Austrian Post and TNT are planning to link up their businesses in Slovenia in a move that wouldsee the loss-making Yellogistics parcel service merged into TNT Door To Door. The TNT subsidiary
claims to be the Slovenian domestic market leader.Austrian Post announced that it had decided to change its strategy in the Slovenian parcelmarket towards a partnership model in order to benefit from economies of scale. The post office andTNT were currently negotiating an agreement that they expected to sign by the year-end, it said ina statement.
Anton Wais, CEO of Austrian Post, commented: “Our current business strategy for parcel logisticsin South Eastern Europe requires a flexible approach that can be tailored individually to localmarket environments. In a small market like Slovenia, bundling of resources is crucial andtherefore we give preference to a co-operation model.” In a joint customer message posted on theYellogistics website, Yellogistics manager Hannes Woller and TNT Door to Door director RobertLazanski said that the merger was planned for January 21, 2006.
The Austrian post office set up Yellogistics as a subsidiary in 2002 to compete in the Slovenianmarket as one of its first expansion moves into Eastern Europe. But Austrian media reported thatthe company had been in loss in 2003 and 2004. Door-to-Door, founded in 1991, was bought by TNT inJune 2005. The carrier operates one hub, seven depots and a fleet of 119 vehicles. In 2004, ittransported 1.2 million domestic consignments.
