Australia Post is investing A$50 million (€40 million) in 250 parcel terminals from InPost, thefast-growing Polish private postal group, to be supplied by 2014 as part of its A$2 billion
investment in its parcels business.For the Integer.pl Group, InPost’s parent company, the contract for the easyPack 24/7self-service machines is its largest-ever business venture.
The first easyPack 24/7 machines have already installed in Melbourne with several more to berolled out in five Australian cities within a month. By December 2012, 50 parcel terminals areexpected to be deployed while another 200 will be delivered to Australia Post between February andOctober 2013.
Integer has set itself the ambitious goal of providing overall at least 1,000 parcel lockers toAustralia Post for customers to post and collect parcels.
In response to the declining market of traditional letters, Australia Post aims to become theleader in the Australian e-commerce market during the next few years. Within the next two years itwants to make the easyPack self-service parcel machines available for 80% of Australians living inmetropolitan areas within a 10-minute drive of their households.
Managing Director and CEO of Australia Post, Ahmed Fahour, said: “Currently, Australians receivemore parcels than ever before. However, bearing in mind they are hardly ever at home during theday, the traditional delivery is difficult.” Therefore, the postal operator decided to cooperatewith the Integer.pl Group. The contract with Australia Post has been signed jointly with Neopost,which has an international partnership with InPost.
Rafal Brzoska, CEO of Integer.pl, said: “Australia Post will invest more than $2 billion totransform its national logistics network, of which $50 million will be allotted for the developmentof modern courier services. It is a huge market and business achievement, especially as theAustralian e-commerce sector is characterised by dynamic growth, providing the same great prospectsfor development for us. The unquestionable Group success is that together with Neopost we will beoperationally involved in the development of one of the largest logistics networks in the postaland courier market.”
Australia is one of ten countries including Chile, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain,Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia to deploy easyPack terminals. Through the deal with theglobal private equity fund, PineBridge Investments, InPost will double its easyPack machinesnetwork by the end of 2012. By the end of 2016, it expects to have installed about 16,000 machinesin almost all European countries.
Integer.pl Group plans to spend PLN 40-80 million (€9.6-19.3 million) on the development ofeasyPack machines service by the end of 2012 while the nearly five-year international expansionproject is estimated to cost €300 million. Through some strategic investments implemented oninternational markets, the Integer.pl Group revenues from foreign projects are expected to reach€20-40 million over the next few years.
