Spain's Unipost announced sales of EUR 89 million in 2006

Unipost, the main postal competitor in Spain to Correos , reported sales of EUR 89 million for last year, up 13 pct on 2005.

The company, 37.8 pct owned by Deutsche Post, processed 513 million items of mail during 2006, 11.5 pct more than the year before.

Some 6 pct of business came from the international channel, through DHL Global Mail. The company did not release earnings figures in a statement to the Spanish media.

Pablo Raventós, managing director, said exploiting the potential of direct marketing services and increasing the level of international business should see Unipost reach sales of EUR 100 million in 2007.

The company claims over 15,000 customers in all sectors and a network of 185 facilities and staff of 4,200.

Unipost was set up six years ago, a merger of regional postal operators in Barcelona, Valencia and Zaragoza.

Since 2001, it has achieved annual growth of 15pct per year and now delivers over two million items a day throughout the country.