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Smartmail Acquires Drop Ship Express -- Combined Organization Boasts
Over $200 Million in Revenue
ATLANTA, GA 0/17/03– SmartMail Services® (www.smartmail.com)
is
pleased to announce its acquisition of Drop Ship Express (www.dropshipexpress.com),
a Minneapolis-based mail and parcel delivery company. The newly
formed organization boasts greater than $200 million of revenue
and 1,100 employees working from 22 processing centers nationwide.
“Our commitment to meet and exceed customer expectations has
never been stronger, “says Jim Martell, president and chief
executive officer of SmartMail. “With service to over 1,200
customers the increased density in each processing center will drive
continued service consistency enabling us to maintain a high level
of customer satisfaction.”
The merger expands SmartMail’s Workshare Partnership with
the United States Postal Service (USPS) ensuring deliveries travel
through a seamless nationwide delivery network. The company’s
service offering now includes both air expedited and ground delivery
services for six USPS products: Flats, Bound Printed Matter, Parcel
Select, Media Mail, Irregular and Machinable parcels.
“The individual experiences of both organizations, now combined,
foster the most robust, singular solution for delivery of flat-sized
mail and lightweight parcels in the USPS Workshare system,”
says Matt Vettel, chairman of SmartMail and partner at Great Hill
Partners.
Technological advancements rolled out to SmartMail’s customers
in 2003 include advanced web-based tracking of deliveries, on-line
invoicing, and detailed delivery performance reporting. These developments
increase both SmartMail customers’ access to detailed information
and their decision-making capabilities.
“The merger expands our national coverage and provides our
customers with a broader portfolio of services designed to save
them time and money,” says Don Berry, executive vice president
of sales and marketing at Drop Ship Express.
Through a unique workshare partnership with the USPS, SmartMail
collects, processes, automates, sorts, tracks, and delivers flat-sized
mail and parcels ranging from 2 ounces to 70 pounds. Once received
and processed deliveries are flown or trucked to a destination postal
facility and injected deep into the postal stream to meet delivery
commitments and maximize savings to the customer.
About Drop Ship Express
Drop Ship Express (www.dropshipexpress.com) is a leading mail and
parcel delivery company focused on Flats, Parcel Select, Machinable
and Irregular parcels, Bound Printed Matter and Media Mail. In addition
to its money-saving mail-handling capabilities, the company offers
a number of services to improve efficiency and further reduce costs,
including warehousing, address verification, mail tracking, Delivery
Confirmation™ and Confirm/PLANETCode™.
About SmartMail Services
SmartMail Services (www.smartmail.com) based in Atlanta, GA is the
leading nationwide expeditor of flat-sized mail and parcel packages.
With an expansive domestic footprint of processing facilities, SmartMail
meets delivery commitments nationwide, while yielding reductions
in both operational costs and postage fees for their customers.
The company’s premium services include 100% shipment reconciliation,
address verification and cleansing, web-based tracking, selective
routing and custom reporting/invoicing.
Media Contact:
Michelle Tank
SmartMail Services
(ph) 404-675-7372
(fax) 404-675-7363
mtank@smartmailservices.com
SmartMail, LLC
1500 Southpoint Drive
Suite 200
Forest Park, GA 30297-1776
Telephone 404-675-7324
Facsimile 404-675-7363
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