DHL is the worlds leading air express service. Its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn, created the industry on the west coast of America in 1969 by moving shipping manifests from San Francisco to Hawaii by air to speed ocean cargo clearances. In doing so, they pioneered a process which revolutionized the way the world does business.

The company has since grown into a global business with unparalleled sophistication and reach. Today, DHL carries more than 140 million shipments annually for over one million customers worldwide. DHL's expanding global network currently links 85,000 destinations, servicing 635,000 cities in 228 countries and territories, employing about 67,000 people and operating about 16,000 delivery vehicles. DHL has a fleet of more than 260 aircraft.

DHL is the most experienced and established air express service in Asia Pacific, servicing businesses in Asia Pacific since the opening of the first Hong Kong office in 1972. Since then, offices in other key business centers in the region rapidly cam on stream. DHL is the acknowledged market leader in Asia Pacific with an estimated share of about 40% of the market.

DHL has constantly spearheaded innovative initiatives to facilitate the world's trade. DHL started embracing electronic communications to better serve customers well before eCommerce has become the catch phrase of today. DHL was the first one in the industry to implement EDI links as well as the first to offer shipment tracking service via the Internet, which is now widely considered an industry standard.

As businesses pursue smart supply chain management to thrive in the new economy, DHL has become an integral part of our customers' supply chain strategies. DHL remains committed to customers as ever, we go wherever our customers take us. DHL is ideally positioned to support customers in their quest of business success in the new economy.


More information on DHL can be obtained through DHL's website @ www.dhl.com

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