FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

                                                                                                                                   

WORLD COURIER POLAND WINS LOGISTICS AWARDS

 

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 3, 2004—World Courier is pleased to announce that its company office in Poland was recently named the winner of two national Logistics Provider of the Year Awards for 2003. World Courier Poland received top honours in both the ‘Customers Degree of Satisfaction’ and ‘Best Value for Money’ categories in a survey-based industry competition conducted by Data Group, a leading data provider in Poland, in conjunction with Eurologistics magazine.

“The opening of new offices in important industrialized regions of Poland has made our operation more efficient than ever before,” says Pawel Firkowski, Managing Director of WC Poland. “Globalization, the ongoing expansion of our network, the creativity of our personnel, better communication with clients as well as the latest in technology are all crucial to our never-ending quest for a better product. Our accomplishments – as well as the customer feedback which led to these awards – show that we have what it takes to do it right!”

 

“We are very proud to have received this distinction,” says Wayne B. Heyland, President and Chief Executive Officer of World Courier Group. “The fact that a broad sampling of companies has recognized our value is highly gratifying. These awards reinforce our reputation for consistent quality service and underscore the key reasons that World Courier is the first choice of industry for all types of time-sensitive shipments.”

 

Incorporated in 1969, World Courier has set the benchmark for worldwide time-sensitive transportation. It remains the only specialist courier company with its own global network dedicated to treating every shipment on an individual, priority basis. Today, World Courier is the acknowledged leader in delivering customized solutions and value-added services in growth markets such as the bio-medical, automotive and high-tech industries. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, World Courier maintains a comprehensive international network of over 130 wholly-owned ISO 9001-certified offices operating in 48 countries around the globe.

 

 

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Contacts

 

North America

Dennis Tselentis

Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales

World Courier Inc.

1313 - 4th Avenue

New Hyde Park, NY, 11040

Telephone: (516) 354-2600

Toll-free: 1-800-231-7227

Fax: (516) 354-2713

E-mail: dtselentis@worldcourier.com

 

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Noël Foucart

Director, Sales and Marketing

World Courier Belgium N.V.

6 A Hermesstraat

B-1930 Zaventem

Belgium

Telephone: 32/2/712-5080

Fax: 32/2/712-5089

E-mail: nfoucart@worldcourier.be

 

Latin America

Carlos Jankowski

Regional Director, Latin America

World Courier Argentina S.A.

Avda. Corrientes 316 D, Piso 7

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Telephone: 54/1/4328-8300

Fax: 54/1/4328-5879

E-mail: jankowski@worldcourier.com.ar

 

Asia Pacific

Korhan Yalcinyuva

Regional Director, Asia Pacific

World Courier (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

Unit 1, 8 Lord Street

Botany N.S.W. 2019

Australia

Telephone: 61/2/8335 9100

Fax: 61/2/8335 9170

E-mail: kyalcinyuva@worldcourier.com.au