Telekurs Group: Acquisition of Document Services agreed
Zurich (ots)
Swiss Post has acquired Document Services from Telekurs Group. Following the signing of the agreement between Swiss Post and Telekurs in November the assets have been transferred per 1st December 2004. The new company, to be known as DocumentServices AG, which will be wholly owned by Swiss Post, has a workforce of around 120 and aims to position itself successfully in the document management field.
Swiss Post has acquired Document Services from Telekurs Group. Following the signing of the agreement in November the assets have been transferred per 1st December 2004. The new company will be wholly owned by Swiss Post and will be known as DocumentServices AG. With the acquisition of Document Services from Telekurs, Swiss Post aims to improve its market position by offering customers a comprehensive document management service combined with other postal services. The offering will include preprinting, print & dispatch, scanning/document processing and electronic document management.
HybridPost
Swiss Post has offered a similar service - HybridPost - for the past three and a half years. There are plans to integrate HybridPost into DocumentServices AG. With HybridPost, customers can send data electronically to Swiss Post, for example for invoices. The documents are printed directly, packaged and sent for processing. This service is ideal for billers and administrations.
Document Services AG has a workforce of around 120 and aims to position itself in the comprehensive document management field. The acquisition of Document Services from Telekurs will not entail any job cuts. The company will remain in Wallisellen, the current location of Document Services. HybridPost is based at Zurich's Sihlpost. The restructuring of letter processing (REMA) includes plans for integration into the Letter Centre East (Zurich-Mülligen) as of 2006.
The same press release will be issued by Swiss Post.
Contact:
Media Unit Swiss Post
Tel. +41/31/338'13'07
E-mail: presse@post.ch
Media Unit Telekurs Group
Tel. +41/1/279'22'20
E-Mail: pr.holding@telekurs.com
Media Relations
Telekurs Group
Bernhard Wenger
Press Spokesman
Hardturmstrasse 201
P.O. Box
CH-8021 Zurich
Tel. +41/1/279'22'20
Fax: +41/1/279'23'36
E-mail: bernhard.wenger@telekurs.com
Internet: www.telekurs.com