DPD Romania, una dintre cele mai importante companii de coletarie si curierat expres de pe piata locala, si-a bugetat investitii de peste 800.000 euro in 2012, pentru lansarea de noi servicii informatizate, adaptate atat clientilor sai B2B, B2C, precum si clientilor persoane fizice.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) Romania, companie detinuta de grupul Geopost, subsidiara La Poste, a terminat anul 2011 cu o cifra de afaceri de 36 milioane lei, in crestere cu 20% fata de anul precedent, si si-a mentinut cota de piata la 7%.

Pentru 2012, compania, aflata in top 5 jucatori de pe piata locala de curierat si coletarie, si-a bugetat un plan investitional de peste 800.000 euro pentru lansarea de noi servicii informatizate, adaptate unei multitudini de tipologii de clienti.

„In ultimii ani ne-am concentrat pe consolidarea si cresterea pozitiei DPD pe piata, iar rezultatele pozitive de anul trecut vin sa ne confirme strategia. Pentru 2012 obiectivele raman de crestere pe toate planurile, insa ne vom concentra pe eficientizarea actualelor servicii si pe lansarea de noi servicii. Unul dintre proiecte este IT4EM, un nou sistem informatic, creat pe specificul pietelor emergente. Toate inovatiile si investitiile pe care le pregatim in 2012, vor avea impact si in cifra de afaceri, care ne asteptam sa creasca cu pana la 15% fata de 2011“, a declarat Lucian Aldescu, CEO al DPD Romania.

IT4EM, noul sistem IT al DPD Romania, este 100% adaptat la cerintele specifice ale pietelor emergente si faciliteaza clientilor DPD  infrastructura, tehnologie si comunicare de ultima generatie, precum si economie de timp, factura si desfasuratorul acesteia putand fi verificate intr-un timp mult mai scurt.

Printre beneficiile directe ale IT4EM se numara imbunatatirea structurarii informatiilor despre furnizor si beneficiar pe factura, gruparea mai eficienta a produselor si serviciilor, precum si  detalierea informatiilor despre fiecare expeditie.

 DPD este prezenta si pe piata de servicii online prin www.dpdonline.ro, singura platforma din Romania care ofera  in prezent posibilitatea de plasare a comenzii si de plata prin e-payment cu orice card bancar.

DPD Romania, una dintre cele mai importante companii de coletarie si curierat expres de pe piata locala, estimeaza o crestere de 10% a livrarilor nationale si internationale in luna decembrie a acestui an, fata de perioada similara a lui 2010.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) Romania, companie detinuta de grupul Geopost, subsidiara La Poste, estimeaza o marire cu 10% a volumului de livrari interne si internationale in perioada sarbatorilor de anul acesta, datorita dezvoltarii apetitului consmatorilor pentru comertul online si a cresterii generale a consumului, specifica sezonului.

DPD este prezenta pe piata de servicii online prin dpdonline.ro, singura platforma din Romania care ofera  in prezent posibilitatea de plasare a comenzii si de plata prin e-payment cu orice card bancar.

DPD Romania a terminat primele noua luni ale lui 2011 cu o cifra de afaceri de 26 milioane lei, in crestere cu 25% fata de perioada similara a anului trecut, si un profit de peste 1,4 milioane lei, cu 8% mai mare fata de cel raportat dupa trimestrul trei al lui 2010. Pentru sfarsitul lui 2011, DPD Romania isi mentine estimarea unei cresteri cu 25% a cifrei de afaceri fata de anul 2010.

Incepand din luna decembrie 2011, DPD Romania, una dintre cele mai importante companii de coletarie si curierat expres de pe piata locala, sustine fundatia Light Into Europe. DPD va acoperi pro bono toate nevoile logistice ale Light into Europe, singura fundatie din Romania dedicata dezvoltarii activitatilor si programelor de sprijin pentru persoanele cu dizabilitati senzoriale.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) Romania, companie aflata in topul operatorilor de curierat si coletarie expres, detinuta de grupul Geopost, subsidiara La Poste, se alatura cauzei "Light into Europe", unica organizatie dedicata exclusiv dezvoltarii activitatilor si programelor de sprijin pentru persoanele cu dizabilitati senzoriale din Romania. DPD Romania va acoperi pe o perioada nelimitata, toate nevoile logistice ale fundatiei in Romania.

