Deutsche Post DHL has gained a prestigious award for the success of its business expansion inAsia.
The company received the enterprise award “Best of European Business” 2011 in the category “Success in Asia’s markets of the future” at a ceremony last week. The award has been presentedsince 2005 by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
The award was given to Deutsche Post DHL in recognition of DHL’s extensive presence and successin Asia. The jury said it based its decision in particular on the company’s high level of customersatisfaction and its environmental protection activities.
Frank Appel, the CEO of Deutsche Post DHL who accepted the award in person at a ceremony inBerlin, said: “The enterprise award is a validation of our decades-long success in Asia. We beganto invest here at an early stage, work with leading local partners and will continue to write oursuccess story.”
In its core segments of express and logistics, DHL is the market leader in Asia. Today, itemploys more than 55,000 people throughout the region. DHL has been doing business in China andIndia for more than 30 years. In China, DHL has been part of a joint venture with Sinotrans for 25years while in India it works with another important strategic partner, Blue Dart.
DHL has invested about $2.2 billion in the region over the last 10 years. Revenue has beengrowing dynamically for years. Between January and September 2010, it climbed 40% above theprevious year’s level. DHL also expects to generate double-digit growth rates in the future and tostrengthen its market leadership.
The jury for this year’s enterprise awards was made up of Steffen Klusmann, Editor-in-Chief ofFinancial Times Deutschland; Dr. Arno Balzer, Editor-in-Chief of ManagerMagazin; Professor KlausSpremann, the University of Sankt Gallen; and Dr. Martin C. Wittig, CEO of Roland Berger StrategyConsultants.
