Quickmail: Private letter carrier launches in October
The mail delivery service Quickmail now plans to officially launch its service for letters weighing more than 50 grams in October 2009. Initially, deliveries will be limited to households in eastern Switzerland. The company aims to cover 85 percent of all households in Switzerland by 2010.
The Eastern Swiss company Quickmail, which belongs to MS Mail Service, is now planning to definitively launch in the letter segment over 50 grams in the cantons of St. Gallen, Appenzell (AI/AR) and parts of the canton of Thurgau in October 2009. At a conference held on Tuesday, Quickmail Managing Director Christof Lenhard explained the concept of the new letter delivery company. The service provider does not see itself as a competitor to traditional postal and contracting companies, but rather as a supplement and alternative for mail order companies, retail chains, charitable organizations and other companies. The service includes the delivery of addressed mailings, catalogs and customer magazines. There is also the option of tracking bulk mailings. Delivery is concentrated on the two weekdays Thursday and Friday.
A sorting center is opened at Quickmail's headquarters in St. Gallen. The delivery area is to be continuously expanded. The aim is to cover over 85 percent of all households by 2010. Within three years, 300 jobs are to be created, 120 of them at the St. Gallen site.
A sorting center is opened at Quickmail's headquarters in St. Gallen. The delivery area is to be continuously expanded. The aim is to cover over 85 percent of all households by 2010. Within three years, 300 jobs are to be created, 120 of them at the St. Gallen site.
