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The logistic group Belgian H.Essers has bought the Huktra compatriot
The company is specialized in the intermodal transport of liquid and solid bulk and polverulenti materials
March 2, 2018
, society with center to Zeebrugge that is specialized in liquid and the intermodal solid bulk transport and of polverulenti materials and has offices in the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. H.Essers has explained that the acquisition is online with the ulterior expansion of own activity in the segment of strategic market of the chemical industry.
Huktra, that container has a fleet of 897 reservior for the transport of chemicals, has about 50 dependent and records a annual turnover of 50 million euros. To Zeebrugge Huktra it has an own center of maintenance of 20 thousand square metres. Between the main customers of the society they figure the primary companies BASF chemistries, Eastman and Repsol.
With the acquisition the H.Essers, that it is present in various European nations between which Italy, with an office to Siziano (Pavia), let alone to Dubay and in South America, has widened own Network to Spain and the United Kingdom. "Today - it has emphasized the managing director of H.Essers, Gert Bervoets - our company has 71 offices in 17 Countries. On a national level - it has specified - the acquisition arranges perfectly with the realization of our trimodale center for chemistry H.Essers Dry Port Genk (hub to Genk in which the company has invested in the first phase 17 million euros on a total of 80 million previewed, ndr), of which slid friday is celebrated the inauguration, and to our investments in the modernization of our site to Wilrijk, with its terminal for containers tank and a system for the filling of the container to the vanguard. This us allows the constant improvement of our turned complete solutions with our customers in the field of chemistry".
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