Infos Transport (Patrice Salini)

Communiqué de DPWN : Bonn, 28 September 2004 Deutsche Post expands in Spanish mail market ______________________________________________ Acquisition of 38 percent in Spain's biggest mail service provider Unipost / Another milestone in the European mail business Deutsche Post is buying a stake of about 38 percent in Spanish mail service provider Unipost. The Barcelona based company is the major private mail service provider in the Spanish mail market and specializes in national business mail consignments. With this acquisition, Deutsche Post continues its strategy of entering national mail markets abroad. Unipost bundles Spain's most important private mail providers and boasts a comprehensive franchise and partner network. Unipost operates more than 58 production sites across Spain where 2,000 own staff and another 2,000 employees of independent partner companies process more than two million consignments a day, which are delivered to more than 1,280 places. Uni...