Deutsche Post AG (FWB: DPW, lse: DPO), operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 470,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 63.5 billion ($ 97.8 billion) in 2007. Deutsche Post is the successor to the former German state-owned mail monopoly, but has significantly expanded its business area through acquisitions since its privatisation in 1995.

Mail

The Mail division delivers approximately 70 million letters in Germany, six days a week and provides services across the entire mail value chain, including production facilities at central hubs, sales offices and production centers on four continents, as well as direct connections to more than 200 countries.

The Mail division inherits most of the traditional mail services formerly offered by the state-owned monopoly, for which it uses the Deutsche Post brand.

As of January 2008, it is divided into the following business units:

• Mail Communication handles domestic mail service as well as international mail from Germany
• Press Services handles domestic distribution of print products (newspapers and magazines).
• Retail Outlets operates domestic retail outlets (post offices), which offer a complete array of letter mail, parcel and Postbank services.
• Dialogue Marketing provides services for direct marketing such as market research and address verification.

• Parcel Germany handles the domestic, non-express parcel service, including the Packstation network. It was changed over to the DHL umbrella brand when it was temporarily assigned to the Express division.
• Global Mail handles international mail and domestic mail in other countries under the DHL umbrella brand.

Express

The Express division transports courier, express and parcel shipments all over the world, combining air and ground transport, under the DHL brand.

It is divided into business units along regions:

• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Americas
• Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa (EEMEA)

Forwarding/Freight

The Forwarding/Freight division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand.

It consists of two main business units:

• DHL Global Forwarding handles global air and ocean freight.
• DHL Freight runs a groundbased freight network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East.

Supply Chain/CIS