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DHL Group was the largest logistics company worldwide in 2022. [5] [better source needed] DHL Group is the successor to the German mail authority Deutsche Bundespost, the oldest modern postal service in the world, [6] tracing its roots to the middle ages. It was privatized in 1995 and became a fully independent company in 2000.
DHL also operates a separate parcel service targeting the German consumer market in conjunction with Deutsche Post. The company DHL itself was founded in San Francisco, United States in 1969 and expanded its service throughout the world by the late 1970s. DHL is an initialism of the surnames of the original company's founders. [7]
' German Post ') is a brand of the DHL Group [4] (listed as "Deutsche Post AG" [5] [4]), used for its domestic mail services in Germany. [2] The services offered under the brand are those of a traditional mail service, making the brand the successor of the former state-owned mail monopoly, Deutsche Bundespost .
DHL Global Forwarding, formerly known as DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, [1] is a division of Deutsche Post DHL providing air and ocean freight forwarding services. It also plans and undertakes major logistics projects under the brand name DHL Industrial Projects. Together with DHL Freight, it forms Deutsche Post's Freight/Forwarding department.
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It expanded by contracting with DHL Worldwide Express in 1985, became a member of the DHL Group a year later, operating the DHL-branded parcel and express services in Europe. It became a part of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 1993. After 2002 the airline was owned by Deutsche Post with their takeover of DHL. [3]
DHL Aero Expreso S.A. is a cargo airline based out of Panama City, Panama. [2] It is wholly owned by DHL Group [2] and operates the group's DHL-branded parcel and express services in Central and South America. [3] Its main base is Tocumen International Airport, Panama City. [4]
Robert Lynn (August 11, 1920 – February 8, 1998) [1] was an American businessman best known for co-founding DHL alongside Adrian Dalsey and Larry Hillblom.He was the “L” in DHL, and the last of the three founders to die.