Colis Privé expands last-mile delivery business into Spain and Portugal

Global freight middleman Ceva Logistics has completed the acquisition of couriers Paack Iberia and Paack France for integration into Colis Privé, its European last-mile delivery business. About 490 employees will join Colis Privé through the transaction, which aims to strengthen the company’s domestic network in France while enabling it to expand into Spain and Portugal, two fast-growing e-commerce markets, the company announced last week. Ceva Logistics, part of France-based conglomerate CMA CGM, originally announced the deal in late June . Paack supports retailers with an extensive delivery network (82 transfer centers and more than 5,000 active pickup points) in the Iberian peninsula and six urban delivery stations in France, bringing packages to individual residences as well as out-of-home delivery points. Based in the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, Colis Privé relies on a national network of 56 sorting hubs and operational centers, as well as approximately 5,000 delivery drivers, to deliver parcels across France every day.