History
- 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 Liège 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.
- 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.
- March 2012 – United Parcel Service (UPS) announces its intention to buy TNT Express.
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