transportation distribution fate demerged into two companies successor postnl tnt express founded 1996 1946 in australia as thomas nationwide transport and 1752 in the netherlands as statenpost defunct may 2011 headquarters hoofddorp netherlands key people ceo chairman of the supervisory board services express package and post delivery services charter airline revenue 11.329 billion 2010 1 operating income 660 million 2010 1 profit 347 million 2010 1 number of employees 156 128 2011 1 website www.tnt.com old design royal tpg post wall box tnt n.v. was an international express mail delivery and logistics services company with headquarters in hoofddorp netherlands . tnt operated the dutch national postal service under the name tnt post . the group also offered postal services in eight other european countries including the uk germany italy and belgium . tnt s mail division recorded sales of about 4.2 billion in 2009 . tnt sold its logistics unit in 2006 to focus on network activities mail and express delivery services . tnt s networks were concentrated in europe and asia but the group also had operations in the middle east and south america and several road freight companies in china india and brazil . on 2 august 2010 tnt n.v. announced its intention to split up into two independent companies an express and a mail company . the demerger became effective in may 2011 tnt express was listed on the amsterdam stock exchange and tnt n.v. subsequently renamed itself postnl . tnt n.v. was officially quoted on the euronext amsterdam stock exchange until may 2011 . tnt employed 155 000 people . over 2009 tnt reported 10.4 billion in revenues and an operating income of 648 million . its major competitors included fedex dhl and national post carriers such as us postal service and royal mail . tnt s last chief executive officer was peter bakker . other members of the board of management included bernard bot chief financial officer marie christine lombard group managing director express and harry koorstra group managing director mail . contents 1 history 2 operating units 3 see also 4 references 5 external links 5.1 profile & data history edit headquarters of logistics company tnt in hoofddorp 2010 this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message 1752 to 1799 establishment of statenpost which secured a national monopoly . services were reorganised into a single national enterprise based on the french postal system . 1852 first dutch postage stamp was issued . 1931 mechanisation of the dutch postal system . 1946 tnt thomas nationwide transport was founded in australia . 1961 tnt was listed on the sydney stock exchange . 1977 introduction of post codes in the netherlands which allowed full automation of the postal system . 1989 the national dutch post & telecommunications company is privatised and renamed ptt nederland . 1992 tnt is acquired by canada post and a consortium of european postal companies . 1994 under the name of kpn ptt nederland is listed on the amsterdam stock exchange . 1996 kpn makes a friendly takeover of tnt . tnt is subsequently delisted from the asx . 1998 kpn s postal division is demerged and combined with tnt then listed separately on the amsterdam stock exchange as tpg tnt post group . tpg opens its european express centre in li ge airport liege belgium . an international road hub is opened in duiven netherlands . tpg acquires jet services of france and integrates it with their european operations . 1999 to 2005 tpg moves into the logistics market with the acquisition of several international logistics companies . 2005 tpg renames itself to tnt and announces its plan to sell off the majority of its logistics division . november 2006 tnt sells its logistics division to apollo management . the unit has been renamed ceva logistics since then . december 2006 and may 2007 tnt takes delivery of its first two boeing 747 400erf . march 2007 tnt acquires hoau china s private freight and parcels delivery firm . 2 may 2007 tnt announces its delisting from the new york stock exchange . august 2007 tnt announces a program to cut carbon emissions called planet me . may 2011 a general meeting confirms a demerger of tnt express and name change of tnt n.v. to postnl n.v. 3 operating units edit tnt post mail box tnt express operated the largest express network by air and road in europe as well as tnt airways an international cargo airline . tnt express employed more than 78 000 people flew 48 aircraft ran about 26 000 road vehicles and had a worldwide network of more than 2 400 depots and hubs . tnt post postal operator all over europe 4 koninklijke tnt post bv collected sorted and distributed mail in the netherlands branded as postcon in germany branded as nexive in italy branded as whistl in the uk european mail networks collected sorted and distributed mail in 8 european countries cendris value added mailservices e.g. customer information printing callcenter services spring company joint venture with royal mail and singapore post in cross border mail . tnt business solutions offered a range of business process outsourcing services e.g. information management records management facilities management and supplier management tnt fashion group operated delivery services focused on fashion retailers . see also edit companies portal courier postnl legal successor koninklijke tnt post tnt express deutsche post world net dhl express competitor express mail fedex competitor freight company united parcel service competitor references edit a b c d annual report 2010 pdf . tnt . tnt acquired hoau . 2007 03 15 . retrieved 2011 10 03 . tnt shareholders approve demerger other results meetings of shareholders . 2011 05 25 . retrieved 2011 05 26 . royal mail s challenger tnt post uk to rebrand as whistl . post & parcel . bourne end england . 14 september 2014 . retrieved 19 september 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to tnt n.v. . official website of tnt express demerged from tnt n.v. official website of postnl successor of tnt n.v. profile & data edit yahoo profile of tnt hoovers profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tnt n.v. & oldid 742755311 categories companies formerly listed on the london stock exchangecompanies of the netherlandsexpress maillogistics companies of the netherlandsansett australiapostal system of the netherlandshidden categories articles needing cleanup from october 2016all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from october 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit 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