La Poste’s express subsidiary Chronopost has extended the geographical coverage of its next-daydelivery service “Chrono 10” providing next-day delivery before 10 a.m now covering all important
cities and regions in France.More than 1000 new French “communes” will be accessible with this service offered to contractcustomers and customers of the Chronopost online shop.
“Chrono 10” delivers parcels to all destinations nationwide from Monday to Saturday andcovers 6000 communes from a total of 36000 French communes representing the last subdivisionof 100 départments and 26 regions in France. The new cities covered by the extended service includeLe Havre, Perpignan, Nancy, Monaco, Angers and Lorient.
“The optimisation of the coverage will strengthen our next-morning delivery service. Thus weare responding to our customers’ demands for parcel delivery in the service and industry sectors.For certain types of shipments, it is essential that the parcel arrives in the beginning of theworking day”, said Chronopost CEO Christian Emery.
Founded in 1985, Chronopost is specialized in express delivery of parcels up to 30 kg tocompanies and private customers worldwide. In 2007, the company generated revenues of € 587million. It has a nationwide network of 76 operational sites including 6 hubs and employs 3500people.
