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Rainer Hengst, a recognized expert with over 30 years experience on international postal affairs, has joined Mail Services, Inc. as Vice President of Marketing & Public Affairs.

Hengst created the first Deutsche Post international mail branch office in the United
States in 1998 and, in the mid-90s, served as Senior Vice President Marketing and
General Manager, Americas of TNT Mailfast, the international mail division of TNT Post Group.

In a 25-year career with the United States Postal Service (USPS), he held a number of senior management positions including: Director of Facilities Program Management, Product Manager of international marketing and Director of International Business Management. Mr. Hengst also represented the USPS as delegate to the 1994 Universal Postal Union Congress in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. Hengst’s special focus over the past decade has been the growing global direct
marketing sector, where he has extensive personal experience on both sides of the
Atlantic.

An American citizen born in Berlin, Germany, Mr. Hengst holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from The American University in Washington, DC.

Postmaster General John E. Potter told U.S Postal Service business customers Sept. 20 that the agency must prepare for a possible May 6 postal rate change implementation date.

Mr. Potter made the announcement via satellite from the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas, to an audience of more than 15,000 mailing partners and customers nationwide. The speech was part of the USPS’ s annual National PCC Day, which honors Postal Customer Councils. DM News viewed the telecast at an event held by the Greater New York PCC at the James A. Farley Post Office. The event was sponsored by Edison, NJ-based Reliable Mail Service Inc.

“Right now the plan is that we raise rates in May,” Mr. Potter said. “There are a lot of people talking about asking us if we can extend that. We don’t know what the economics are going to be like for the postal service come May…But we have to be ready on May 6 if that is what the Board of Governors decide.”

In early 2005, the U.S. Postal Service rated American Airlines Inc.’s ability to deliver the mail on time so low that it stopped shipping mail on the carrier.
But a determined effort to improve service restored American to the postal service’s good graces — so much so that it signed a new contract with the Fort Worth-based airline on Wednesday that could mean USD500 million in cargo revenue over the next five years for American.
At a joint signing ceremony with airline president and chief executive Gerard Arpey, Postmaster General Jack Potter said American will carry more mail than any other U.S. passenger carrier, second behind only FedEx Corp. among all U.S. carriers.
David Brooks, president of American’s cargo division, said American most recently was getting USD80 million to USD100 million annually from its mail revenue.