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French President Emmanuel Macron has thanked Polish delivery giant InPost for its latest investment in France, where the firm is planning to spend a further €500 million (2.1 billion zloty) to expand its presence.
“InPost chooses France,” wrote Macron on social media, adding “dziękuję”, meaning “thank you” in Polish. He described the Polish firm, which has pioneered the use of parcel delivery lockers in Europe, as the “first European platform for self-service delivery”.
Dziś ogłosiliśmy że nasza inwestycja we Francji wzrośnie w najbliższym czasie z 900 M EUR do 1,4 miliarda EUR.Wzmocni to pozycję @InPostPL jako największego polskiego inwestora w tym kraju n
Reakcja Prezydenta 7 gospodarki Świata ? Komentarz zbędny…❤️🇵🇱🇫🇷 https://t.co/L0TxQd6WJ7— Rafał Brzoska (@RBrzoska) June 1, 2026
The development marks the latest step in InPost’s expansion into western Europe. The firm already operates over 9,000 parcel lockers in France through its subsidiary Mondial Relay, which it acquired in 2021.
InPost has so far invested €900 million in its French operations. The newly announced investment will bring that figure to €1.4 billion by 2030, “making us unquestionably the largest Polish investor in the French market”, says the company’s founder – and one of Poland’s richest people – Rafał Brzoska.
Brzoska is currently attending the Choose France investment summit at the Palace of Versailles. Speaking to Business Insider Polska, he claimed to be the only Polish businessperson invited to a dinner with Macron during the event.
InPost’s new investment will include expanding and modernising its logistics facilities in France, including sorting plants in Harnes, Troyes, Brive, and Le Mans. It will also further expand its network of delivery lockers. InPost claims the plans will create at least 750 new jobs in France.
InPost now operates in nine countries across Europe, including Spain, Italy and Belgium. In the UK, it has established a network of over 14,000 parcel lockers, including in branches of the British Post Office.
Last week, InPost launched a new line of suitcases specially designed to fit in its delivery lockers. The firm says they can be used to send baggage between the countries it operates in, saving travellers the cost of paying for checked-in baggage on flights.
In February, a consortium including American logistics giant FedEx announced that it had agreed to buy InPost in a deal that values the company at €7.8 billion. The arrangement would see the firm maintain its brand and continue to be headquartered in Poland and led by Brzoska.
In May, InPost confirmed that the public offer for the firm had formally been launched and that it expects the deal to be completed in the second half of 2026.
A consortium including FedEx has agreed to buy Polish delivery firm InPost in a deal that values the company at €7.8 billion.
The move is intended to provide FedEx with access to InPost's delivery infrastructure in Europe while helping InPost expand https://t.co/gzXTBHy8iO
— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) February 9, 2026
As Poland’s economy has boomed in recent years, the country’s firms have increasingly looked to invest and expand abroad.
Alongside InPost, other recent examples include train and tram manufacturer Pesa, which acquired German rival HeiterBlick, and electronics firm Vigo Photonics, which bought American competitor InfraRed Associates.
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Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland. He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications, including Foreign Policy, POLITICO Europe, EUobserver and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
