Pitney Bowes Inc., the largest makerof mail-handling machines, has namedMurray Martin as chief executive officer,succeeding Michael Critelli, whowill assume the newly created positionof executive chairman, Reutersreported. Martin, Pitney Bowes' presidentand chief operating officer, willbecome president and CEO effectiveMay 14. He will assume full strategicand operational responsibility for thecompany. Critelli, who has been chairman andCEO since January 1997, will focus onopportunities in … [Read more...] about Pitney Bowes names new CEO

Empost has expanded its wide rangeof value-added services by opening theCargo and Logistics Removals Departmentthat will specialise in movinghouseholds, office relocations, transportingexhibition equipment andhandling of personal effects. "The setting up of the Cargo and LogisticsRemovals department is in keepingwith Empost's strategy to constantlyintroduce services that are in line withever growing customer requirements.Empost Cargo and Logistics will revolveto become the best logistics … [Read more...] about Empost opens service department

TNT Post has signed a partnershipwith the British Retail Consortium(BRC)to offer the latter's members "a range of innovative postal solutions services." BRC members will be able to take advantageof TNT Post's Premier Service,a two-day time definite service for presortedmail with Royal Mail continuingto carry out the final mile delivery tocustomers' homes nation-wide, TNTPost said in a statement. Other services include TNT PostPremierSort, TNT PremierPackets andTNT PremierParcel, … [Read more...] about TNT Post partners with BRC

IATA has signed an MOU with theUN Universal Postal Union to facilitategreater co-operation between theairlines and postal services to furtherstandardise practices and electronicdata interchange message standards.UPU director general Edouard Dayantold the IATA World Cargo Symposiumin Mexico that interconnectingthe airline and the postal sector's EDInetworks was the key to improvingservice levels. He said about 20 airlines exchangedEDI standard messages with more than30 postal operators, … [Read more...] about IATA to standardise with post

Norway Post said it has enteredinto a contract to buy all the sharesin Transflex, a Swedish transport andlogistics group. Transflex was established in 1998and has operations in Halmstad,Gothenburg, Stockholm, Jönköpingand Linköping. It has 75 employeesand achieved revenue of SEK 417 millionin 2006. The Transflex Group will become apart of Norway Post's logistics networkin Sweden together with refrigerated-transport company Frigoscandia,courier and express delivery … [Read more...] about Norway Post to buy Transflex