Post Danmark

Infobox_Company
company_name = Post Danmark A/S
company_
company_type = Government-linked company
company_slogan =
foundation = 1624
founder = Christian IV of Denmark
location = flagicon|Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
key_people = Helge Israelsen (CEO)
Fritz H. Schur (Chairman)
num_employees = 22,000
products = Mail
subsid = Data Scanning
Budstikken Transport
e-Boks
Transportgruppen
revenue = 11.809 billion DKK (2007) [ [http://www.postdanmark.dk/cms/da-dk/OmPostDanmark/Regnskab/aarsrapport_2007.htm Årsrapport 2007 ] ] | net_income = 713 million DKK (2007) [http://www.postdanmark.dk/cms/da-dk/OmPostDanmark/Regnskab/Hovedtal_og_noegletal_2007.htm Hovedtal og nøgletal 2007 ] ]
num_employees = 21.163 2007
homepage = [http://www.postdanmark.dk/ postdanmark.dk]

Post Danmark A/S is the company responsible for the Danish postal service. Established in 1995 following political liberalization efforts, it has taken over the mail delivery duties of the governmental department "Postvæsenet" (established in 1624); it was turned into a public limited company in 2002. In 2005, 22% of the company shares were sold to CVC Capital Partners, 3% of the company shares were partly sold to employees at a discount, partly kept in reserve for a management incentives program.

As of 2007, Post Danmark employs about 21,000 people, and delivers approximately a billion letters and 37 million parcels every year on a day to day basis. Post Danmark has a wide variety of services, such an express deliveries (ensured delivery by no later than 9am the following morning), courier services, facility services, 10 o'clock service (ensured delivery no later than 10am every day), Electronic mailbox (mail getting scanned electronically and sent to you by email instead of regular post).

=Merger with Posten AB=

On the 1st of April, Post Danmark announced its intention to merge with the the Swedish postal company Posten AB. The joint company, which will have an annual revenue of approximately SEK 45 billion and more than 50,000 employees, will be owned by the Danish state, the Swedish state, and CVC Capital Partners [http://www.postdanmark.dk/cms/da-dk/files/Planer_om_fusion.pdf] . It is expected that the company will be listed on the stock exchanges of both Denmark and Sweden within 3-5 years. [ [http://www.cvc.com/Content/En/MediaCentre/PressRelease.aspx?PRID=144 CVC Capital Partners - Media Centre - Press Release - Merger between Posten and Post Danmark ] ]

ee also

* List of postal codes in Denmark
* Postage stamps and postal history of Denmark
* Postverk Føroya - Faroese postal service (run by Denmark until 1976)

External links

* [http://www.postdanmark.dk/ Official website]
* [http://cvr.dk/Site/Forms/PublicService/DisplayCompany.aspx?cvrnr=26663903 Details] from the CVR register

References