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Postal, Courier And Parcel Services In Germany
The postal, courier, and parcel services in Germany deliver mail and parcels in that country. Multiple companies compete to provide such services. After the automotive industry and trade, the logistics sector is the country's third-largest commercial sector. The post-and-parcel service branch alone employed around 570,000 people in 2019. Development Since 2002, the industry added 70,000 workers to cope with the rapidly growing online trade. The Covid pandemic further drove growth in online trade and parcel-delivery. German Post and DHL said in 2021 that world trade could recover from the economic slump caused by the pandemic. Investment plans 2022 research from University of Bamberg reported that planned investment focused almost exclusively on technology. "Rather, smartphones, tablets, handheld scanners, onboard computers as well as control and assistance systems are used to further simplify workflows, to transmit the specifications from the headquarters in a smaller-mesh manne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Bamberg
The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in historical buildings in Bamberg's Old Town. These include the former Jesuit college (Theology), the former Hochzeitshaus (History), the old slaughterhouse (Earth Science), the former Bauhof (Communication Studies), and the former fire station (Oriental Studies). The departments of Languages and Literature are partly housed in buildings which once belonged to the Kaiser-Heinrich High School. The Social Sciences and Economics department and the Business Information Technology and Applied Computer Science department, which accommodate a large proportion of the students, are in Feldkirchenstrasse. The former ERBA cotton mill, on an island in the Regnitz, has been acquired to create student apartments in the red-brick building, as well as in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPDgroup
DPDgroup (legally GeoPost SA) is an international parcel delivery service for sorter compatible parcels based in Issy les Moulineaux, France. Until 2015 DPD stood for Dynamic Parcel Distribution. Its brands are DPD, Colissimo, Chronopost, Seur and BRT. The company is based in France and operates mainly in the express road-based market. DPDgroup services are available in Europe, Asia, South Africa, India, Brazil and several other countries in the world, either directly or through partnerships. DPDgroup is owned by La Poste, the international delivery network operated by the French state-owned postal service. In 2020, DPDgroup delivered 1.9 billion parcels worldwide and achieved revenues of €11 billion. History Le Groupe La Poste In the 1980s, Le Groupe La Poste originated its express transport activities with the creation of Chronopost in 1985. In 1999, Le Groupe La Poste created GeoPost to consolidate its express transport and parcel delivery businesses. In the 2000s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GLS Group
General Logistics Systems B.V., also known as GLS, is a British-owned logistics company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company was known as German Parcel when it was founded in 1989, by Rico Back. It was subsequently rebranded as GLS and is now a subsidiary of International Distributions Services PLC (formerly Royal Mail until 3 October 2022. Operations GLS operates directly and via a partnership network within 41 European countries, eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. In 2016/17, GLS shipped 508 million parcels for more than 270,000 customers, with annual revenue of €2.5 billion. By 2020/21, parcel volume had increased to 870 million parcels, with an annual revenue of €5 billion. The firm has approximately 37,000 delivery vans and 4,500 long-distance trucks servicing about 120 national and regional hubs as well as over 1,600 depots and agencies. Germany, Italy and France accounted for 54.6% of GLS’s total revenue in full-year 2019–2020. Financial result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermes Europe
Hermes Europe GmbH is a German delivery company headquartered in Hamburg, owned by the retail company Otto GmbH. History The company was founded in 1972 in West Germany and entered the market in East Germany in 1990. It expanded to France in 1997, the United Kingdom in 2000, Austria in 2007, Italy in 2009 and Russia in 2010. In Germany, Hermes Logistik Gruppe (HLG) is the country's largest post independent provider of deliveries to private customers. In November 2020 Advent International announced it would partner with the current management team to acquire a 75% stake in Hermes UK. Otto Group will continue to own 25% of the company. Advent will also acquire a 25% stake in Hermes Germany, which includes other Hermes Germany Group companies including BorderGuru and a share in the ParcelLock joint venture. The partnership will not affect Hermes’ activities in Russia and Austria, the holding company Hermes Europe or the companies not involved in parcel delivery, namely Herm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Express Mail
Express mail is an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery. Express mail is a service for domestic and international mail, and is in most nations governed by the country's own postal administration. Since 1999, the international express delivery services are governed by the EMS Cooperative. Express Mail Service and the EMS Cooperative Express Mail Service (EMS) is an international express postal service offered by postal-administration members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). These administrators created the EMS Cooperative in 1998, within the framework of the UPU, to promote the harmonization and development of postal services worldwide. , EMS was offered by more than 190 countries and territories worldwide. An independent auditor measures the express delivery performance of all international EMS operators, and EMS Performance Awards are based on postal operators' performance, including service performance and tracking: gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
