Two post office companies, one Asian and one European, plan to jointly invest with Krung Thai Bank PCL in Thailand Post Co, the Nation reports, quoting Krung Thai Bank’s President Viroj Nualkhair.
Read MoreEesti Post (Estonian Post) have joined the electronic monitoring system for quality control launched by the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
“The tool of diagnostic control allows us to obtain precise, objective and detailed information about all the stages of a test parcel en route, for example from the moment of arrival in Estonia till delivery to the party taking part in the test,” Said Maire Lodi, director in charge of production at Eesti Post.
Eesti Post will first test the movement of letters between Estonia and Finland.
Read MorePitney Bowes has announced it has closed on what might seem like a tiny deal: $49 million in cash for DDD Co, a Maryland-based document creation and distribution company. But it is the latest in a two-year-long, $800 million string of small purchases that Pitney Bowes has made to transform its long-time image as merely a maker of postage meters.
Read MoreAn award called the Quality Standard for Mail Production (QMP) has been instigated by the Royal Mail and the Direct Marketing Association is beginning to attract growing interest, although the numbers so far of those who have been accredited at this juncture are as yet few.
One trade house that has successfully gained accreditation is Glasgow Laminators and Ian Trengrouse direct mail manager says: “We have always been focused on giving a quality service but this award will raise quality levels across the industry.”
Read MoreIn the new state plan contract drawn up for La Poste, the French national postal service operator, outlining targets and plans for the period 2003-07, it is envisaged that a sum of 1bn euros be invested in the modernisation of sorting offices, and that the group create a credit institution capable of providing property loans without prior savings with effect from 2005.
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