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UPS has agreed terms with Poland-based investment fund ORTIE to acquire its pharmaceutical logistics company Poltraf . UPS expects to complete the transaction in the first half of 2015. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
The acquisition will further strengthen UPS's healthcare expertise in the fast-growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Based in Blonie near Warsaw, Poltraf has offered healthcare logistics solutions for the past nine years and, ...
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UPS is to expand its UPS My Choice® and the UPS Access Point network, aimed at helping retailers and consumers world to manage their residential package deliveries.
UPS My Choice is now available in the UK and 15 other countries, having initially been launched in the US. Benefits include: advance delivery ...
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UPS is to offer inbound and outbound air and ocean freight services in Myanmar for the first time. Available services will initially include Air Freight Direct, Air Freight Consolidated, Full Container Load and Less-than Container Load services.
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UPS has set a new goal to cut its carbon emissions by 20% after reaching its 2016 three years early. The express logistics firm had aimed to reduce its air and ground fleet's carbon output by 10% by 2016.
UPS describes its current 3,647 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles worldwide ...
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The Unite trade union is comparing parcels carrier UPS to a Victorian mill owner as it stepped up a ten month campaign to highlight the ‘impossible workloads’ faced by employees. The union has started an intensive leafleting campaign at UPS London depots in late January with demonstrations at Camden, the ...
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UPS is offering a full container load (FCL) rail service from China to Europe It is available from Chengdu to Lodz, Poland, and from Zhengzhou to Hamburg, Germany. UPS says the service is up to 50% than ocean freight and 70% cheaper than air freight, with UPS technology providing end-to-end ...
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Unite says that the nine month dispute at UPS Parcels in central London has flared up again with the union accusing the company of victimising two of its reps. It has been involved in the dispute at Camden, the biggest UPS depot in Europe, over unreasonable workloads and alleged bullying ...
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UPS has named David Abney, currently the company’s chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer. Scott Davis, who has served as the company’s chairman and CEO since 2008, will retire from UPS and will become non-executive chairman. Both moves are effective on 1 September. Abney (pictured below) is ...
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UPS is launching a Proactive Response Secure product in key European markets to combat product spoilage and protect revenue for high-value, time- and temperature-sensitive shipments. The new service helps critical shipments reach their destinations even if unexpected events occur and covers potential losses if products are damaged or spoiled.
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UPS has completed the purchase of UK-based temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical specialist Polar Speed. It specialises in active temperature-controlled deliveries to hospitals, pharmacies, wholesalers, surgery centres and even direct to patients. It operates a fleet of 118 actively monitored temperature-controlled vehicles for transporting both 2-8°C refrigerated and 15-25°C products in accordance with ...
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