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BusinessLogisticsTop 50

Deutsche Post to Buy Logistics Firm Hillebrand for $1.8 Billion

Deutsche Post AG has agreed to acquire German logistics company Hillebrand for about 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion).

August 17, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Delivering a Cure

President Life Sciences and Healthcare for DHL, Larry St Onge, joins TT's Dan Ronan for a conversation about managing the shipments of the Pfizer vaccine, and what care is being taken to ensure safe delivery. Watch now!

December 22, 2020
BusinessTechnologyTCA

Amazon, DHL Among Founding Members of New Electric Vehicle Coalition

Amazon and DHL are initial members of a new industry group set up to help companies electrify their vehicle fleets and support policies that enable electrification.

January 22, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

DHL Opens Chicago Innovation Center

CHICAGO — Chicago’s long history as a transportation and logistics hub is one of the reasons DHL North America selected the city for its third Innovation Center worldwide. The Americas Innovation Center, which opened Sept. 12, showcases technologies that already have provided significant productivity increases.

September 12, 2019
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

DHL Sees Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals as Key to Growth

DHL Global Forwarding USA is rapidly moving to increase the amount of medical, life sciences and pharmaceutical freight — especially temperature-controlled items — it is forwarding around the world.

July 10, 2019
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

DHL Express Launches New Fleet of Electric Delivery Vans in San Francisco

DHL Express is rolling out a new fleet of 63 electric delivery vans in the United States as part of the German company’s goal to reduce logistics-related emissions to zero by 2050.

February 5, 2019
BusinessLogisticsTop 50

DHL Announces Medical Express Service Between US, Brazil

DHL Express has launched its medical express service between Brazil and the United States. The route will serve several major cities in Brazil and deliver temperature-sensitive biological products and new patient-specific treatments to most U.S. destinations in 24 to 48 hours, according to a Jan. 30 press release.

February 1, 2019
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

DHL Express Buys 14 Boeing Freight Planes

DHL Express ordered 14 Boeing 777 Freighters with options and purchase rights for another seven aircraft. The first four of the planes will be delivered by year-end 2019.

July 20, 2018
Business

DHL Express Expands New York City Operations

DHL Express U.S. has invested more than $13 million in two facilities in New York City to support international trade growth and the rise of international e-commerce, the company announced.

April 18, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

Global Trade on the Upswing, DHL Barometer Says

Prospects for international trade growth look positive for the next three months, according to the DHL Global Trade Barometer, an index designed to present the current state of global trade and provide insight on movement in the near term.

April 2, 2018