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International – Establishing a global presence
As competition becomes increasingly global, only those providers will
survive that reach beyond their national borders and which offer their
customers a wide range of products and services.Only by joining forces will
it be possible to meet the challenges arising from and even play a role in
shaping the growing trend toward the globalization and concentration of
markets. For this reason, Deutsche Post developed its parcel mail network
in 1998: Thanks to our joint venture with Securicor in the UK and Ireland,
our own establishment of Quickstep from scratch in the Czech Republic
and our acquisitions of MIT in Italy and Ducros Services Rapides in France,
we are operating together with strong partners in the most important and
fastest-growing parcel and express mail markets in Europe today.
Deutsche Post has taken a further step toward increasing its international
orientation by acquiring a participating interest in DHL, the global market
leader for express mail services. Our collaboration with DHL gives us
access to a global express mail logistics network that currently operates
in 227 countries around the world.
With the acquisition of the US postal company Global Mail we have also set
course for the globalization of our business in our Letter Services division.
The global trend on the world’s logistics markets is unmistakably toward
international one-stop shopping that puts the just-in-time concept into
cross-border practice for customers. As a provider of package logistics
services, Deutsche Post is optimally prepared for this development. We
provide a wide range of products and can manage our customers’ entire
transport chains for them – including all upstream and downstream
activities.In the future,Postbank will also be on hand to satisfy all customer
needs for logistics financing arising in this connection. The market for
national and international courier, express and parcel mail service will
also continue to see rapid growth in the future. This growth will open up
many opportunities which we plan to exploit by further expanding our
international parcel mail and logistics network.
Foreword by the Chairman of the Board of Management
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