Acquisitions and divestments
Since 1998, we have made a number of acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and strategic alliances in order to meet our strategic objectives. The following press releases give more information about each of these. We have included them in chronological order with the year, country and division they relate to.
| Press release | Year | Country | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNT Post acquires stake in Nordwest-Mail GmbH (CITIPOST Bremen) - Systematic expansion of collaboration with publishing houses | 2007 | Germany | |
| TNT Post and Süddeutscher Verlag and Ippen Publishing Group sign strategic alliance | 2007 | Germany | |
| TNT acquires Mercúrio, the express market leader in Brazil | 2007 | Brazil | Express |
| TNT sells Freight Management to GEODIS | 2006 | Netherlands | Freight Management |
| TNT acquires Speedage to build leading position in domestic express market India | 2006 | India | Express |
| TNT reaches agreement to sell its logistics division to Apollo Management, L.P. | 2006 | Netherlands | Logistics |
| TNT in advanced negotiations to acquire Hoau, China's leading domestic freight & parcels operator | 2005 | China | Express |
| TNT to acquire leading Spanish domestic express distribution company TG+ | 2005 | Spain | Express |
| TNT and Cosco enter strategic partnership to jointly develop China and Asia Pacific logistics business | 2005 | China | Express |
| TNT sells GlobalCollect to management and private equity providers | 2005 | Netherlands | Group |
| Japan Post and TNT join forces | 2005 | Japan | |
| TNT acquires print and mailing house Euro Mail | 2005 | Netherlands | |
| TNT Express acquires Slovenian domestic express distribution company 'Door-to-Door' | 2005 | Slovenia | Express |
| TPG and Essent join forces in customer contact | 2004 | Netherlands | |
| TPG acquires global freight forwarder Wilson | 2004 | Sweden | Logistics |
| TPG acquires majority share in Prime Vision | 2003 | Netherlands | |
| Korea Post and TPG join forces in strategic co-operation | 2003 | Korea | |
| TPG acquires Italian print & mail company | 2003 | Italy | |
| Fiat auto appoints joint venture of TNT Logistics and Arvil as sole operator | 2003 | Italy | Logistics |
| TPG acquires DocVision, a leading document management company | 2003 | Netherlands | |
| China Post and TPG join forces in strategic partnership | 2003 | China | |
| TPG acquires German unaddressed mail distributor blitzpunkt | 2003 | Germany | |
| TPG expands unaddressed Mail Network in Germany | 2003 | Germany | |
| TPG acquires majority stake in leading direct marketing company in the Czech Republic and Slovakia | 2002 | Czech Republic | |
| TPG expands partnership with CTT Correios (Portuguese Post Office) | 2002 | Portugal | |
| TPG and Correos de Chile sign joint cooperation | 2002 | Chile | |
| TPG acquires a leading Italian pre-mail handling company Cerilly | 2002 | Italy | |
| TPG acquires French logistics group Transports Nicolas | 2002 | France | Logistics |
| TPG acquires fashion distributor Bleckmann Group | 2001 | Netherlands | Express |
| TNT Lojistik acquires Turkish logistics company | 2001 | Turkey | Logistics |
| TPG and Hermes form alliance in German mail market | 2001 | Germany | |
| TPG and Poste Italiane sign strategic alliance | 2001 | Italy | |
| TPG to acquire leading Domestic Express company of Thailand | 2001 | Thailand | Express |
| TPG acquires Italian Logistics and Transport company ALS | 2001 | Italy | Logistics |
| TPG acquires CD: a leading Mail distributor in the UK | 2001 | United Kingdom | |
| TPG part of consortium which proposes to acquire Renault's Logistics arm | 2001 | France | Logistics |
| TPG to acquire Lason UK | 2001 | United Kingdom | |
| TPG and P&TLuxembourg agree on a Joint Venture | 2000 | Luxembourg | Express |
| TPG sets up Automotive Logistics joint venture in China | 2000 | China | Logistics |
| TPG, British Post Office and Singapore Post sign Joint Venture agreement | 2000 | UK/Singapore | |
| TPG acquires French Logistics company - Barlatier | 2000 | France | Logistics |
| TPG acquires German based Schrader Group | 2000 | Germany | Logistics |
| TPG acquires French logistics company | 2000 | France | Logistics |
| Cooperation between TPG and Kintetsu World Express | 1999 | Japan | Express |
| Worldwide co-operation between TPG and the Swiss Post | 1999 | Switzerland | |
| TPG acquires leading express company in France | 1998 | France | Express |