FedEx Express has continued its recent expansion in Italy with the opening of a station in thesouthern city of Bari.
The station offers businesses located in the vicinity even better access and more immediateconnections to 90% of the world’s GDP, including later pickup times, making it easier for companiesto take advantage of global markets. For example, shipments can be handed in as late as 2.30p.m. local time in order to arrive in the U.S. within two business days, the company said.
The new station is part of a wider development program which FedEx Express has been carrying outover the last 20 months in various countries across Europe. In Italy it has opened 21 stations andemployed more than 200 additional team members.
“We have chosen Bari and its province as a key point for our expansion into the South of Italybecause of the strong entrepreneurial spirit among the local business community. This is reflectedin the rising export activity, especially by SMEs,” said Renato Carrara, managing director andgeneral manager, FedEx Express in Italy. “With its station in Bari, FedEx Express is able toprovide even better support to businesses of all sizes which want to access new markets, withimproved connectivity to the rest of Europe as well as countries further afield, such as China, theU.S. and Brazil.”
After the recent openings in Naples and Pescara, with this station FedEx Express is expandingits presence and network of operations in the centre and in the south of the Italian peninsula.Bari is the largest and economically most important city on the Adriatic Sea.
As with all other FedEx stations operating in Italy, the station in Bari offers a wide range ofservices, including FedEx Express next-business-day deliveries to and from Europe (FedExInternational Priority) as well as economy services at competitive rates within 2 to 5 days (FedExInternational Economy). All services are available for heavy shipments over 68 kg as well as smallparcels and documents.