„Pentru noi este o bucurie si o onoare faptul ca putem ajuta oamenii minunati de la Light into Europe. Din pacate, persoanele cu dizabilitati senzoriale din Romania nu au acces la sprijinul si atentia de care au nevoie pentru a duce o viata normala, integrata firesc in comunitate. <Light into Europe> este unica organizatie din tara care, de peste sapte ani, se dedica intru totul, cu o energie iesita din comun, nevoilor de normalitate, acceptare si dezvoltare sanatoasa a tuturor persoanelor cu deficiente senzoriale din Romania. Este o satisfactie enorma sa poti participa activ si vizibil la cresterea calitatii vietii celor din jur, sa faci parte dintr-o cauza care are darul sa faca viata unor oameni mai frumoasa”, a declarat Lucian Aldescu, CEO DPD Romania.

„Suntem extrem de recunoscatori DPD Romania ca s-a alaturat misiunii noastre si ca va transporta toate pachetele si coletele pregatite pentru cei care dispun de sprijinul Light into Europe. Este o veste fantastica pentru noi, mai ales in aceasta perioada grea de recesiune, in care orice sprijin conteaza enorm. Acum, cu ajutorul DPD, vom reusi sa distribuim materialele educationale pe care le realizam, inclusiv carti in Braille, DVD-uri translatate in limbajul semnelor, dar si jucarii, haine, rechizite tuturor celor care au nevoie de acestea, fara sa ne mai facem griji din cauza costurilor de transport. Banii economisiti astfel vor fi folositi pentru realizarea a mai multe obiecte care sa-i ajute pe prietenii nostri cu dizabilitati”, a declarat Stan Platt, presedintele "Light into Europe".

"Light into Europe" este singura fundatie din Romania dedicata dezvoltarii activitatilor si programelor de sprijin pentru persoanele cu dizabilitati senzoriale. Fundatia si-a inceput activitatea si ofera servicii educationale din anul 2004. In prezent, peste 3000 de copii copii nevazatori sau cu deficiente de auz si peste 500 de familii cu astfel de dizabilitati dispun de ajutorul "Light into Europe".

DPD Romania, una dintre cele mai importante companii de pe piata romaneasca de coletarie si curierat expres, ocupa prima pozitie in Topul National al Firmelor, editia 2011, organizat de Camera de Comert si Industrie a Romaniei.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) Romania, companie detinuta de grupul Geopost, subsidiara La Poste, ocupa anul acesta prima pozitie in clasamentul realizat de Camera de Comert si Industrie a Romaniei. DPD s-a evidentiat de competitorii directi din domeniul Servicii, Alte Activitati Postale si Curierat la categoria Intreprinderi Mijlocii, prin spiritul de inovatie dovedit, precum si managementul de calitate.

Premiul acordat de Camera de Comert si Industrie a Romaniei este o noua recunostere a inovatiilor si eforturile de eficientizare depuse de DPD pe tot parcursul anului. DPD Romania este prima companie de curierat pe piata locala care a lansat, in 2011, sub brandul dpdonline.ro, singura platforma din Romania care ofera  in prezent posibilitatea de plasare a comenzii si de plata prin e-payment cu orice card bancar.

Compania a terminat primele noua luni ale lui 2011 cu o cifra de afaceri de 26 milioane lei, in crestere cu 25% fata de perioada similara a anului trecut, si un profit de peste 1,4 milioane lei, cu 8% mai mare fata de cel raportat dupa trimestrul trei al lui 2010. Pentru sfarsitul lui 2011, DPD Romania isi mentine estimarea unei cresteri cu 25% a cifrei de afaceri fata de anul 2010.

DPD Romania, unul dintre cei mai importanti jucatori de pe piata locala de coletarie si curierat expres, anunta o cifra de afaceri de peste 26 milioane lei in primele noua luni ale anului, in crestere cu 25% fata de perioada similara a lui 2010.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD) Romania, companie aflata in topul operatorilor de curierat si coletarie expres, detinuta de grupul Geopost, subsidiara La Poste, anunta afaceri de peste 26 milioane lei in primele trei trimestre ale acestui an, in crestere cu 25% fata de perioada similara a anului trecut, si un profit de peste 1,4 milioane lei, cu 8% mai mare fata de cel raportat dupa trimestrul trei al lui 2010.

Aceasta crestere se datoreaza capitalizarii know-how-ului Geopost si a implementarii tehnologiilor DPD International de management operational si management al costurilor, precum si maririi portofoliului de clienti. De asemenea, performantele din primele trei trimestre inglobeaza rezultatele lansarii si dezvoltarii serviciului dpdonline.ro, prima platforma online de servicii de curierat care permite plata prin e-payment din Romania.

