Tag: Spain

Spanish express market grew 9.4 pct in 2006

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

The Spanish express market grew by 9.4 pct last year, compared to 2005, reaching nearly 6.69 billion euros.

Business parcels grew by 10 pct to almost EUR 3.8 billion and industrial courier services by 8.6 pct to EUR 2.9 billion.

The better coverage of Spanish territory, the good services of consolidation companies (due the fusion and acquisition processes of express Spanish companies in 2006) and also the higher prices are one of the main reasons of the growth of this sector.

According to DBK research, “EU enlargement was a factor behind increasing international parcels and courier growth, with less trade barriers, improved transit times and cheaper shipment costs”.

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

Posted by | Jul 4, 2007 | |

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.

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MRW opens EUR 17m Barcelona hub

Posted by | Jul 4, 2007 | |

Spanish express courier MRW continues to expand fast across Iberia with the opening of a new EUR 17 million logistics hub at Barcelona.

The 13,000 sqm facility has separate parcel and mail sorting belts with nearly 200 loading bays. The company now has over 40 such hubs in Iberia, following the opening of new platforms in San Sebastian and Granada in May.

“The platforms play an important role in the logistics of the network as they are the points where different time-definite shipments converge, permitting agility and speed in the services the client is paying for,” the company said in a statement.

MRW has also opened four new franchises in Badalona (Barcelona), Alicante city, Gandía (Valencia) and Medina-Sidonia (Cádiz) over the past month, taking its total number of outlets in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar to 775, 86 of which are in Barcelona province (25 in the city).

The company is one of Spain’s fastest-growing couriers, with over 10,000 staff, 5,000 vehicles and three aircraft. Last year revenues grew 9% to EUR 564 million.

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Correos, Western and Corte Ingles launch campaign for immigrants

Posted by | Jul 4, 2007 | |

Correos, Western Union and “El Corte Ingles” (Spanish retail store) are launching a campaign during July and August for the Argentinian and Uruguayan people living in Spain. The purpose of the campaign is to facilitate the remittance of money.

Each customer who sends money to Uruguay and Argentina in one of the 250 offices will gain a typical tea and dessert from these countries.

The Spanish government estimates that there are around 4 million immigrants in Spain and around 120,000 from Argentina and Uruguay.

In 1999, Correos signed an agreement with Western Union to include money transfers in its 2,124 office networks.

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Asociación Española de Empresas de Mensajería partnering with UKIP Media & Events

Posted by | Jun 29, 2007 | |

The spanish association of couriers companies (“Asociación Española de Empresas de Mensajería – AEM” ) signed an agreement with the British company UKIP Media & Events for the organization of the Courier and Parcel Logistics Expo 2007. The international fair, in its second edition, will be healed in Barcelona during the 2, 3 and 4 October of this year.

The event will be in parallel to the 11 edition of Post Expo, which includes an exhibition zone for the operators and suppliers of the delivery mail and courier sector and auditorium, where experts of the sector will present different conferences regarding the evolution and trends of the delivery mail and courier sector.

The decision of organizing the Courier and Parcel Logistics Expo 2007 in Spain represents an opportunity for the delivery mail and courier sector and also the recognition of the AEM work in its 24 years of history.

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