Danzas receives billion-Euro order from Deutsche Telekom back

Starting on September 1, 2000, Danzas will handle all of Deutsche Tele
kom AG's logistics. The outsourcing contract covering warehousing and
material management for Deutsche Telekom will boost the turnover of wo
rldwide logistics provider Danzas by one billion Euro over the next fi
ve years.
Basel, August 29, 2000 ?The newly founded Danzas TeleLog GmbH domici
led in Hamburg will handle the future logistics needs of Deutsche Tele
kom. Danzas will take on warehousing and material management plus logi
stical management support ?all functions handled by Telekom itself in
the past.
Basel, August 29, 2000. Danzas has taken on more than 2,200 employee
s of the responsible Deutsche Telekom units together with the company'
s eight logistics centers, which are spread all over Germany. For a pr
oduct range running from huge cable drums to tiny electronic component
s, Danzas will now be responsible for planning, administration, stocki
ng, order picking, transport, delivery and waste disposal. The logisti
cs centers are equipped with automatic high-rack warehouses and posses
s external storage facilities and a vehicle fleet ensuring full geogra
phic coverage.
For Danzas, taking on Deutsche Telekom's logistics means an increase
of annual sales of more than EUR 200 million. The current contract ha
s been signed for a twelve year period, the first five of which on an
exclusive basis. This is one of the largest outsourcing contracts ever
signed in Europe. The acquisition of Telekom's logistics operations i
s expected to spur development of the Danzas Solutions Business Unit,
to which Danzas TeleLog GmbH belongs. The logistics firm, which operat
es worldwide, also expects positive impulses for expanding its market
share in the technology and telecommunications field.