Fraport Starts Marketing Development Land
Frankfurt Airport is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG has issued a worldwide “Call for Expression of Interest” inviting the logistics industry to specify its locational and space requirements. Read more
Transport Prices up by 13.5 Percent
The fourth edition of the Transport Market Monitor (TMM) by Transporeon and Capgemini Consulting reveals that transport prices went up by 13.5% in in the second Quarter of 2010 compared to the first Quarter 2010. For the first time, price levels equal the levels of the pre-crisis period (H1 2008). Read more
German Imports Hit Record Level in June
Germany exported commodities to the value of EUR 86.5 billion and imported commodities to the value of EUR 72.4 billion in June 2010. Hence, German exports increased by 28.5% and imports by 31.7% in June 2010 on June 2009. This was the highest monthly export value reported since October 2008 (EUR 88.7 billion). The import value for June 2010 was the highest ever reported since foreign trade statistics have been compiled for the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. Read more
Full Order Books: PMI Rises to 61.2
The German manufacturing recovery gathered momentum in July, as highlighted by a rise in the seasonally adjusted Markit/BME Germany Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) to 61.2, from 58.4 in the previous month. The index has now posted above the neutral 50.0 level for ten successive months. Moreover, the latest reading was the highest for three months and signalled the second-sharpest improvement in operating conditions since the series began in April 1996. Read more
New Version of SAP Business ByDesign
On August 2, SAP AG announced the general availability of the feature pack 2.5 for the SAP Business ByDesign solution. It is available from July 30. SAP also announced the introduction of three new predefined starter packages which are introduced at a fixed price of EUR 9,900, starting from ten users. Read more
