Drone delivery continues to be just a well-publicized dream inside US, but global logistics and delivery giant DHL has announced that it's going to invest $16.3 million across it’s business segments in India. The investment will concentrate on bringing technology to the business, including drones for deliveries and managing logistics.
The DHL Asia Pacific Innovation Centre was published in India yesterday, and Matthias Heutger, SVP of strategy marketing and development, spoke to attendees. Check DJI Phantom 3 review page. “We are paying for all divisions in India…The utilization of drones inside delivering and managing logistics has grown increasingly important globally, especially inside remote and disaster hit areas,” he told the IndiaTimes.
While India has discussed drone regulation,until now the regulations remain open for commercial applications of drones. With industry booming for delivery and logistics businesses like DHL, India seems an organic place to implement the technologies. DHL reports how the Indian logistics marketplace is growing at exceeding 10% annually, while DHL is increasing its supply chain business at 25 -30% annually.
“With our emerging markets supposed to generate 30 per-cent of DHL global revenue by 2020, our sustained industry leadership demands that any of us successfully differentiate our services of these markets through well-calculated forays into technology, processes and products,” said Bill Meahl, Chief Commercial Officers.
The announcement that DHL is likely to make significant investments in bringing drones to India happens the heels of Amazon’s announcement that it is drone delivery technology is functioning, even though it is currently prevented from any implementation plans because of regulations inside US. Google, Walmart along with major retailers have developed drone delivery technology, but might have to introduce them overseas prior to the FAA allows widespread commercial applications from the US.
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