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Labelling requirement for parcels to Germany from 1.1.2025

We would like to inform you that from 1.1.2025 a new labeling requirement will come into force for parcels weighing over 10 kg that are delivered in Germany. For this purpose, a predetermined symbol directly on the shipment label will indicate if the parcel weighs over 10 kg or over 20 kg.

The amendment to the German Postal Act was passed in mid-2024 and provides for this labeling for all parcels delivered in Germany. This therefore applies to parcels from both business and private customers, as well as to all our products and services. Pure transit parcels are exempt from this.

Delivery time: If the parcels are properly labeled, the new requirements have no effect on the delivery time.

Weight: If you generate a parcel label via YourGLS or ShipIT, the weight you specify must be in the correct weight category (0-9.9 kg, 10-19.9 kg or over 20 kg). The shipment will later be invoiced based on the weight actually weighed.

Your next steps:

You use YourGLS or ShipIT: For consignments for Germany, enter the weight of the individual consignment in the consignment advice note. The label generated from YourGLS or ShipIT complies with the new requirements and automatically contains the correct weight symbol.

GLS GEPARD Connect and GLS Uni-Box: If you use one of these two systems, our IT will contact you as these systems will no longer be continued and you will therefore be switched to a new tool. As these conversions are already underway, it is possible that you are already in this process.

Please note: if you use an interface connection (API), the weight of the individual consignment must also be specified there.

There is a symbol for the two weight levels to be marked on the consignment label, which is available in our download area.
Please note the following requirements when attaching the symbol to the label:

Position: Imprint to the right of the recipient:inside address, outside the address corners, aligned with the bottom edge.

Symbol size: at least 1 cm x 1 cm.

Quiet zone: at least 1 mm around the icon, 3 mm from the address corners.

About the postal law amendment (in German) Download weight marking symbol

Emission-free parcel delivery in the 1st and 2nd districts of Vienna

Along with 31 companies, GLS Austria has joined an initiative of the Wirtschaftskammer Wien and is now – as part of the “Zero Emission Transport” project – delivering all parcels in the first and second districts of Vienna emission-free.

“Of course, we welcome the Wirtschaftskammer Wien project and it feels like an obligation to participate,” says Managing Director Christian Schöninger: ”Our task is to create an organization that meets the needs of the world around us. This means that we strive to achieve our economic success in a sustainable manner and in harmony with the protection of the environment. With initiatives like this, we help making cities a better place to live for current and future generations.”

We are always on the move

Doing sports for a good cause – with our health project #GLSbewegt our employees collected thousands of kilometers through exercise, which were converted into a donation.

The aim of the initiative was not only to work out and lead a healthy and conscious lifestyle, but also to raise money for these activities. More than 240.000 kilometers were the result, which GLS converted into a donation of € 12.000.

This amount was donated to two charity organizations which were chosen by our employees: € 6.000 went to the Austrian Children’s Cancer Aid, the other € 6.000 were given to an Austrian Animal Welfare Organisation.

More than 30 years!!!

What comes to your mind when you think about the last 31 years? The commercialization of the Internet? The triumph of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Co? The 15 Olympic Games and 8 Soccer World Cups? Or is it the phones & households that have become “smart”?

Transport entrepreneur Christoph Bitschnau has different associations: “I've been with GLS since the very first day and I have never regretted even a day to date. It's been more than 30 years, unbelievable, isn't it! My daughter Cornelia and my son Daniel are now also working for our company and we all agree that my decision to work with GLS has paid off 100 percent.”

Christoph has even kept the ad that he applied for - and with which he took the leap into self-employment. That was cool, he says, and “even three decades later, I couldn’t imagine to be without the familiar atmosphere, the mutual appreciation and the great collaboration we have built up with GLS.”

Of course, we appreciate the great cooperation with our transport partner from Vorarlberg and would like to thank him for the incredible reliability! We hope and look forward to many more years and decades to come ... and just say THANK YOU!

A little support ❤

It's not a coincidence that we quite often talk about our GLS family - now, at Christmas, we've all moved even closer together to give a helping hand to our colleague and her family who have been hit hard by fate.

Our head of finance, Clemens, and our head of accounting & HR admin, Sabrina, were delighted to present Sandra with a Christmas check on behalf of the entire GLS team, which was collected during our “GLSbewegt” campaign. In addition, our colleagues across Austria were not idle as well and have also collected money at their locations - and they did that that with a lot of passion as the number of piggy banks has shown.

We wish our colleague Sandra and her daughter Anna all the best and keep our fingers crossed that everything will be just fine!

Dr. Karl Pfaff appointed CEO of GLS Group

Dr. Karl Pfaff will be appointed as GLS Group CEO effective October 01, 2023. He will take over from Martin Seidenberg, who has been appointed as Group CEO of IDS plc in August 2023. With the succession of Dr. Pfaff GLS continues to build on GLS experienced leadership.

Dr. Pfaff has a proven track record in international logistics. He joined GLS in 2014 after working for Lufthansa Group and Bain & Company. Dr. Pfaff held various positions in strategy, sales and operational management at GLS before he was appointed as CEO of GLS Germany in 2020 and became member of the GLS Group Executive Team. Currently, Dr. Pfaff is Group Area Managing Director responsible for Germany and BeNeLux.

GLS Austria wishes him all the best in his new position!

Biggest success for Team Vorarlberg in its 25-year history!

It's just sensational: Colin Stüssi wins the 84th Volta Portugal UCI 2.1!

For Team Vorarlberg it was the biggest project in the team's history: the team was invited to the Tour of Portugal and entered this mammoth twelve-day project in its best line-up. After almost 1,600 km and a lot of passion, it was official: after sensational performances Colin Stüssi was crowned winner of the Volta Portugal and Team Vorarlberg ended up in 6th place among 19 professional teams, right in the middle of the world's top again!

We are so happy for the team and congratulate them on this incredible success! Of course, we are also very proud that "our" Team Vorarlberg is such an ingenious ambassador who puts the GLS brand in the limelight in such an excellent way throughout Europe.

Photo: Team Vorarlberg

Results 84. Volta Portugal Sponsoring Team Vorarlberg

We are repeaters ...

... and again, certified as "Great Place to Work"!

Of course, we know that we have the best employees. The fact that they enjoy working for us and express their trust makes us proud and encourages us to continue to do everything we can to be the workplace they expect.

We are incredibly excited to be a certified Great Place to Work again. And that's the way it should stay.

We are always on the move

Doing sports for a good cause – with our health project #GLSbewegt our employees collected thousands of kilometers through exercise, which were converted into a donation.

Helping where help is needed

We help exactly where help is needed and that's why we have decided to become a LICHT INS DUNKEL-Emerald-partner again in 2022. Therefore, we've supported the ORF fundraising campaign with a contribution of 15.000 €.

New modern building in Kalsdorf

After eight months of construction, GLS Austria will begin operations at the largest GLS location in Styria in November 2019. The environmentally friendly depot in Kalsdorf near Graz offers plenty of space for employees and for parcel processing alike

GLS has invested some nine million euros in the new depot and its state-of-the-art equipment, which will replace the old location in Unterpremstätten. Not only is the handling capacity increased by more than 70 percent, employees, transport partners and delivery drivers have now spacious social rooms and a modern conveyor system that increases the quality of work.