeed Bernard Delvaux who had already announced his intention to stand down. Kurt Pierloot will be also assistant of the Steering committee.
The nomination of Kurt Pierloot was approved by the Board of directors, on the recomendation of Johnny Thijs, CEO of the Post office.
36-year-old Kurt Pierloot studied sales at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Solvay Business School). He joined La Poste in 2004, and was actively involved in the implementation of change in the Mail division, – in particular Georoute, and then of the direction of all the Mail activities in Brussels. Since 2006, he has been director of the Mail network and in charge of the management of all the activities relating to “Collections & Distribution” of the Post office.
Read MoreDPD Switzerland to invest in new eco-depot
DPD Switzerland has announced the building of a new ecological depot in Buchs, in the canton of Zurich, which will go into operation on 1 October 2009.
The new logistics centre will be constructed based on a coherent ecological concept on a 20,000-sqm land to be sold by the community of Buchs for an amount of EUR 5.2 million.
The new centre will be constructed with low land consumption, thanks to the u-form of the building, and based on a completely sustainable energy supply through heat recovery from ground water and about 1,000-sqm of solar cells producing 125,000 kWH of energy yearly.
DPD will lease the new building including a total of 28 unloading bays, 99 loading bays and an office building with the option to be extended at a later point of time. The company says that the new depot will generate a total of 220 jobs.
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