Tag: Swiss Post International

Swiss Post International continues success in cross-border business

Posted by | Mar 19, 2008 | |

Swiss Post achieved excellent results again in 2007. With group profit of 909 million Swiss francs (EUR 551 million), it beat the previous year’s figure by 72 million (EUR 44 million). Operating income rose by over 800 million francs (EUR 485 million) to 8,712 million (EUR 5,280 million). The international division, Swiss Post International, increased its operating income by 6 per cent to 1,145 million francs (EUR 694 million) and contributed 34 million francs (EUR 20.6 million) to the overall group profit.

Operating exclusively in the mail, parcel and express business, Swiss Post International (SPI) increased its revenue again in 2007. Having exceeded the billion mark in revenue the previous year, it achieved a further rise of 6 per cent in the last year to 1,145 million francs (EUR 694 million).

In the last year, SPI has been driving forward the expansion of its international network, which included the opening of a sales agency in Denmark at the end of March 2007. In October 2007, SPI became privileged sales partner of the German Hermes Logistics Group (HLG) for international B2C traffic in the European markets. Previously, SPI sold 30 per cent of its shareholding in Italian parcel and logistics company, Swiss Post Porta a Porta, to HLG. At the beginning of 2008, SPI also acquired the Swedish letter processor, IMS Europe AB, strengthening its position as a provider in the Swedish postal market. To strengthen its customs expertise, SPI took over FM Verzollungs AG in Basel on 1.1 2007.

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FEDMA celebrates ten years

Posted by | Sep 12, 2007 | |

FEDMA celebrated yesterday its 10 year anniversary: 10 years of innovation, continued growth, change and development in the direct and interactive marketing industry.

More than 80 high-level representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission, national direct marketing associations and members attended the cocktail event hosted by FEDMA and supported by Reader’s Digest, Swiss Post International and DHL Global Mail to mark this date.

FEDMA, the Federation of European Direct & Interactive Marketing, was created in 1997 as a result of the merger between EDMA (est. 1976) and FEDIM (est. 1992) and is the single voice of the European direct marketing industry.

“FEDMA has become the voice and driving force of European direct marketing in the past ten years. Using its expertise and comprehensive know-how, FEDMA makes a strong contribution to the further development of the growth industry of direct marketing. Global Mail thanks the dedicated FEDMA team for the valuable support and looks forward to many years of continued cooperation,” said Jürgen Höfling, CEO DHL Global Mail.

FEDMA represents the Direct Marketing sector in all its forms. Its objective is to protect and promote the European direct and interactive marketing sector by creating, through representation, self-regulation and information, acceptance of and confidence in direct and interactive marketing within a healthy commercial and legislative environment in which the sector can profitably operate and develop.

Its national members are direct marketing associations (DMAs) representing users, service providers and media/carriers of direct marketing. In addition to its direct Corporate, Corporate Associate and Company Members, FEDMA represents nearly 10,000 companies through its 27 national DMA members.

The direct marketing sector represents an annual expenditure of over 100 billion euro and employs over 2 million people directly, and many more indirectly, within the EU.

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Swiss Post International Buys MobileImaging

Posted by | Jul 12, 2006 | |

Swiss Post International (SPI), the foreign operations unit of Swiss post office services provider Die Post, has acquired online postcard service company MobileImaging GmbH, Die Post said on July 12, 2006.

Through the deal, SPI aims at expanding the range of its online postcard service offers.

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Swiss Post takes over franchisees in Asia

Posted by | Jun 12, 2006 | |

Swiss Post International (SPI), the international business unit of Swiss Post,
has taken over its franchisees in Asia. The new subsidiary, known as SPI
Singapore, operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong and sells SPI’s
products in the Asian market. This purchase will strengthen SPI’s
competitive position as a global player in the cross-border letters segment.
Asia offers considerable potential for postal services on account of its rapid
economic development. “SPI Mail International Pte. Ltd”, based in Singapore, has been an SPI franchisee since 2003. The acquisition was made with retroactive effect to 1 April 2006. The two subsidiaries in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Hong Kong (China) were also acquired.

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Swiss Post acquires Media Data Services AG

Posted by | Mar 8, 2006 | |

Swiss Post International (SPI), the international business unit of Swiss Post, has acquired Media Data Services AG (MDS). The company, headquartered in Kriens,
occupies a strong position in the domestic and foreign press and publications
management market. It focuses on subscription management, the acquisition of
new subscriptions and measures to promote reader loyalty. SPI will now be able to further develop its leading position in the international delivery of newspapers and magazines. The acquisition of MDS AG means that SPI can also offer comprehensive distribution solutions to publishing houses in Switzerland and abroad.

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