“Rezultatele obtinute in primele noua luni ale anului ne confirma asteptarile. Arata evolutia unui business solid si matur, care s-a adaptat la standardele de performanta impuse de DPD International, lider european in servicii de curierat, investind mult in customizarea tehnologiilor de grup la piata din Romania. De asemenea, anul acesta am ales sa concentram resurse importante pentru a veni in intampinarea nevoilor consumatorulului din mediul digital: activ, contra-cronometru, care are nevoie de solutii sigure, rapide si eficiente la un click distanta de el. Online-ul este un business din ce in ce mai important, pe care DPD si-a propus sa il dezvolte exponential. De la acesta premisa a fost dezvoltat si implementat serviciul dpdonline, noi fiind in acest moment singura companie de curierat din Romania care ofera posibilitatea de plasare a comenzii si de plata prin e-payment cu orice card bancar. Iata ca toate aceste eforturi se reflecta si in performanta noastra financiara”, declara Lucian Aldescu, CEO al DPD Romania.

Pentru sfarsitul anului 2011, DPD Romania isi mentine estimarea unei cresteri cu 25% a cifrei de afaceri fata de anul 2010

DPD Romania lanseaza platforma www.dpdonline.ro - prima solutie de e-payment cu card bancar din curieratul romanesc

Platforma www.dpdonline.ro ofera clientilor sai - persoane active, extrem de ocupate, prezente in mediul online - servicii de curierat integrate si complete, de la comanda pana la plata si track&trace. Noul serviciu se adreseaza atat persoanelor juridice cat si persoanelor fizice.

Utilizatorii celui mai modern centru de comenzi al DPD Romania pot expedia comod, sigur si rapid colete oriunde in tara si in Europa, printr-o simpla comanda online, cu posibilitatea de a efectua plata electronic, cu orice tip de card bancar. Functiunile serviciului dpdonline.ro respecta legislatia in vigoare si se aliniaza tuturor standardelor nationale si internationale de securitate a datelor. Aplicatia a fost dezvoltata si implementata de DPD in Tarile Baltice anul trecut si a avut deja un impact pozitiv asupra businessului, 90% dintre clienti folosind deja acest serviciu.

Implementarea si adaptarea platformei pentru piata din Romania a durat aproximativ sase luni si a fost realizata in parteneriat cu Gecad ePayment, cel mai mare procesator de plati online din Romania.

“Dpdonline.ro este o platforma care raspunde perfect nevoilor unui public activ, tot timpul contra-cronometru si care are nevoie de solutii sigure, rapide si eficiente. Suntem convinsi ca in 6 luni de la lansare, 50% dintre clientii actuali vor folosi noul nostru serviciu si vom atrage in medie 200 de noi tranzactii pe luna din partea persoanelor fizice.”, a declarat Alin Gherman, Director Comercial al DPD Romania.

Pe un trend crescator al pietei de tranzactii online cu plata prin card bancar si a dinamicii comertului online in general, atat din punct de vedere valoric cat si al numarului de utilizatori, DPD Romania estimeaza ca intr-un an de la lansare, acest servicu va avea un impact in cresterea cifrei de afaceri de peste 5%.

DPD Romania, una dintre cele mai importante companii de coletarie si curierat expres, estimeaza pentru primul trimestru al acestui an o cifra de afaceri de 8,16 milioane lei, in crestere cu 28% fata de cea realizata in primul trimestru al anului trecut.

Dynamic Parcel Distribution Romania este una dintre cele mai mari companii active pe piata locala de coletarie si curierat expres si se numara printre primii cinci jucatori pe piata de profil din Romania. Actionarul majoritar al DPD este GeoPost, subsidiara La Poste (Posta Franceza), numarul doi pe piata europeana de profil.

Compania a finalizat primele trei luni ale anului 2011 cu o cifra de afaceri de 8,16 milioane lei, ceea ce reprezinta o crestere cu 28% fata de perioada similara a anului trecut si se situeaza in linie cu cifra de afaceri bugetata pentru anul 2011. DPD Romania a incheiat anul 2010 cu o cifra de afaceri de peste 30 milioane lei si o cota de piata de 6%.

