Corporate Profile for DHL Worldwide Express, dated August 4, 1995.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company and many others. -0- Published date: August 4, 1995 Company name: DHL Worldwide Express
Address: 333 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, CA 94065
Telephone No.: 415/593-7474 Chief Executive Officer: Patrick Foley Chief Financial Officer: William Smartt Public Relations Contact: David Fonkalsrud Business number: 415/802-4535 Trading symbol: N/A Industry: Air Express Delivery Company description: DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature Worldwide Express is the world's largest and most experienced international air express network. DHL was founded in 1969 as a service that sent ship's bills of lading ahead of the ship by using air service between San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Hawaii. Soon, the idea was expanded to the Pacific Rim and DHL started the international air express industry. Today, DHL employs 36,000 people to serve 80,000 destinations in more than 200 countries. DHL's extensive worldwide coverage is supported by 1,900 offices. Over 80% of these offices are owned and operated by DHL, far greater than any other company in the air express industry. DHL is also a licensed customs broker Customs Broker An individual or firm licensed by customs authorities to enter and clear imported goods through customs. The broker represents the importer in dealings with the customs authorities. in many of the countries it serves. These advantages result in faster transit times, streamlined customs clearance, effective tracking of shipments, and simplified billing. As a result, DHL has a significant advantage over other air express carriers who hand their customers' packages off to third party agents in foreign countries. DHL offers both domestic and international air express delivery of documents and packages, an international re-mail service, and an extra-critical "same day" express service. DHL can send international dutiable du·ti·a·ble adj. Subject to import tax. dutiable Adjective (of goods) requiring payment of duty Adj. 1. shipments of almost any size or weight, door-to-door, virtually anywhere in the world. CONTACT: DHL Worldwide Express |
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