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TNT Express Wins Delivery Race With Psion Teklogix Wireless Solution
TNT Express Airside Operations in Belgium reduces parcel loading time by 10% and packages now arrive 6 minutes faster then before
Mississauga, ON- December 1, 2003 - Psion Teklogix, (LSE: PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, today announced that TNT Express – the world’s leading business to business express carrier has implemented Psion Teklogix’ Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication solution and has armed its ground workers with rugged netpad® handheld devices for its airside operation at the company’s European Air Express hub in Liège, Belgium.
TNT Express serves 65 air gateways in Europe, with 70 per cent of its international air express consignments passing through the Liège facility. The new wireless system, called ‘Mobiler’, will allow the company to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to load and off-load consignments onto its aircraft, as well as increase overall productivity. To date TNT Express has seen a 10% reduction in the amount of time it takes to load consignments onto aircrafts with the new wireless system. As a result TNT aircraft carrying 430,000 consignments per week to 65 airports in 28 European countries now arrive up to 6 minutes earlier than before – improving on–time delivery performance - one of the company’s most important customer satisfaction criteria.
"TNT Express is dedicated to providing customers with the fastest and most reliable express delivery services,” said Christian Drenthen, Managing Director, TNT Express Networks. “Mobiler will allow us to reduce the time it takes to load aircrafts and improve the service we provide our customers. We expect that this new solution will not only help to streamline services for us and our customers but will establish an industry benchmark in the use of wireless technologies."
The new Psion Teklogix WLAN solution allows TNT personnel in the control tower to communicate with loading teams on the ground via the netpad. Vehicles used by the loading teams are equipped with netpads and printers which provide workers with real-time instructions regarding flight arrivals, departures and container location on the aircraft. Before the implementation of Mobiler, control tower personnel communicated with ground staff via a traditional radio system and staff then had to retrieve loading instructions from a printer in TNT’s sorting building.
"Speed, reliability and communication are essential components of the TNT business and we are pleased to offer a wireless solution that meets the needs of their customers,” said Dirk Briat, General Manager, Psion Teklogix, Benelux. “The new wireless system arms ground workers with the information they need to get the job done faster than ever before. "
TNT worked closely with Liège airport to implement the correct infrastructure to support the WLAN solution and the airport made a significant investment in antennae and other essential equipment. The new technology combines software written in-house by TNT with hardware provided by Psion Teklogix.
For Further Information Please Contact:
Charmaine D’Silva
Psion Teklogix
905 812-6382
416 875-8052
Toby Nelson or Naira Bhatty
TNT Central Press Office
RJH Public Relations
Tel: +44 20 7491 2291
Email: toby@rjhpr.com, naira@rjhpr.com
Natasha Georgantas
High Road Communications for Psion Teklogix
416 368-8348 ext. 231
ngeorgantas@highroad.com
Notes to editors:
1. TNT Express is the world’s leading business to business express delivery company. The company delivers 3.6 million parcels, documents and pieces of freight a week to 222 countries using its network of nearly 1,000 depots, hubs and sortation centres. TNT Express operates more than 21,000 road vehicles and 43 aircraft and has the biggest door-to-door air and road express delivery infrastructure in Europe.
2. TNT Express employs 43,000 staff worldwide and is the first ever organisation to achieve global recognition as an Investor in People. The company reported sales in 2002 of €4.175 billion. Profits of €165 million earned by TNT Express in the nine months ended 30th September 2003 were higher by 18.7% than profits for the equivalent period in the previous year (€139 million). The TNT Express website is: www.tnt.com
3. TNT Express is a division of TPG N.V., the global provider of express, mail and logistics services which also operates TNT Logistics and Royal TPG Post. With headquarters in The Netherlands TPG employs over 161,000 people in 62 countries and serves 222 countries. The company reported sales of €11.7 billion in 2002, an increase of 5% over the previous year. In the first half year of 2003 sales have grown by 1%.TPG N.V. is listed on the Amsterdam, New York, London and Frankfurt stock exchanges. The TPG website is: www.tpg.com
* Psion Teklogix provided the netpad®, a rugged hand-held tablet that introduces a new class of mobile computer to the growing mobile computing market. Combining the largest screen 1/2 VGA and most rugged design available in a handheld, netpad® bridges the gap between lightweight consumer devices and heavy-duty industrial computers.
About Psion Teklogix
Psion Teklogix is a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection. The company's fully integrated mobile computing solutions include rugged hardware, secure wireless networks, robust software, professional services and exceptional support programs. The largest operating division of Psion PLC, Psion Teklogix plays a key role in its parent company's vision to create new ways to access mobile data. With over three decades of industry experience, the company has customers in more than in 60 countries around the world, and 43 sales and support offices in 20 countries. Psion Teklogix is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada with additional corporate offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit
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