Main Milestones
1980
Mail Boxes Etc. starts in San Diego, California
1993
Graziano Fiorelli becomes MBE Master Licensee for Italy
2000
We establish a direct presence in Spain with Mail Boxes Etc.
2001
We establish a direct presence in Germany with Mail Boxes Etc.
2009
We form MBE Worldwide to acquire Mail Boxes Etc. from UPS (except business in U.S. and Canada)
2012
We establish a direct presence in France with Mail Boxes Etc.
2014
We establish a direct presence in Poland with Mail Boxes Etc.
2017
We acquire Spedingo.com in Italy and PostNet and AlphaGraphics in the US
2018
We acquire majority ownership in existing Mail Boxes Etc. Network Partners, creating a directly operated Centers channel
2019
We acquire PrintSpeak in Australia
2020
We sign the agreement with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. to acquire up to a 40% ownership interest in MBE Worldwide via a restricted capital increase in order to support additional growth
2021
We acquire PrestaShop, Multicopy in the Netherlands and PACK & SEND in Australia. We establish a direct presence in the UK with Mail Boxes Etc.
2022
We acquire World Options brand, with a direct presence in the UK and the US
2023
We establish a direct presence in UK and New Zealand with PACK & SEND
2024
We launched “Fortidia” as our new Group branding.
2025
We establish a direct presence in Mexico with Mail Boxes Etc. We acquire a majority stake in Kwik Kopy Australia and ParcelValue in Italy
2026
BC Partners acquires a majority stake in the Group. PrestaShop exits the Group following its acquisition by cyber_Folks. We establish a direct presence in Southeast Europe with Mail Boxes Etc.