Romanian private postal services operator Total Post will expand its distribution network in Romania with 31 new units in the counties of lfov, Argeș, Galați, Buzău, Ialomița, Olt, Covasna, Brașov, Dâmbovița and Vâlcea. The company managed to sign two important contracts with clients in the utilities and the telecom areas, which will bring an additional 17 million deliveries a year.

Total Post will hire 180 new postal workers, which is a 20 percent increase the company's staff. “As expected the postal services market liberalization led to an increase in competition, as well as to many tenders from private companies searching for postal services,” said Dan Rosu, Total Post's development director.

Total Post increased its turnover by three times in 2012 on the year before, to over EUR 7.7 million, from around EUR 2.5 million in 2011. The company increased its number of customers by 60 percent year-on-year, and reached a portfolio of over 200 companies, among which UPC, BCR, CEC Bank, UniCredit Tiriac Bank, Apa Nova.

Last year, Total Post delivered 43 million letters, a four-fold increase on 2011, and hopes to reach 55 million deliveries this year.

Total Post was created in 2009 and offers letter sending services. Mid last year, the Bucharest Police canceled its contracts with Total Post Services, which should have ended in 2014, as the company had been fined three times for breaching the monopoly rules on the postal services market in Romania. The Romanian Post was the only company which was allowed to send letters under RON 2 and weighing up to 50 grams, but the monopoly was lifted from the beginning of 2013.

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