SHANGHAI, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTO Express
(Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO) ("ZTO" or the "Company"), a leading
express delivery company in China, today announced that it
successfully completed its first trial delivery using a drone in an
industrial park in Zhejiang
Province.
The drone, developed by a domestic drone producer and custom
designed for ZTO, flew 14.0 kilometers (8.7 miles) from ZTO's
sorting facility in Le Qing county, Zhejiang Province to the office building of an
enterprise customer located in an economic development park in the
same county. The drone used in the trial delivery has a maximum
range of 30.0 kilometers (18.6 miles), is equipped with a 25-liter
(6.6 gallon) container, a maximum load carrying capacity of 10.0 kg
(22.0 pounds) and is preprogrammed to fly to its destination and
does not require a remote control.
"Drone delivery is an innovative new application of technology
that we are developing to further optimize and increase the
efficiency of last-mile delivery," commented Mr. Meisong Lai, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
of ZTO. "This test successfully demonstrated that we can shave 60%
off our traditional delivery times using drones. Using traditional
ground transportation, this delivery would have taken approximately
50 minutes when taking traffic conditions, gate checks, wait times
for elevators, etc., into consideration. We were able to do this in
less than 20 minutes using a drone. We believe that drones can be
best used for the delivery of parcels to rural areas in the future
as they can improve accessibility, ease labor shortages, and reduce
logistical costs and delivery time of the entire network."
About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO) ("ZTO" or the "Company")
is a leading express delivery company in China and one of the largest express delivery
companies globally, in terms of total parcel volume in 2016. ZTO
provides express delivery service as well as other value-added
logistics services through its extensive and reliable nationwide
network coverage in China.
ZTO operates a highly scalable network partner model, which the
Company believes is best suited to support the significant growth
of e-commerce in China. The
Company leverages its network partners to provide pickup and
last-mile delivery services, while controlling the mission-critical
line-haul transportation and sorting network within the express
delivery service value chain.
For more information, please visit http://ir.zto.com.
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except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
ZTO
Ms. Sophie Li
Investor Relations Director
E-mail: ir@zto.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
Phone: +86-10- 5900-1548
E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com
In US
Mr. Tip Fleming
Phone: +1-917-412-3333
Email: tfleming@Christensenir.com
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