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The company integrates Van Gend & Loos, Danzas, Airborne Express, and its own EuroExpress into DHL to form DHL Express. December 2005: The group acquires the logistics company Exel in the UK, a £3.7 billion (€5.5 billion) takeover; Exel provided transport for corporate customers. 2006: DHL GlobalMail UK merges with Mercury International.
The company was known as German Parcel when it was founded in 1989 by Rico Back. It was subsequently renamed GLS and is now a subsidiary of International Distribution Services. [2] [3] In 2017, GLS acquired the California-based parcel delivery company Golden State Overnight (GSO) Delivery Service, as well as Postal Express.
FedEx Express is the company's original overnight courier services, providing next day air service within the US and time-definite international service. It operates one of the largest civil aircraft fleets in the world, has the largest fleet of wide bodied civil aircraft, and carries more freight than any other airline. [ 21 ]
In the 1970s, DHL became an international delivery company, similar to Loomis and Purolator who were the only other international courier companies at the time. In 1979, under the name of DHL Air Cargo , the company entered the Hawaiian Islands with an inter-island cargo service using two Douglas DC-3 and four DC-6 aircraft.
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In 2019, J&T was the fourth-largest delivery company, and the eighth unicorn in Indonesia. [16] As of April 2021, the company was valued by investors at US$ 8 billion. [17] In December 2021, the company was ranked as the 16th-largest unicorn in the world on the Hurun Index. [18] It is one of the two decacorns in Indonesia. [19]
Purolator International (formerly Purolator Courier US, Ltd. and then Purolator USA, Inc.) is a US-based freight forwarder that provides cross border logistics services between the United States and Canada. Headquartered in Jericho, New York, the company is a subsidiary of Canada-based Purolator Inc.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's largest shipping couriers.