DPD has successfully defended its leadership of the Austrian B2B parcels market despite the effortsof expanding Austrian Post to win a sizeable chunk of the market.
DPD Austria has announced that it increased turnover by 6.4% to EUR 132.2 million in 2006,which kept it at the head of the B2B parcels market. DPD carried 34.2 million parcels in Austrialast year, which was an increase of 8.2%. About 70% of these volumes were domestic, and 30% wereinternational.
Key success factors were the carrier’s strong regional presence with 13 depots andperformance quality of 98% for transit time reliability. “Our regional expertise makes us into astrong partner for our customers,” said managing director Georg Karoh.
For 2007, DPD Austria is targeting turnover growth of 2.5% and a volume increase of 4.5%. Thecarrier will be putting a special focus on neighbouring Eastern European countries as well as thenew EU members Romania and Bulgaria. The carrier has 1,400 employees and 900 vehicles.
