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Apleona has secured a 10-year contract for the provision of all technical and infrastructural facility management services for DHL Group properties and sites in Germany from 1 May.
In total, the contract covers a Germany-wide portfolio of more than 3,700 buildings and more than 15,000 Packstations (pick-up locations).
As part of the agreement, all of the approximately 850 employees who were previously responsible for managing the portfolio in a joint venture will transfer to Apleona. The employees’ employment relationships and all individual contractual arrangements will remain unchanged. They will work exclusively for the Apleona key account DHL in the International Corporate Clients (ICC) division.
Dr Jochen Keysberg, CEO of Apleona said: “The long-term service contract is a significant vote of confidence from the DHL Group in our performance and in our many years of experience and expertise in the successful transfer of client company employees to customer accounts and the retention of their knowledge and experience for our customers.”
Michael Engel, COO of Apleona and responsible for the ICC key account business, among other things, said: “The DHL Group was looking for an FM service partner who could guarantee the high quality and exclusivity of the FM services throughout Germany. This is both an honour and a challenge, but one that we will be able to meet successfully. It also means that we can warmly welcome 850 highly qualified new colleagues from the former joint venture company to our ICC organisation and to Apleona.”
