Brazil Abril Group Group acquired Total Express Courier

To logistics department for business expansion, Brazil's largest media Group Abril Group one of the recent acquisition of the local Express company Total Express, the purchase price has not been disclosed.

Abril Group subsidiaries DGB (business logistics distribution business) Total Express company bought 90% of the shares in the other 10% of the shares still by Total Express founder Marcos Monteiro hold.

The acquisition is the second Abril Group to the logistics distribution field expansion. Early November 2011, DGB established a new company Entrega Facil, orientation in the Brazilian market than 4000 e-commerce sites, these sites can bring more than 15 billion reais a year of income.

DGB business director Fernando Mathias says, Entrega Facil and Total Express will soon began to explore other market orientation and service. Part of the business integration (for example and electronic commerce fusion), for Entrega Facil into express market and other logistics project provides the opportunity.

Mathias think, the purchase, help to extend its network and DGB use specific shortcut, improve its in all the cities of delivery of the frequency, strengthen cargo tracking tools function. In 2012 the company is expected to deliver the ability to from the current 50000 per day to 200000 pieces a raise.

Total Express was established in 1993, we focus on the package and light freight market. The company through the branches and agency service Brazil in 800 major city, and in major cities offer 24 hours service delivery.