Acquisitions – Move it magazine

24th March 202224th March 2022

Wallenius Wilhelmsen acquires ALS

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has just announced the acquisition of ALS, the European non-asset specialist logistics provider offering solutions for oversized, abnormal, exceptional and heavy lift cargo shipments by road, rail, air and sea. With the full acquisition of ALS, Wallenius Wilhelmsen builds a stronger asset-light capability to expand and complement its asset-based services and offer full …

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25th February 202225th February 2022

Blue Water acquires Guyana-based Falcon Logistics

Blue Water acquired the Guyana-owned and operated Falcon Logistics Inc. The international transport and logistics company handles large volumes of cargo for the Oil and Gas sector into Guyana and with the acquisition of Falcon, the company has expanded the range of services to include shore base, warehousing, trucking, laydown management, heavy haulage and lifting project-related …

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5th January 20225th January 2022

Magna Tyres acquires Polish tyre dealer

The Dutch manufacturer Magna Tyres has acquired the Polish tyre dealer Industra Ltd. Financial. The company works with three product categories: industrial tyres (from forklifts to port handling machines), tyres for earthmoving machinery and the agricultural sector (tyres, wheels and tracks). With this acquisition, together with existing structures of Magna Tyres Poland Sp. z o.o., …

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3rd January 20223rd January 2022

Vinci buys ACS’s energy business for €4.9 billion

Vinci has completed the purchase of ACS’s energy business (Cobra IS) after announcing the agreement on 1 April 2021. The acquisition covers most of the contracting business of the ACS Industrial Services division; 9 greenfield concession projects under development or construction, mainly electrical transmission networks in Latin America as well as the renewable energy project …

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20th December 202120th December 2021

Bolloré receives an offer from MSC to acquire Bolloré Africa Logistics

The Bolloré Group has received an offer from the MSC Group to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities in Africa, on the basis of an enterprise value, net of minority interests, of €5.7 billion. The Bolloré Group has granted the MSC Group an exclusivity until …

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20th December 202120th December 2021

Magna Tyres Group acquires Fennell Tyres International

Magna Tyres Group acquires the Australian based company Fennell Tyres International. Formed in 2005 including current director’s Aldo Gismondi and Bruce Walker, Fennell Tyres International provides on-site earthmover and Truck tyre services for mining, transport and civil contracting operations and equipment. Magna Tyres’ main goal is to strengthen its position worldwide. The acquisition provides additional …

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4th November 20214th November 2021

Wiesbauer opts for new AC 100-4L all terrain crane

Wiesbauer has added a new AC 100-4L all terrain crane to its fleet. “It’s almost as if the AC 100-4L* had been designed specifically for our jobs in the Stuttgart metropolitan area. With its compact design, it can get to places that are simply out of reach for other cranes,” explained Gerhard Füssinger, the manager …

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2nd November 20202nd November 2020

Collett adds two new Volvo Fassi Crane Vehicles to its fleet

Collett have added two new Volvo FH 8x4 tractor units, each fitted with a Fassi F1150RA crane, to its expanding lorry loader fleet. These two brand new Volvo FH 8x4 crane vehicles are fitted with state-of-the-art cranes, offering a 115 Tonne/metre lifting capacity with a maximum outreach of 16m. The 8x4 Euro 6 compliant vehicles …

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13th October 202013th October 2020

Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems invests in Scheuerle

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has acquired SPMT axle lines from Scheuerle in order to efficiently handle the in-house transportation of boat sections. The purchase was preceded by a detailed market analysis of self-propelled transport modules providers for transporting high payloads. The self-propelled SPMTs from Scheuerle are versatile, high-performance transport solutions for the most difficult of assignments. …

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16th June 202016th June 2020

CEVA Logistics expands in Africa

CEVA Logistics is launching a three-part expansion plan for the African market with the aim to become one of the leading, continent-wide market player. The logistics solutions provider is accelerating its expansion in East and Southern Africa with the acquisition of AMI Worldwide, a third-party logistics provider which has more than 100 years of expertise …

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