en.Wedoany.com Reported - Belgian logistics company Ziegler has declared bankruptcy, and its seven sites in Belgium have been taken over by competitor Transuniverse Forwarding. The transaction involves Ziegler's facilities in Alost, Antwerp, Brussels Expo, Kontich, Rekkem (L.A.R.), Welkenraedt, and Zeebrugge, and is considered the majority of Ziegler's Belgian operations. Frank Adins, President and founder of Transuniverse, stated that the company will thus become one of the main independent players in the Belgian customs sector. After the integration, Transuniverse's turnover is expected to increase by more than a third, from approximately 100 million euros to 135 million euros. Its warehousing and logistics space will exceed 75,000 square meters, and its fleet size will also expand. Most of the original employees have been retained, with dozens joining Transuniverse.

Transuniverse, headquartered in Wondelgem near Ghent, plans to leverage this acquisition to achieve numerous synergies. For example, it will use the Welkenraedt site as a transshipment platform for customers in Limbourg and Wallonia to access Germany, Central, and Eastern Europe, thereby bypassing traffic congestion in the Antwerp region. Transuniverse has subsidiaries in France, Morocco, and Romania, with services covering Europe, the Maghreb, Turkey, and the Middle East. Combined with other takeover projects (Van Moer and Intertrans), this transaction saves a total of 282 out of 415 jobs at Ziegler Belgium (Ziegler SA, Intertrans, Dornach, and Universal Express).

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