Deutsche Post DHL plans dashing growth in Asia-Pacific

DHL wants to increase revenues in Asia considerably before 2017 and takes action to strengthen its leading position in China

 
The Deutsche Post DHL group continues on the fast lane in the region Asia-Pacific. At a press conference in Shanghai CEO Frank Appel revealed the group’s growth targets. By 2017, revenues generated in Asia-Pacific should contribute around one-third to DHL’s global revenues and consolidate its market-leading position in China. Asia-Pacific accounts for almost 20 percent of the company’s DHL revenues today.
 
“Over the past three decades we have established a platform in the Asian markets, which sets the foundation for the continued success of our DHL divisions”,  Appel stated at the press conference in Shanghai. “We are well positioned for prolonged profitable growth across the region.”
 
The company’s outstanding market position in the Asia-Pacific region is based on major investments. Overall, DHL has invested more than USD 2.5 billion in Asia over the last couple of years in the development of products and services. More projects – the upcoming opening of the biggest express hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, representing an investment of USD 175 million – are about to be implemented or in the pipeline. In addition, DHL Supply Chain will shortly open a hub in this region, which will further enhance the company’s operational efficiency and its customers’ business flexibility by bundling four warehouses into one.
 
DHL is by its own account the number one logistics brand in Asia. Its Express, Global Forwarding and Supply Chain divisions are the clear market leader in the international express, air freight and contract logistics businesses both in the region as a whole and in many of its most dynamic economies, including China, which at over EUR 4.2 billion, revenues represent more than half of DHL’s total Asian revenues.

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