primetime recorded slight decline
Due to the outsourcing of the pharmaceutical logistics division TRC the total volume of the primetime brand showed a slight decline last year. The express parcel logistician, also offering special services such as payment on delivery, identity check and department supply in Austria, forwarded a total of 2.48 million parcels in 2008. This is a decline of 2 per cent compared to 2007. “In 2008 we decided to outsource our pharmaceutical logistics division TRC from our portfolio. We are now concentrating on the core products“, pimetime-Managing Director Rainer Schwarz commented on the volume trend. The biggest increase in individual products was achieved by the reverse logistics division (from departments) with + 41.3 per cent compared to last year. The second best division is packaging-returns with 30.25 per cent – drivers are carrying away the packaging in the course of delivery or collection of consignments. According to the company, primetime (HVS Haus Versand System GesmbH) is Austria’s leading parcel logistician in the field of pay on delivery services, identity check and department supply. Based in Linz/Hörsching the company has around 140 direct and indirect employees and has a transport fleet of 90 vehicles. primetime was established in 2001. Quelle: Österreichische Verkehrszeitung |