Press release
Eleven TNT Depots Achieve highest TAPA Accreditation
Amsterdam, 12 September 2005 – TNT Express – the world's leading business to business express delivery company – today announced that a further eleven of its depots have achieved the highest level of Technology Asset Protection Association (TAPA) accreditation. This involved rigorous auditing of each depot's security infrastructure and places TNT Express at the forefront of shipment security for high-tech and high value goods.
The TNT Express depots that have achieved TAPA 'A'certification are the Vienna and new Linz depots in Austria, the Kolding and new Copenhagen depots in Denmark, the Helsinki and Turku depots in Finland, the Riga depot in Latvia, the Moscow and St Petersburg depots in Russia, the new Madrid depot in Spain and Turkey's new Istanbul depot. In addition, TNT Spain's Barcelona air and road depots, and the depot in Seville, have all achieved TAPA 'B'accreditation.
Tony Lugg, Regional Security Manager, TNT Express, commented on the TAPA accreditations by saying: "These accreditations underline TNT Express'commitment to providing a safe and secure network for high value high-tech goods. Achieving TAPA 'A'puts us ahead of our competitors when dealing with the technology industry and we are seeing an increase in volumes from customers in this sector, in particular between Europe and Asia."
TAPA is an association of security professionals from high technology companies and associated business partners who have organized for the purpose of addressing a variety of security threats common to the technology industry. The mission of TAPA is to establish and maintain asset protection for the technology industry by leveraging best practices and common experiences of its membership. TAPA has two main certifications, Freight Security Requirements-FSR and Logistics Security Requirements-LSR.
TAPA Freight Security Standards (FSR) certification is an important industry recognised standard which also supports National Aviation Security Regulations and the US Customs C-PAT requirements. It provides TNT Express customers with the confidence that the company has the established freight security requirements in place to ensure a secure network and the safe in-transit storage and warehousing of customer assets.
The TAPA FSR certification has three categories 'A', 'B'and 'C', which are defined by the value of hi-tech traffic moving through each depot – TAPA 'A'being multi million pounds worth of goods per month. TNT Express had already achieved TAPA 'A'certification at its major European Air Hub in Liège, Belgium and its European Road Hub in Arnhem, the Netherlands, both of which have seen a growing volume of hi-tech consignments.
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TNT is the leading global provider of Express, Logistics and Mail services. The group employs around 161,000 people in 63 countries and serves over 200 countries. TNT provides customers with integrated business solutions covering the entire range of services, from direct marketing solutions, to door-to-door delivery services and supply chain management. The company focuses on a diverse range of market sectors including automotive, electronics, consumer goods, utilities and telecommunications, publishing and media. As a Global Fortune 500 company, TNT is headquartered in the Netherlands and publicly listed on the Amsterdam, New York, London and Frankfurt stock exchanges. The global revenues in 2004 are 12.6 billion Euros.
TNT Express has the biggest air and road delivery network in Europe and provides fast, reliable door-to-door express delivery service for more than 200 countries internationally with 187 million times deliveries annually.
TNT Logistics is a leading global logistics company. It designs, implements and operates complex supply chain solutions on a national, regional or global scale for medium to large enterprises. Through its freight management unit it provides air and sea freight services within an international network. It exploits technology to achieve optimisation, integration and visibility throughout the supply chain. The company focuses on a diverse range of market sectors including automotive, tyres, electronics, consumer goods, utilities & telecom and publishing & media.
As one of the brand of TNT, TPG Post is a market leader in international business mail that has been established for over 200 years. It runs mail networks in seven European countries and deals with 7 billion mails every year.
TNT China is the Chinese branch of TNT Express. TNT China provides integrated business solutions through three main business sectors such as Mail services, Logistics and Express. These services cover direct marketing solutions, door-to-door delivery services and supply chain management. TNT currently employs over 3,000 skilled professionals across its network of 25 branches and services more than 500 cities in China. TNT China has developed over 2,000 service stations and currently operates seven gateways to China which includes: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Shenzhen.
With its corporation with Shanghai Automotive Logistics Co., -- Anji -- TNT Automotive Logistics Co., Ltd., TNT China has become the largest third party auto motive logistics provider in China
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Melanie Li
Communications Manager
TNT China
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melanie.li@tnt.com
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