“2010 a fost pentru noi anul consolidarii pozitiei DPD pe piata. Toate eforturile depuse in ultimii 3 ani in vederea dezvoltarii si eficientizarii modelului de business al companiei au confirmat categoric in 2010 si rezultatele continua sa se vada anul acesta. Investitiile in implementarea intregului know-how de grup si in adaptarea proceselor tehnlogice si sistemelor informatice DPD la cerintele specifice pietei din Romania au avut impact direct in cresterea vanzarilor. In prezent, dispunem de cel mai transparent si performant sistem de calcul al costurilor care le ofera clientilor nostri predictibilitate maxima in stabilirea bugetelor.”, declara Lucian Aldescu, CEO al DPD Romania.

Pentru intregul an 2011 compania a bugetat o crestere a cifrei de afaceri cu 25%. In acest sens, a fost alocat un buget de investitii de 500.000 euro, buget ce va fi utilizat pentru dezvoltarea capacitatilor logistice, automatizare si implementarea de noi servicii.

GeoPost, subsidiara La Poste si numarul doi pe piata europeana de coletarie si curierat express, a raportat o cifra de afaceri de 3,4 miliarde euro in 2010, cu 10% mai mare fata de cea din 2009.

Cresterea afacerilor se datoreaza evolutiei pozitive din tari ca Germania, Franta si Marea Britanie si dezvoltarii sustinute a portofoliului de clienti. GeoPost si-a mentinut pozitia de top pe piata europeana de coletarie si curierat express, avand livrari de circa 600 milioane de colete in 2010.

GeoPost este actionar majoritar al DPD Romania, companie care se situeaza printre primii 5 jucatori de pe piata locala de curierat expres si coletarie.

Bucharest, 14 April 2010 – DPD Romania, one of the five leading parcel shipping operators launched a partnership with local courier QPACK consolidating its position on the Romanian CEP market. Joining the international group DPD, number 2 in Europe in the courier sector, Pegasus continues its extensive development, subcontracting the activity of QPACK and also taking over the customer portfolio.

The representatives of QPACK ROMANIA considered this partnership as a beneficial move for their company which was dealing with a difficult situation during the recent instable economic conditions.

„Becoming subcontractors of the main market players is a solution for small companies during this difficult financial period in order to avoid leaving the market. This is an option that will prove profitable both for DPD and QPACK” stated Lucian Aldescu, C.E.O. of DPD (Pegasus) Romania and president of A.O.C.R. (The Romanian Courier Operators Association).

„DPD is number 2 in Europe and is backed up by a strong shareholding that confers stability, making it possible to subcontract the activities of smaller companies that are having a hard time to stay in the market. It is possible for other small companies to opt for this solution.” also added the co-founder of Pegasus Courier.

Current customers of QPACK have now access to the DPD services, popular in Europe for the high quality operational system, the international value of the company being recognized for the best-rated services, accuracy of reporting, promptitude of delivery, flexibility for its customers, security and reliability.

DPD owns the leading European road parcel network with the best price-to-performance ratio, step-by-step online tracking of the parcels and the major advantage of road parcel shipping being up to 8 times more environmentally-friendly than air transport.

In Romania, DPD implemented a unique technological system based on parcel distribution through zip codes. This way, the DPD customers benefit from an improved quality of service and an increased security of the deliveries.

DPD C.O.D. – reimbursement delivery service was recently launched in Romania, targeting the e-commerce industry, in which DPD (Pegasus) recorded a considerable growth in the first quarter of 2010.

QPACK recorded a turnover of 4 million RON at the end of 2009, with a staff of 80 employees and a fleet of 120 vehicles.

CEP service provider DPD has now expanded its network in Russia to thirty locations. The three recently opened depots in Novokuznetsk, Orenburg and Astrakhan enable DPD to serve all of Russia's regions with a comprehensive service portfolio, ranging from DPD CLASSIC to Express shipping. As is the case in Germany, this means that in Russia, too, DPD remains true to its strategy of operating close to the customer on a regional basis. "We open our depots just where our customers need them," confirms Nikolay Voinov, General Director of DPD in Russia. With success: the company has already received a number of awards for its activities!

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Bucharest/Aschaffenburg, August 21, 2008 – DPD is further expanding its business in Eastern Europe: the Romanian courier and express parcel service company Pegasus is now part of the DPD network. At a press conference Arnold Schroven, CEO of DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG and Pegasus CEO James Gray-Cheape announced de-tails of the collaboration. Pegasus is one of the most successive Roma-nian CEP service providers.

As one of the world's leading parcel and express service providers, GeoPost has been well established for several years in the core European countries with its international brand DPD and is continuing to expand its network in the direction of Eastern Europe. Today DPD has the strongest road network throughout Europe. Arnold Schroven stresses, "Due to our clear growth strat-egy, more and more franchisees are deciding to operate under the DPD brand and benefit from our international size."

