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Itella Corporation is a national mail
enterprise owned by the Finnish
state, headquartered in Pohjois-Pasila
, Helsinki
. Besides domestic operations, it operates in twelve other European
countries. Through its subsidiary, Itella Posti Oy, Itella provides postal services
in Finland.
Itella is subject to a universal service obligation covering, among other areas, the delivery of letters and parcels on weekdays in every Finnish municipality. In addition to traditional postal services, the company concentrates on service logistics and digital signal transmission.
The group's CEO is Jukka Alho, and the chairman of the Board of Directors is Arto Hiltunen.
Itella Mail Communication handles the delivery of letters, direct mail, and newspapers and magazines in Finland. Itella Information provides solutions for organisations’ invoicing, payroll, customer communication, and automation of data collection and archival management processes. Itella Logistics is a service logistics provider with offerings ranging from transport, forwarding, and contract logistics to intelligent IT-based logistics solutions. Itella Logistics has over 30 offices in eight countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia). The company provides global services through its partners. The net sales of Itella Logistics was in 2010 MEUR 677 and it employed 7,700.
On January 1, 2011, Itella transferred its domestic postal services to its subsidiary, Itella Posti Oy, or Itella Posten Ab in Swedish. It operates under the brands Posti in Finnish and Posten in Swedish, which have been previously used by the parent company. The sales network consists of 1,200 outlets, of which 200 are Posti's own offices and 1,000 are run by local entrepreneurs.
As of February 2011, Finland will be the first country in the world to receive all letters, publications, packages and direct advertisements through carbon-neutral delivery by Posti. This does not involve any extra fees to the customers.
Itella Posti Oy is solely responsible for providing postal services. In its current form, the Post Act entered into force in 2011. By virtue of this act, postal services must be provided on a permanent basis and for reasonable prices to all users, throughout the country. In each municipality there must be at least one outlet providing postal services.
The responsibility for the general steering and development of postal services belongs to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Also the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, acting under this ministry, participates in the development of postal services. Among its tasks are monitoring to ensure that the Act on Postal Services and its regulations and provisions are complied with, as well as handling customer feedback.
As yet, the company has no direct competitors in basic mail delivery. There are some companies that deliver magazines in populated areas, but no other universal postal services as defined by the Mail Service Act 313/2001. Potential rivals with some competition in package delivery are Rautakirja
, which has a network of kiosks around the country, and Matkahuolto
, with a bus network.
Mail
Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...
enterprise owned by the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
state, headquartered in Pohjois-Pasila
Pohjois-Pasila
Pohjois-Pasila , Norra Böle is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.Itella, the Finnish mail corporation, has its head office in Pohjois-Pasila.-References:...
, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. Besides domestic operations, it operates in twelve other European
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
countries. Through its subsidiary, Itella Posti Oy, Itella provides postal services
Mail
Mail, or post, is a system for transporting letters and other tangible objects: written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages are delivered to destinations around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.In principle, a postal service...
in Finland.
Itella is subject to a universal service obligation covering, among other areas, the delivery of letters and parcels on weekdays in every Finnish municipality. In addition to traditional postal services, the company concentrates on service logistics and digital signal transmission.
The group's CEO is Jukka Alho, and the chairman of the Board of Directors is Arto Hiltunen.
Operations
Historical background
- On 6 September 1638, Governor-General Per Brahe established postal services in Finland, part of the Kingdom of Sweden at the time.
- In 1811, a central postal administration was established within the postal services of autonomous Finland.
- In 1845, postal service for parcels began.
- In 1856, stamps were introduced. Finland's began issuing its own national stamps in autumn 1917.
- In 1858, home delivery of letters and newspapers began.
- Posti was one of the first institutions to hire women as employees, doing so since the 1860s.
- In 1927, the Telegraph was merged with the Finnish Post (Posti).
- In 1981, Post and Telegraph was renamed Post and Telecommunications.
- In 1990, Posti-Tele became a state-owned enterprise no longer dependent on the state budget.
- In 1994, Post and Telecommunications became Suomen PT Oy, with the subsidiaries Finland Post Corporation, providing postal services, and Telecom Finland Oy (later Sonera Oy), engaged in telecommunications.
- In 1998, Suomen PT Group was demerged. Finland Post Corporation and Sonera Oy became state-owned enterprises.
- In 2001, Finland Post became a public company (as Finland Post Corporation).
- Since 1 June 2007, the company name has been Itella Corporation. The group's more diversified and internationalised business operations were the reason for the change of name.
- In Russia Itella acquired the logistics company NLC (National Logistic Company) and Connexions company, specialising in direct marketing services. In Poland Itella acquired BusinessPoint S.A., specialising in printing and document management.
- In 2011, Finnish postal services have been transferred to a new company, Itella Posti Oy.
Itella Posti
As of February 2011, Finland will be the first country in the world to receive all letters, publications, packages and direct advertisements through carbon-neutral delivery by Posti. This does not involve any extra fees to the customers.
Itella Posti Oy is solely responsible for providing postal services. In its current form, the Post Act entered into force in 2011. By virtue of this act, postal services must be provided on a permanent basis and for reasonable prices to all users, throughout the country. In each municipality there must be at least one outlet providing postal services.
The responsibility for the general steering and development of postal services belongs to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Also the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, acting under this ministry, participates in the development of postal services. Among its tasks are monitoring to ensure that the Act on Postal Services and its regulations and provisions are complied with, as well as handling customer feedback.
As yet, the company has no direct competitors in basic mail delivery. There are some companies that deliver magazines in populated areas, but no other universal postal services as defined by the Mail Service Act 313/2001. Potential rivals with some competition in package delivery are Rautakirja
Rautakirja
Rautakirja Oyj is a Finnish company operating subsidiary businesses such as R-Kioski, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, and Finnkino.On the 25 August 2011 it was announced that Rautakirja will sell the Suomalainen Kirjakauppa segment of it's business to Otava for in excess of 27 million euro....
, which has a network of kiosks around the country, and Matkahuolto
Matkahuolto
Oy Matkahuolto Ab is a Finnish company, which was established on 28 January 1933 to operate and maintain bus stations throughout Finland and to provide freight services...
, with a bus network.