Milan, Italy: Walden Group has acquired two Italian companies: XCM Healthcare, a logistics provder, and Unitex, a temperature-controlled last-mile healthcare delivery service. Italy is the third European country where Walden has expanded: it previously entered Romania and Germany and plans further expansion. Unitex has two hubs, Milan and Naples, providing national coverage through twenty-four regional depots. …
Wincanton, UK: The Wincanton board of directors is backing a £762m takeover offer from GXO in the latest twist in a bidding war for the company. Wincanton said that directors intended to recommend unanimously an offer of 605p a share made by GXO. As a result, the board is withdrawing its support for an “increased …
Bremerhaven, Germany: Lineage is developing a new 19,000 sq metre site in Bremerhaven, Germany within the heart of the food industry at Fischereihafen. The new Bremerhaven site is expected to have direct access to a quay to handle multi modal deliveries. “We are delighted to announce the ongoing development of our latest facility in Bremerhaven, which …
Brisbane, Australia: Petit Forestier Group has acquired Eurocold, an Australian refrigerated vehicle rental business. In December last year Petit Forestier Group bought Freezerent, a Birmingham, UK light refrigerated vehicles renter.
Schindellegi, Switzerland: Logistics group Kuehne+Nagel has reported a drop in turnover of almost 40% for 2023, saying that it was a “challenging year”. The group has published its full year financial results for 2023 which revealed that net turnover fell from 39.4bn Swiss francs (£35.2bn) in 2002 to 24bn Swiss francs (£21.5bn) in 2023. The …
Lusaka, Zambia: Transaid supporters Samworth Brothers Supply Chain, and Fagan and Whalley, have donated two trucks to boost driver training in Zambia. The trucks were serviced and fitted with the cameras and telematics systems, donated by Brigade Electronics and Microlise, to help Transaid train hundreds of new and existing truck drivers in Zambia as part …
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Bridgestone Mobility Solutions is collaborating with Bosch, to offer integrated mobility services to fleet customers. As part of the collaboration, Webfleet joins Bosch’s Logistics Operating System L.OS, to offer additional services with the Webfleet fleet management platform.The goal is to connect different services and systems into a uniform systems for businesses to run …
Easton Properties Limited, part of the wider Sadel Group, has submitted plans to regenerate part of the brownfield site off Burton Lane in South Kesteven. The plans outline the intention to bring food production back to the area with a modern food production facility and supporting facilities to enable both food waste reduction and the …
Sherborne, UK: Hunt’s Food Group has taken delivery of its first tractor fitted with Carrier Transicold’s Eco-Drive and three 15.5m variable deck longer-trailers, all with Carrier Vector HE 19 MT fridges. The addition of the new Gray & Adams trailers means that 12 of the company’s 13 trailers are Carrier-cooled. Hunt’s can carry more payload …
Alsace, France: Bolloré Logistics’ contract logistics subsidiary, Bolloré Solutions Logistiques has acquired Stef Logistique Santé to grow its contract logistics business in France and strengthen its presence in the pharmaceutical industry. Stef Logistique Santé, the healthcare subsidiary of France-based Stef Group, has three sites in Strasbourg (Port du Rhin). As a result of the acquisition, …
Wincanton, UK: US-based GXO has made a formal 605p-a-share cash offer for Wincanton and given more details about the deal in a stock exchange statement issued today. The deal values Wincanton at £762m or £764m including debts. This dwarfs the other bid for Wincanton from Ceva Logistics – part of French shipping specialist CMA CGM …
Wincanton, UK: US-based GXO has approached Wincanton about a possible takeover offer that would derail an agreed bid from France’s Ceva Logistics. GXO, which bought Clipper Logistics in 2022 in a deal worth close to £1bn, has, according to several media reports, approached Wincanton about a potential offer, a move that would threaten a rival …
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