Pegasus has 74 depots and a workforce of 200 in Romania. The company works together with around 250 service providers. Every day more than 6000 parcels are delivered throughout Romania. Pegasus was the first company to offer a door-to-door delivery service in Romanian towns and cities.

As a result of the introduction of the DPD standard, DPD CLASSIC services are also now available in Romania. These are a reliable and efficient solution for the simple dispatch of items within Europe. The services comprise defined delivery times, rapid transport handling and offer an excellent price-performance ratio.

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Double-digit growth rates and major expansion of the network – new depot opens in Klaipeda

Aschaffenburg / Klaipeda, 23. 06. 2008 – In 2007 DPD increased the number of shipments the parcel and express service provider transported to the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia by 40 per cent to around ten million. In doing so the subsidiary of the French GeoPost Group expanded its CEP market share in the Baltics from 23 to 28 per cent. In domestic shipping within the Baltic States the three companies DPD Latvija, DPD Lietuva and DPD Eesti have a market share of as much as 46 per cent. "DPD has tripled its parcel volumes in the Baltic region since 2004," confirms Arnold Schroven, CEO of the international DPD organisation.

In order to cope with this healthy growth in volumes DPD opened a further parcel distribution centre in western Lithuania as recently as May of this year. The depot is located in the free-trade zone of the port of Klaipeda and is intended specifically to handle the rising volumes of international shipments which arrive here by sea and by rail from all around the world. The reason for this is that logistically Klaipeda has a dual function: on the one hand it is Lithuania's only commercial port, and secondly it has an important rail link which leads via Vilnius, Minsk and Kiev to the Ukrainian port of Odessa (a distance of 1734 km covered in 55 hours). In addition it links up with an important trans-European road corridor (IXB) which connects the countries around the Baltic with the Black sea region. The significance of Odessa and its hinterland connections is increasing because maritime links with Turkey and other countries in Central Asia have expanded dramatically since the political opening up of the Russian Federation.

"DPD is integrating itself more and more into global logistics chains," explains Mr Schroven. "For example at the new DPD sorting centre in Klaipeda we ensure that parcels which arrive by container from Asia are sorted as fast as possible and then distributed throughout the entire Baltic region." The DPD sorting centre in Klaipeda has a total of 46 loading bays and its current capacity is 2,000 parcels an hour, which can however be expanded substantially.

Overall DPD has established a rapidly growing network in the Baltics, based on an operational infrastructure featuring three hubs, 29 depots and a fleet of 540 vehicles. Within the three countries DPD has a workforce of 750 employees backed up by self-employed transport operators. In Riga the company opened the largest sorting centre of the whole Baltic region only last year, with a sorting capacity of 6,000 parcels an hour.

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The British marketing expert joins Arnold Schroven in the management of DPD GmbH

Aschaffenburg, 18 April 2008 – The supervisory board of DPD GmbH, Aschaffenburg, announces the appointment of Briton John Acton (43) to Managing Director of the international provider of standard and express parcel services. After the departure of CEO Hans Fluri in March this means that the top management of the international franchise organisation has been completed from within the company's own ranks. At the head of the DPD franchise system Mr Acton will form a two-man team with Arnold Schroven, who is also at the helm of DPD GeoPost (Deutschland).

"In terms of personality and his many years of experience with DPD and GeoPost John Acton is ideally qualified to make a strong contribution towards the continued international development of the company," confirms Paul-Marie Chavanne, Supervisory Board Chairman at DPD and CEO of the company's majority shareholder GeoPost. In addition to his appointment as Managing Director of DPD Mr Acton is Chief Marketing and Strategic Accounts Officer at GeoPost, and is a member of the Direction Générale of GeoPost, the worldwide express and parcels subsidiary of France's La Poste.

John Acton has over 13 years experience in the Parcel and Express industry.
In 1995 he became Marketing Manager at DPD's British partner Parceline, which this year adopted the DPD brand in full. In 2004 he became Chief Marketing and Strategic Accounts Officer at GeoPost in Paris. In recent years he has been responsible for DPD's brand strategy and has made a major contribution to the continuous expansion of the company's uniform brand profile within the DPD network. More and more franchise partners, including those in the Baltic states, Poland and Russia recently, are taking advantage of the high profile enjoyed by the DPD brand. "This reinforced brand presence within Europe is an essential pillar of DPD's international growth strategy," explains John Acton. "I am relishing the challenge to help drive the continued success of this great business." The new DPD boss is married and has four children.

