Tag: La Poste

Christian Emery appointed as a new Managing Director of Chronopost

Posted by | Mar 30, 2007 | |

Chronopost, the La Poste Group express subsidiary, has gained a new chief following the resignation of its former managing director. The operator’s board has named Christian Emery as the new Président Directeur Général in place of Thomas Lot who resigned for personal reasons. He will take up the post on April 3. Emery is currently the executive director at ColiPoste, the French domestic B2C parcels delivery company of the La Poste Group. His successor there will be named within the next few days.

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La Poste focuses strategy

Posted by | Mar 26, 2007 | |

The French post office is adjusting its strategy and will once again concentrate on its core business — carrying letters. It is planning to sell its subsidiary Europe Airpost to South Africa’s Imperial Holdings.

The history of airmail in France started in the pioneering twenties of the last century, with the legendary company Adropostale and pilots such as Mermoz and Saint-Exupéry. But the French post office La Poste does not seem to be particularly interested in this tradition. It is planning to sell its air transport subsidiary Europe Airpost — which was known by the name Aeropostale until the year 2000 — to South Africa’s Imperial Holdings, owner of the airline Safair, this semester. Jean-Paul Bailly, La Poste’s president, explained that the company will focus on transporting letters by rail in future. In this context he pointed out that, together with state.owned rail operator SNCF, La Poste has plans to establish a network of postal TGV trains between France’s major conurbations, with links to the most important centres of trade and industry in neighbouring countries too.

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ByBox appoints new head of innovation

Posted by | Mar 21, 2007 | |

ByBox, the UK’s leading force in parts distribution, has further
strengthened its management team with the appointment of Mike Boxwell as Head of Innovation.

It is a completely new role and one which reflects the company’s commitment to innovation and technology.

With a background in IT, Mike has a long track record in the hand held scanner market with particular expertise in the courier and distribution industry.

Prior to joining ByBox Mike previously ran computer manufacturer Hand Held Products in the UK and also set up and ran Littlefoot which provides tracking and proof of delivery systems for major parcel carriers. Customers include La Poste, Royal Mail, DX, Amtrak, GeoPost and Business Post.

He has a strong knowledge of the parts distribution market having worked alongside ByBox for a number of years to provide hand held scanning solutions and will bring a valuable skill set to the already successful operation.

In his new role Mike will be involved in developing and managing a new scanning platform for ByBox’ unique network of electronic boxes whilst at the same time having specific responsibility for projects involving technology and innovation.

Mike is also no stranger to innovation having formed eBIKEshop in 2004 which
became the UK’s largest retailer of electric bikes. He sold the business at the end of 2005.

Aged 36 Mike is married with two young children.

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FKI Logistex wins contract from Chronopost in France

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

FKI Logistex announced that it has won a contract to supply Chronopost International with a complete tilt-tray sortation system for the company’s new 11,000 square-meter (118,000 square-foot) parcel hub in Chilly-Mazarin, near Paris, France. Chronopost, a subsidiary of the La Poste Group, is building the new hub to support an ambitious three-year plan to redesign its entire transportation network.

Chronopost chose the FKI Logistex sortation system for its market-leading ergonomic and safety features and its ability to handle the hub’s high throughput levels. The Chilly-Mazarin hub is designed to move a total of 30,000 parcels per hour and will process nearly 60 percent of Chronopost’s French freight.

The integrated FKI Logistex sortation system at the Chilly-Mazarin hub includes FKI Logistex S-3000E tilt-tray sorters, inductions and chutes, and more than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of FKI Logistex belt conveyor, all controlled by an FKI Logistex controls system.

The Chilly-Mazarin hub is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2007.

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GeoPost raises stake in Seur to 19.6%

Posted by | Mar 13, 2007 | |

La Poste’s international express subsidiary GeoPost has raised its stake in Spain’s Seur group through their joint venture, Seur-GeoPost, buying Seur’s Santander franchise.

The acquisition of Seur Santander, which turned over EUR 7 million last year and employs 83 staff, is the seventh franchise bought by Seur-GeoPost, the company 60% owned by GeoPost. According to Seur, quoted in the El País newspaper, the joint venture’s purchase of the Santander operation consolidated the alliance between the two groups and represented a reinforcement of the development of Seur in the Cantabrian region of Spain.

Seur, with turnover of EUR 574 million in 2005, is one of the leading express companies in Spain, where the market is growing at about 8% a year and is currently worth some EUR 6.6 billion in revenues.

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