It was an absolute pleasure for just over an hour to share my views with Daniel Röska and his crew at Bernstein Research for the webinar: “Bernstein Insight – Global Forwarding: The dawn of the M&A decade”.
The time came to make sure that what I said made total sense, so I duly re-listened to the...
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“You can’t start a fire – You can’t start a fire without a spark – This gun’s for hire – Even if we’re just dancin’ in the dark.” – Bruce Springsteen, 1984.
The M&A trigger. When the talk gets really serious in my circles and the blind lead the blind, three names with completely different DNA, let alone size, often come up: France’s Geodis as well as Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and Röhlig Logistics both out …
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While the big players in the 3PL arena train their crosshairs on each other, it’s easy to overlook the mid-tier in Europe’s freight forwarding market.
Among them, Germany’s fiercely-independent Röhlig Logistics, will be putting its 2018 annual report together about now.
A positive show could offer survival insights for mid-market peers, although given its previous 2017 numbers – and rumours about internal organisational changes – such a show is not guaranteed.
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