DPDin Germany invests 11 million euros in new parcel distribution centrein Dinkelsbühl

90 new jobs to be created in the region

Short transport routes enable optimum service

Dinkelsbühl/Aschaffenburg, 24October 2013 – International parcel and express service provider DPD is investing €11 million in the construction of a new parcel distribution centre in the German city of Dinkelsbühl, Central Franconia. Building work begins in December on the new DPD depot, which will start operations in the autumn of 2014, when theDinkelsbühl-Waldecklocation will handle 16,500 parcels per day.

"Thanks to the new depot we will be even closer to our customers and consignees in the region, enabling us to meet their requirements even more flexibly", states DPD Regional Manager Bernd Friedel. "In addition we are creating new jobs in the region." A total of 65 drivers and around 30 depot staff will be in operation on behalf of customers every day.

"This is an excellent developmentwith regard to business andjobs in the region," is the pleased reaction of Dinkelsbühl'sMayorDr.Christoph Hammer. "For our localemployment structure it's important that the new DPD depot will create many new jobs, in particular in the technical and semi-skilled fields."

"Locating the new depot in Dinkelsbühlalso represents a commitment to the region of Central Franconia, where we now have an even wider base", explains Bernd Friedel. "In addition to its excellent transport links the fast and unbureaucratic cooperation with the city of Dinkelsbühlwere the deciding factors in the choice of the new location."

The depot in Dinkelsbühl-Waldeckwill be constructed on an overall area of 23,100 m² (built-up area: 18.000 m²). The core of the new depot on the WaldeckBusiness Park will be the parcel sorting installation, which can handle up to 7,500 parcels per hour fully automatically.From the autumn of 2014 onwards the Dinkelsbühldepot will, among others, serve shippers and consignees in Aalen, Feuchtwangen, CrailsheimandEllwangen, which have so far been supplied by the DPD depots in Nuremberg, Heilbronn andNeu-Ulm.

Focus on environmental protection

At the new facility DPD will be using solar thermal energy to support the heating of the office building. At the same time shorter distances mean more efficient transport. Thanks to the new location the total kilometres driven by DPD will be reduced, thus cutting the CO2 emissions caused by delivery operations.

Facts and figures: the new location at a glance

Start of construction: / December 2013
Operational start-up: / autumn2014
Total investment: / 11 millioneuros
Deliveryvehicles: / 65
Site: / 23,100 m²
Built-uparea: / 18,000 m²
Sortingcapacity: / 7,500 parcels/hour
Daily parcelvolumes: / 16,500 parcels
Depotregion: / to the north: Rothenburg o. d. Tauber
to the east: Ansbach
to the south: Aalen
tothe west: Gaildorf
Regionalcentresserved: / Dinkelsbühl, Feuchtwangen, Ansbach, Crailsheim, Ellwangen, Aalen, Nördlingen

Photo: 16,500 parcels a day will be carried along the conveyors of the new DPD depot in Dinkelsbühlfrom the autumn of 2014.

Photo available in print quality from .

About DPD

With the shipment of 2.5 million parcels a day DPD is a leading international provider of parcel and express services. The company has the most efficient road network in Europe and delivers to 230 countries worldwide. Customers can choose services from an extensive product range of national and international parcel and express services for business and home deliveries. A workforce of 24,000 and 18,000 vehicles operate at more than 800 locations. The majority shareholder in DPD with 83.32 % shareholding is the GeoPost Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of French Groupe La Poste. With a consolidated turnover of 4.026 billion euros in the year 2012 GeoPost is currently Europe's second-largest provider of express parcel services.

Press contact:

DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG

Frank Vergien

PR Manager

Wailandtstraße 1

63741 Aschaffenburg

Phone: +49 6021 843-120