DHL expands European parcel network to Hungary, Slovenia

Through a partnership with the Slovenian Pošta Slovenije and the Hungarian Magyar Posta, DHL Parcel Europe will provide shorter transit times for cross-border e-commerce services to both countries, the company said in a statement.    Deutsche Post DHL Group is expanding its European parcel delivery network to include Hungary and Slovenia, according to a statement from the company.
   Through a partnership with the Slovenian Pošta Slovenije and the Hungarian Magyar Posta launched earlier this month, DHL Parcel Europe will provide shorter transit times for cross-border e-commerce services to both countries, the company said.
   The partners have defined DHL Parcel Connect as a service standard for cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) deliveries. “Online traders can therefore rely on the already high, and now further optimized quality they know from DHL Parcel Europe for deliveries to the two countries,” DHL said. Saturday delivery and standardized processes will shorten delivery and return times, and the partners will introduce a new service informing recipients of their orders’ expected delivery time and date, along with a customer-friendly returns solution.
   After only two years, the DHL Parcel Europe network now covers eighteen countries – Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Sweden, France, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovenia.
   “After having established ourselves successfully within one year in the Austrian parcel market, the expansion of our network to the economically closely related countries Hungary and Slovenia was natural,” said Achim Dünnwald, CEO of DHL Parcel Europe. “Together with our local partners, we also want to support online traders with their business in these markets. At the same time, we offer our customers in the rest of Europe an attractive opportunity to offer their products across borders in an increasing number of markets.
   “Reliable and flexible logistics is an essential prerequisite for successful online trading”, he added. “Together with our partners, we now provide the necessary infrastructure and the right services in Hungary and Slovenia. With the extended network and our high service standards, we are laying the foundations for a genuine European e-commerce landscape.”