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Swiss Post partnership with Transguard Group in Dubai

Swiss Post and the United Arab Emirates based Transguard Group signed an agreement of collaboration for digital document processing on 17 February 2013. In the “Transguard SPS” joint venture, Swiss Post will be represented by the Swiss Post Solutions group unit, which will strengthen its Business Process Outsourcing growth strategy through this partnership. The new company will operate in the United Arab Emirates, where in future it intends to serve major customers, including Swiss companies.

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Swiss Post signed a partnership agreement with Transguard Group, which operates in the United Arab Emirates, on 17 February 2013. The “Transguard SPS” joint venture will offer services from the Swiss Post Solutions group unit in the area of physical and digital mailrooms and document management. With this joint venture, Swiss Post Solutions is reinforcing its local presence in Dubai, where top-ranking existing and potential customers are active. The new company will also serve existing major customers of the Transguard Group. These include for example nine of the ten largest banks in the United Arab Emirates. Transguard SPS will have its head office in Dubai and be administered by Nigel Hall, a member of Transguard Group management. The management team will be made up equally of representatives from Swiss Post Solutions and Transguard.

Improving efficiency through digitization

Swiss Post Solutions brings extensive know-how and many years of experience in document management to the Transguard SPS product portfolio. On the one hand, this includes the digitization, electronic processing and archiving of incoming physical mail and, on the other, the printing and mailing of digitally prepared business correspondence. Thanks to its advanced digitization software orders, invoices, payment claims and other business documents can be electronically processed directly. This increases the efficiency and quality of the processing and reduces the administrative expenses which overall provides customers with significant cost savings. Swiss Post Solutions undertakes these document processes within the scope of the Business Process Outsourcing strategy for business customers worldwide in various industries and, through collaboration with the Transguard Group, also consolidates its pursuit of partner strategy in major global markets. Thus, Swiss Post can develop important customer relations in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates with the Transguard SPS joint venture through its Swiss Post Solutions group unit, where numerous companies are active, including Swiss companies.

Safety is the highest priority: Transguard Group

As part of the Emirates Group, Transguard Group is the leading provider in the United Arab Emirates of services related to the safekeeping and safe transport of securities and valuable articles. The range extends from real estate management to the maintenance of ATMS and the clearing of cheques, through to cash management and security transport. Transguard is the only officially accredited security service at Dubai international airport and, as the leading carrier there, undertakes customs control of imports and exports. Transguard employs 18,000 staff.

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