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DPD brand business development in the CIS Countries to exceed 50 million euros

Posted by | May 27, 2008 | |

In response to growing customer requirements for quality parcel and freight delivery within the CIS, GeoPost and Yurtiçi Kargo have made a decision to enter the transportation logistics markets of the CIS countries under the DPD brand.

The range and quality of transportation logistics solutions to be offered in the CIS, by the companies trading under the DPD brand, will be similar to those provided by DPD in Russia.

Businesses in Kazakhstan and the Ukraine are already fully operational. The DPD Max service was recently launched in Kazakhstan; the service represents a reliable domestic road-based parcel and freight delivery solution. The first DPD Max route was opened between Almaty, the business capital of Kazakhstan, and Astana, the country’s official capital. The DPD Max service is an unmatched offer in

Kazakhstan’s transportation logistics services market. In addition to the traditionally high level of DPD’s service quality, the service also represents an effective solution for environmentally-conscious customers. Due to the service’s road-based approach, the CO2 emissions of road-based freight transport are lower than transporting that same freight by air. In the near future, the DPD Max service will also be launched in the Ukraine.

The opening of a number of branches within the CIS is planned for the near future, for example, in Kazakhstan there will exist 9 branches, by 2013. Total investment in DPD business development in the Ukraine and Kazakhstan between 2008 and 2012 will exceed EUR 50 million.

In addition to Kazakhstan and the Ukraine, plans are in place to enter other CIS markets with strong development potential.

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Pin Group liquidator mandated by shareholders to continue operations

Posted by | May 26, 2008 | |

The liquidator of troubled German mail services company Pin Group AG S.A., Bruno Kuebler, has been mandated to continue its business in case he fails to find a buyer for the group.

Kuebler said in a statement he is optimistic he will find a buyer for the company. He said he is still in talks with three unidentified potential buyers.

France’s La Poste walked away from talks at the end of March, according to the statement.

PIN Group ran into trouble in December when publishing group and majority stakeholder Axel Springer AG stopped funding it after the German government decided to introduce minimum wages to the postal industry. Some 40 of its 91 units have filed for insolvency.

The company in 2007 reached full-year sales of 278 million euros, below the 346 million target, and negative earnings before earnings and tax (EBIT) of 68 million.

Kuebler said in the statement PIN’s debt as part of the insolvency procedures amount to more than 200 million euros.

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DPD to hike prices for parcel deliveries instead of parcel shops expansion

Posted by | May 23, 2008 | |

DPD has stopped the expansion of its parcel shops in Germany and is instead planning to increase prices for parcel deliveries to cope with the rising fuel costs, DPD CEO Arnold Schroven told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview this week.

In the beginning of April, the company had announced that it would continue its strategic growth by opening another 1,500 parcel shops in Germany by the end of 2008 in addition to its existing 3,000 retail outlets. Meanwhile, DPD has surprisingly changed its strategy and is now planning to invest in the development of a new express delivery service and to concentrate on its international parcels business. In both segments, the company generates considerably higher profits than in the domestic parcels business, Arnold Schroven further explained. He added that the company was under pressure as it couldn’t fully implement the price increase of 4 pct for parcel deliveries planned for this year.

In view of the rising transport costs, further increases in parcel deliveries between business clients – the company’s core service – are unavoidable from 2009, Schroven said.

From October this year, the company plans to increase the prices for a single parcel by 3 cents due to the government plans to hike truck toll fees. As a result of the price increase, Schroven expects an annual revenue growth of 50 pct in the express sector. Currently, DPD’s express division accounts only for 5 pct of the total group revenues.

Last year, the company’s sales grew more than 5 pct, exceeding EUR 1 billion revenues for the first time.

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Chronopost extends geographical coverage of delivery service (FRA)

Posted by | May 23, 2008 | |

Chronopost has extended the geographical coverage of its next-day delivery service “Chrono 10” providing next-day delivery before 10 a.m now covering all important cities and regions in France.

More than 1000 new French “communes” will be accessible with this service offered to contract customers and customers of the Chronopost online shop.

“Chrono 10” delivers parcels to all destinations nationwide from Monday to Saturday and covers 6000 communes from a total of 36000 French communes representing the last subdivision of 100 départments and 26 regions in France. The new cities covered by the extended service include Le Havre, Perpignan, Nancy, Monaco, Angers and Lorient.

“The optimisation of the coverage will strengthen our next-morning delivery service. Thus we are responding to our customers’ demands for parcel delivery in the service and industry sectors. For certain types of shipments, it is essential that the parcel arrives in the beginning of the working day”, said Chronopost CEO Christian Emery.

Founded in 1985, Chronopost is specialized in express delivery of parcels up to 30 kg to companies and private customers worldwide. In 2007, the company generated revenues of EUR 587 million. It has a nationwide network of 76 operational sites including 6 hubs and employs 3500 people.

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E-BOX decides to reinforce capital stock

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

The extraordinaire general assembly of E-BOX met on 20th May 2008, decided to reinforce the capital stock of E-BOX by a capital growth of EUR 910 K.

By not filing for bankruptcy of E-Box, the company preserves the potential value of its immaterial assets like patents, marks, models, software and the company believes it can continue to take advantage of the rights in the various procedures which opposes to La Poste group.

The company declared this will allow to continue the discussions with a big international group to propose new local logistic services.

The innovative technological solutions developed by E-BOX (M2M, real-time, single data, interworking of IF, automation) join economic efficiency and ecological urban logistics.

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