- The investment in infrastructure to add capacity; to support growth in international time definite delivery volumes to and from Coimbatore
- The new state-of-the-art facility to bring in better operating efficiency, reduce transit time, and focus on safe and secure delivery
DHL, the world's leading logistics company, is investing in infrastructure and today inaugurated a new, modernized Service Centre facility in Coimbatore. Spread over an area of over 4,500 sq. ft. the new facility has been set-up as per international standards which will process higher volume of shipments with improved transit time. The facility was inaugurated by Malcolm Monteiro, CEO, South Asia, DHL Express.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Monteiro said, "Over the last three decades, DHL has consistently invested to build network infrastructure and capability to serve our customers better. The new service centre will bring in better operating efficiency for our customers in Coimbatore and reinforce DHL's leading position in the international time definite delivery."
Coimbatore is one of the fastest growing cities, with a highly developed industrial sector. DHL Express services a wide variety of exporters and importers in the textile and apparel, manufacturing and engineering, rubber and plastics, electronics and electrical sectors and major financial institutions. "We are witnessing a double-digit growth in Coimbatore and with a strong presence in other key cities like Tirupur, Karur, Salem, Madurai, Cochin and Calicut we continue to be the dominant player in South India."
Last year DHL introduced a new freighter service in Bangalore. The additional capacity and improved connectivity provides DHL's customers in South India with the flexibility and reliability that business demands. DHL's enhanced network operations is able to offer faster processing as DHL is continuously working with customs officials to improve clearance procedures to achieve best-in-class service for its customers. All of the investments promote the power of DHL Express' service network to meet and exceed our customers' expectations.
In 2011, DHL Express handled over nine million shipments in India.
