Swiss Post

Type: Government-owned
On the web: http://www.swisspost.ch
Employees: 43,447

Posting profits is a priority for Die Schweizerische Post (also known as Swiss Post). The state-owned postal monopoly operates a network of about 2,400 post offices across Switzerland and transports letters and parcels. Besides delivery-related operations, financial services are a major revenue source for Swiss Post. Its PostFinance offerings include savings accounts, mortgage lending, and mutual funds. Swiss Post also provides direct marketing, print media, and document services. The company has partnerships with Swiss banking giant UBS and German bank Münchener Hypothekenbank. In addition, Swiss Post's PostBus transportation service carries 110 million passengers a year.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $7,638.4M

Officers:
Chairman: Peter Hasler
CEO: Jürg Bucher
Head Finance: Markus Zenhäusern

Competitors:
Deutsche Post
FedEx
UPS

Swiss Post

Type	Public Law Entity
Founded	1849
Headquarters	Switzerland
Products	Mail
Revenue	7,895 Billion CHF (2006)
Employees	55,000 (2006)
Website	post.ch

Swiss Post (French: La Poste Suisse, Italian: La Posta Svizzera, German: Die Schweizerische Post, Romansh: La Posta Svizra) is the postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation, it is the country's second largest employer.^[1]

Services

E-Mail Letter

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Post of Switzerland

• Swiss Post, in English

Notes

1. ^ "A public-sector company". Swiss Post. http://www.post.ch/en/index/uk_ueber_uns/uk_konzern.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-16. 

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