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Consignees can now arrange the repeat delivery of their shipments right round the clock

Aschaffenburg, 31 March 2008 – Consignees who are not located at home when DPD delivers their parcel can now provide new delivery instructions flexibly and conveniently via the recently launched portal www.neuzustellung.de. A range of options is available here, enabling them at any time to arrange for their parcel to be delivered to a different address or to a DPD Parcel-Shop, for example, with just a few clicks of the mouse. Delivery on a different date is also possible.

After an unsuccessful delivery attempt the www.neuzustellung.de service portal gives consignees the opportunity to arrange the next delivery to their individual requirements, without being dependent on business hours. If instructions are given by midnight the repeat delivery will as a rule be made as early as the following day. Delivery to a different address – for example to the consignee's place of work or to a different town – is just as possible as delivery on any date which the consignee selects. Alternatively parcels can also be redirected to a DPD Parcel-Shop and collected from there.

This service once more demonstrates DPD's customer focus in both the business and private sectors. The service benefits shippers and their consignees to an equal degree, because thanks to the new portal goods reach their destination even faster and more reliably. The online service is simple to operate, only takes a few minutes and requires no registration. Among German parcel service providers this DPD facility is unique.

The basis for redirecting a shipment is the parcel notification number, also a new development, which appears on the delivery notification card that is left in the consignee's letter box. Of course it will continue to be possible for customers to arrange repeat deliveries by phone. And if consignees don't decide to take advantage of this new option for organising the repeat delivery of their parcels themselves, DPD will as usual make its maximum of three delivery attempts.

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60 per cent growth and 15,000 new express customers over the past year – Express-Services now go international

Aschaffenburg, 13 March 2008 – In 2008 DPD, the provider of standard and express parcel services, is continuing the offensive on the express market which it began last year. After establishing a comprehensive and high-performance express service in Germany in 2007, international express routes are now gradually being launched, starting with the Benelux countries. From May DPD customers will be able to ship express parcels to and from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, taking advantage of a range of supplementary services in the process. The same service options are available within these countries, and further neighbouring states to Germany will be linked in the course of this year.

"The Express-Services we launched in 2007 featuring deliveries at 8.30 hrs, 10.00 hrs, 12.00 hrs or 18.00 hrs and backed up by a range of service options made a tremendous start," says Arnold Schroven, Chief Executive Officer of DPD GmbH & Co.KG. "We've acquired 15,000 new express customers, and shipment volumes have risen by 60 per cent." For 2008, too, DPD's CEO expects double-digit growth rates.

Mr Schroven is especially pleased by the fact that "with a 99.6 per cent rate for punctually delivered express shipments our performance level reached an absolute quality peak from the very beginning." He adds that the groundwork for this had been put into place by DPD in recent years in the form of a gradual and targeted expansion of its network. This is able to ship even time-critical goods fast and reliably thanks to direct transport links between almost all of its German depots. "In future, too, the quality of our services will be the principal benchmark in the expansion of our product range," states Mr Schroven. "This is why further express links to new countries will be thoroughly tested and optimised before they come on stream step by step."

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Arnold Schroven succeeds Hans Fluri, who will join another company

Aschaffenburg, 12 February 2008 – Paul-Marie Chavanne, CEO of the GeoPost Group, has appointed Arnold Schroven to the post of CEO of DPD GeoPost (Deutschland) GmbH & Co. KG. His predecessor Hans Fluri is leaving the company to take up a position with another a major international corporation.

DPD, which leads the German market in B2B parcel shipping, has increased its market share significantly in recent years. With the expansion of its domestic and international service portfolio it has set new benchmarks for the DPD brand and within the industry.

As someone with many years of experience both in the company and the industry, Arnold Schroven will continue the successful growth strategy of DPD in Germany.

Mr Schroven has been closely involved with DPD since 1992 and during 14 years in top management has made a decisive contribution to the development of the international DPD franchise system in the areas of franchise development, operations, IT systems and strategic key account management. He will remain CEO of DPD GmbH & Co KG.

"His professional approach and constant commitment to developing DPD GmbH & Co. KG into one of the leading providers of parcel services in Europe put him in an ideal position to meet the challenges facing GeoPost in Germany," states Paul-Marie Chavanne, CEO of the parent company GeoPost and Chairman of the DPD GmbH & Co. KG Supervisory Board.

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