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Pitney Bowes 12th Leadership Roundtable in Majorca, Spain Kicks Off

Pitney Bowes 12th Leadership Roundtable “Strengthening the Industry Through Partnerships” begins on Sunday September 16, at Hotel Castillo Son Vida in Majorca, Spain, and continues with work sessions on September 17, 18 and 19.

A record number of postal organizations are set to participate at the Roundtable, alongside key executives from companies such as FedEx, UPS and Cisco. Highlights will include an Executive Dialogue with Michael J. Critelli, Executive Chairman of Pitney Bowes and a welcome speech by José Damián Santiago, President of Correos.

This roundtable will bring together a mix of postal executives, parcel operators, and other industry stakeholders, to discuss how all aspects of the industry can partner more effectively to build a prosperous future. The goal of the roundtables is to create an event where postal executives can openly articulate and debate challenging management, marketing, strategic and technological issues.

Luis A. Jimenez, Sr. Vice President and Chief Industry Policy Officer, Pitney Bowes, who conceived and organizes the Roundtables, said the idea was to create: “A private forum for major postal stakeholders where challenges could be discussed openly, and where conclusions could be kept in a confidential setting.”

This event will see more than 18 countries represented and participants will include top management from strategic, marketing, product development, technology, and information functions. Confirmed are participants from the posts of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland the UK and the USA. Other participants include: IPC, PostEurop, FedEx, UPS, Cisco and the Print on Demand Initiative (PODi). Participation in this Roundtable is by invitation only and is limited to 50 participants.

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Chronoexpress appoints new General Director

Chronoexpress, the express courier and parcel subsidiary of Correos, has appointed Eduardo Herrera as new General Director.

The appointment marks “a new stage of consolidation” at the company, Correos said in a press release. Chronoexprés has 50 depots across Spain and a fleet of 2,000 delivery vehicles.

Herrera, an economics and business studies graduate joined Chronoexprés as finance director in 2005.

José Tola García, who helped Chronoexprés cuts its losses by 60 pct, becomes transport director of Correos mail division.

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Correos’ Burofax online service registers growth during first semester 2007

Correos have sent 54,583 mails and generated sales of EUROS 1,024,397 through their Burofax service during the first 6 months of 2007. This represents a growth of 72.2 pct in delivery and a 73.3 pct growth in sales for the same period in 2006.

Correos launched Burofax in November 2005 and has registered a continuak growth of 4.3% monthly. It is currently the most in demand Correos product available.

Since the launch, Burofax has sent 130,000 mails and generated sales of EUR 2,457.608 with around 6,000 users registered in the website.

Burofax is the online delivery service which records proof of delivery. The main users are financial firms, investment companies, law firms, real estate agencies and mobile operators.

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Azkar opens EUR 9.5m platform at La Coruña in Spain

Azkar Spanish express and freight company Azkar this week opened a new EUR 9.5 million distribution hub at La Coruña in Galicia, north-west Spain.

The mixed 17,000 sqm logistics, parcel and pallet facility is built on a 25,000 sqm plot with separate zones for logistics and transport and distribution.

The new platform, staffed by 173 employees, holds 68 docking bays and has a fleet of 97 trucks, 33 for heavy vehicles and another 64 for local pick-up and delivery.

It is equipped with modern systems of classification and automatic reading of the parcels, and 10.500 pallet slots in the logistics area, the company said.

Azkar has now invested some EUR 50 million in new facilities over the past 18 months, including other new platforms near Bilbao and Zaragoza to improve distribution across the Iberian Peninsula and connections with the rest of Europe.

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MRW opens five new outlets in Spain

Spanish domestic express carrier MRW has opened another five new franchises in the country, as it continues its wave of expansion.

The new outlets are one each in Pontevedra, Madrid and Avila, and two in Huelva, bringing its total number of branches to 783 in Spain, Gibraltar and Andorra, and also Portugal.

Its new franchise in Madrid, at Villanueva de la Cañada on the western outskirts of the city, brings to 79 the number of MRW outlets in the Madrid region, 44 of which are in the centre of the capital.

Earlier this summer, the company announced the opening of a new EUR 17 million hub in Barcelona and new platforms in San Sebastian and Granada.

MRW is one of Spain’s fastest-growing couriers, with over 10,000 staff, 5,000 vehicles and three aircraft. Last year revenues grew 9 pct to EUR 564 million.

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