Tag: USA

UPS Unveils State-Of-The-Art Package Hub in Maple Grove, Minnesota

Posted by | Nov 12, 2002 | |

UPS today unveiled its new automated package distribution hub in Maple Grove. The facility features new technologies for material handling and one of the most sophisticated sorting systems ever constructed. The 335,000-square-foot building can sort 20,000 packages an hour or more than five per second. It will be home to 272 delivery vehicles when at full capacity, and will house a retail customer counter starting in 2003.

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UPS Sets U.S. Shipping Rates For 2003

Posted by | Nov 8, 2002 | |

Today announced package shipping rate adjustments for 2003, consistent with those of recent years for daily customers, that will take effect in the United States on Jan. 6, 2003.
UPS Next Day Air® will increase 3.2 percent and UPS Worldwide Express® will increase 2.9 percent for U.S. export shipments. Rates for UPS’s U.S. commercial ground services will increase 3.9 percent, with the residential surcharge changing from $1.10 to $1.15.

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The DMA applauds findings – postage rate increases down

Posted by | Nov 5, 2002 | |

The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) today applauded the announcement from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that it may be able to delay future postage rate increases until at least calendar year 2006. This action, however, depends on a change to the current legislative formula that controls how the USPS funds its employees’ retirement. The change to the law is required to ensure that the American mailing public does not overpay for postage.

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