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GeoPost strengthens its presence in Spain with the acquisition of SEUR-SANTANDER

Posted by | Mar 12, 2007 | |

GeoPost has just acquired the SEUR-Santander franchise (Province of Cantabria).

This operation was made possible through the joint-venture SEUR GeoPost (60% held by GeoPost SA and 40% by SEUR SA), which has a turnover for a full 12 months in excess of euro230 million.

Located in the Cantabria region, Northern Spain, the Santander franchise, employs around 80 people, and has a turnover of almost euro7 million per year.

“This acquisition strengthens SEUR GeoPost’s position in Northern Spain” explains Yves Delmas, CEO of SEUR GeoPost. Following the acquisition of a series of franchises since 2004, SEUR GeoPost now manages eight franchises in Spain: Madrid, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Soria, Gerona, Baix de Llobregat, Granollers and, recently, Santander. With the acquisition of the Santander franchise GeoPost raises its stake to 19.6%.in its partner’s capital, SEUR
Spain therefore asserts its position as one of key players of the GeoPost group’s development in Southern Europe.

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Mex opens new branches in Spain

Posted by | Jan 29, 2007 | |

Spanish courier Mex has opened 14 new branches in the last two months as part of a major expansion drive across Spain, taking its total number of outlets to over 200.

The carrier, fifth in the Spanish express market behind DHL, Seur, MRW and TNT, according to the journal “Logística, Paquetería y Almacenaje”, opened five new agencies in Barcelona, four in Valencia and one each in Madrid, Seville, Zamora, Vizcaya and Tarragona. It now has 32 and 28 outlets, respectively, in the Barcelona and Madrid regions.

Mex totalled revenues of EUR 171 million in 2005, 16% up on the previous year and said it increased its number of new clients by 20%. It founded in 1982 as Mundiexpress, changing its name in 1996 to Grupo Mex as it launched franchises throughout the country.

The carrier has 1,650 employees, over 1,000 vehicles and small aircraft, and in December signed up for international deliveries with Sky Net, which in Spain ships out of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

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Spain's Nacex expands Portuguese services

Posted by | Jan 9, 2007 | |

Spanish express company Nacex is improving its distribution in Portugal by expanding daily services and increasing geographical coverage to cover the whole country, including the islands of Azores and Madeira.

The three mainland services consist of next-day, door-to-door delivery before 10.30, within a 30km radius of one of its now 24 agencies spread across the country, and before 13.00 or 19.00 within a 100km radius.

Delivery times to Madeira vary between 24 and 48 hours, and transit to the Azores is estimated at 72 hours. The island services have the same tariff as the Portugal 10.30, subject to weight supplements.

Nacex has been part of Grupo Logísta, which also has subsidiaries in France, Italy and Portugal, since 2002, and only first formed 11 years ago.

Since then the carrier has expanded and now says it can deal with 60,000 items an hour through 275 agencies, 18 Spanish hubs, 1,170 vehicles and over 2000 staff.

Nacex is the sixth leading express company in Spain, behind DHL, Seur, MRW, TNT and Mex, according to the trade magazine Logística, Paquetería y Almacenaje.

In 2005, the company increased revenues by 21.5% on the previous year to EUR 164 million and, in the first quarter of 2006, registered a 12% rise in volume of items transported compared to the same period in 2005.

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Spanish express market forecast to grow 8.2% this year

Posted by | Oct 20, 2006 | |

Spain’s courier and parcels market is expanding rapidly, forecast to increase by 8.2% this year to euro6.6 billion following a 7% rise in revenues in 2005 and over 9% the year before.

The expansion is due to strong industrial output, the internationalisation of trade and an electronic commerce boom, say Spanish researchers DBK.

Business parcels overall grew 8.6% last year and industrial packages by 5.1%. International parcel deliveries were up, for the industrial sector by over 10% and the business sector by 8%.

Seur, MRW, DHL, Iberia TNT and MEX are the main players with a combined market share of almost half. Over 5,300 companies registered to collect and deliver mail, 7% up on 2004, according to the study.

“The most dynamic growth corresponded to business parcels, stimulated by good performance by the private sector,” the report says.

“Geographical coverage by the main players is growing all the time, the expansion often based on the development of franchise networks and alliances between operators.”

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Seur opens new Lisbon head office

Posted by | Oct 16, 2006 | |

Seur, the Spanish express company, has opened a new head office in Portugal with a EUR 10 million investment. The new Lisbon facility covers 40,000 sqm, including 11,000 sqm of office space.

The company, with nine outlets throughout Portugal, aims to extend its leadership of cross-border traffic between Spain and Portugal, and secure its position as number two in Portugal behind national postal company Correios. Seur hopes to increase Portugal revenues by 16% to some euro35 million this year.

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