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6
Deutsche Post World Net’s MAIL corporate division is
the market leader in Europe, handling 21 billion letter
items each year – the equivalent of EUR 10.2 billion in
revenue in 1999 – and occupying approximately 24 per-
cent of the market.We also put in top-level performance
in terms of quality,with 95 percent of all domestic letter
mail being delivered the day after it is posted.
We also made continued progress in expanding our
value-added services. Deutsche Post Com GmbH, for
instance, fulfills customer wishes for smooth-operating
multiple communications channels that take even
changeovers from one medium to another in stride.
Regardless of how we receive an item – as a letter, fax,
EDI or via the Internet – we can transform it into any
other medium and subsequently deliver it.
EXPRESS – A pan-European network for cross-
border business
Our customers demand cross-border solutions from one
single source. Having set up our own companies and
acquired stakes in leading parcel and express service pro-
viders in Europe, we now offer our business customers
integrated logistics services in currently 18 European
countries under our Deutsche Post Euro Express brand.
The local expertise of our subsidiaries – together with
our Europe-wide network – gives Deutsche Post Euro
Express an unrivaled competitive edge.
The EXPRESS corporate division generated some EUR
4.6 billion revenues in 1999. Deutsche Post World Net’s
approximately 13-percent market share makes it the
leading provider on the European parcel and express
market today. Further, we gained access to a worldwide
logistics network for express delivery services through
the stake we acquired in 1998 in DHL International Ltd.,
the market leader for international express delivery
services which it currently offers in 227 countries around
the globe.
Our subsidiary Deutsche Post Fulfilment GmbH offers
customized logistics solutions for trade and industry,with
a special focus on the mail-order business. Its modular
service range encompasses the entire logistics value-
added chain,extending from order management,dispatch
preparation and distribution,all the way to invoicing.
LOGISTICS – Leading positions worldwide with
Danzas
In the wake of several acquisitions, Deutsche Post World
Net’s logistics services took on a new dimension during
the past year and generated EUR 4.2 billion in net reve-
nue. We acquired the global Danzas Group in March
1999.With the addition of Danzas to our lineup,we were
able to substantially enlarge our European and global dis-
tribution network, markedly increase our range of serv-
ices in the value-added logistics field and considerably
expand our product base.We also closed geographic gaps
in our corporate map of Europe through our acquisition
of the European Transport Division of the Dutch com-
pany Royal Nedlloyd and the Swedish transport and
logistics service provider ASG. Our acquisition of Air
Express International in the U.S.A.– which was approved
by all authorities involved in February 2000 – has not only
broadened our geographic growth through the addition
of its operations in 140 countries around the world,it also
boosted Danzas, and Deutsche Post World Net along
with it,into the leadership position in the air freight serv-
ice field.We are No.1 in the Eurocargo business segment
which covers European road transport.We also hold a
leading position throughout Europe in the solutions
(value-added services) business segment.