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                          Transportation
                          & Logistics
                          What's up in your
15. February 2018
                          market – a focus
                          on deals activity
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Urgent Cargus            Romanian courier company Urgent Cargus could launch an initial public
could be listed          offering if direct sale talks fail, the Romanian-language daily Ziarul
(translated)             Financiar reported. The item quoted a management source at Abris
                         Capital, the private equity house which owns the company. In January,
                         Warburg Pincus pulled out of the bidding race, leaving Mid Europa
                         Partners and Hungarian Post as potential buyers for the EUR 150m
                         worth courier company, as reported by Romanian news portal
                         mirsanu.ro. Rothschild handles Abris’s exit, as reported. Urgent Cargus
                         generated a turnover of EUR 85m last year, according to Ziarul
                         Financiar.

                          15.02.2018 Ziarul Financiar
                          24.01.2018 Mirsanu.ro
                                      Mirsanu.ro
Prins Transport          Prins Transport, a Dutch specialist in the transportation of chilled and
acquired by Müller       frozen food products, has been acquired by compatriot industry peer
Fresh Food               Müller Fresh Food Logistics, Het Financieele Dagblad reported. The
Logistics                newspaper cited an announcement made by Müller. Financial details of
(translated)             the transaction were not mentioned. Prins Transport is a family-owned
                         company based in Lekkerkerk. Its turnover is EUR 13m and the
                         company has 100 employees, the Dutch-language daily said. The
                         acquisition will see revenue of Müller raise to almost EUR 85m and its
                         staff to 800, according to the business daily. The company is based in
                         Holten.

                          12.02.2018 Het Financieele Dagblad
TransContainer           Enisey Capital is interested in acquiring a 50% stake in Russian
suitor Enisey            intermodal container operator TransContainer from RZD, but all will
Capital interested in    depend on the terms of the auction, a Russian newswire reported. For
50% stake                the information, the Prime report quoted Alexander Abramov, a co-
acquisition from         owner of Enisey Capital, speaking on 9 February at the sidelines of the
RZD (translated)         Russian Business Week. Enisey Capital is affiliated with Russian
                         entrepreneurs Roman Abramovich and Alexander Abramov, the item
                         reported. The Russian newspaper RBK Daily first reported that Enisey
                         Capital plans to participate in the privatisation of the controlling stake in
                         TransContainer, citing a source close to one of the bidders for the asset,
                         and a source close to Russian state-run railway operator RZD —
                         TransContainer ‘s controlling shareholder. According to the sources,
                         Enisey Capital is preparing to conduct due diligence of TransContainer.
                         The item reported that in December 2017, Enisey Capital had acquired a
                         24.5% stake in TransContainer from non-state pension fund NPF
                         Blagosostoyanie.

                          12.02.2018 Prime
                          09.02.2018 RBK Daily
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Italo bidder GIP         ITALO – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A. (“Italo” or the “Company”)
raises offer to about    announced that the shareholders indicated below have decided to accept
EUR 2bn - NTV BoD        the offer received from Global Infrastructure Partners III funds (“GIP”)
accepts offer; IPO       – international infrastructure investor which manages approximately
prospectus will be       USD 40bn for its investors – for the purchase of the entire share capital
withdrawn                of Italo (the “Offer”). A Board of Directors’ meeting has thus been called
                         tomorrow morning in order to acknowledge the aforementioned and,
                         consequently, proceed with the withdrawal of its application for the
                         publication of the Listing prospectus filed with Consob and for the
                         admission to listing of Italo’s shares filed with Borsa Italiana. The Offer
                         concerns 100% of the share capital at an equity value of EUR 1.940bn.
                         Furthermore, the offer includes the right of the current shareholders of
                         ITALO to receive the EUR 30m dividend resolved upon by the
                         Company’s shareholders’ meeting on January 19, 2018 and it foresees
                         that the Company incurs expenses in connection with the interrupted
                         listing process for an amount up to EUR 10m, therefore bringing the
                         total value of the transaction at EUR 1.98bn; provides that the sale and
                         purchase agreement enclosed therein shall be entered into by February
                         11, 2018, it being understood that closing of the transaction is
                         conditional upon the obtainment of the antitrust authorizations
                         prescribed by law; confirms the option granted to its recipients to
                         reinvest up to 25% of the proceeds from the sale at the same conditions
                         applied to GIP in the context of the purchase. The option can be
                         exercised by one or more recipients of the offer, without prejudice to the
                         maximum limit of 25%. Earlier on, Reuters reported that Global
                         Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has increased its bid for the Italian railway
                         company to about EUR 2bn (USD 2.44bn), citing a source familiar with
                         the matter speaking on Wednesday for the information. GIP, had
                         initially offered EUR 1.9bn for Italo, excluding debt, the item said. Italo’s
                         board had met on Wednesday to discuss the initial bid from GIP, the
                         article continued. However, the board suspended the meeting when it
                         received GIP’s improved offer to allow shareholders an opportunity to
                         accept the bid or reject it, the source said. Italo had been planning to list
                         a stake of up to 40% on the Milan stock exchange by the end of
                         February, the item noted. In January, Il Sole 24 Ore reported that NTV,
                         has carried out a pre-filing for its IPO with Italy's securities regulator,
                         Consob. The unsourced report said that the aim of the pre-filing is to
                         speed up the timetable of the IPO.

                          19.01.2018 Il Sole 24 Ore
                          07.02.2018 Company Press Release*
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Transeich                Brazilian logistics company BBM Logística has agreed to acquire
Armazens,                Transeich Armazéns Gerais and Transeich Assessoria e Transportes
Transeich                from Kuehne + Nagel Serviços Logísticos, according to a public case
Assessoria to be         filing. The merger filing appeared in the 1 February edition of the
acquired by BBM          Federal Register. The Brazil-based Transeich companies are wholly-
Logistica from           owned indirect subsidiaries of Swiss transport and logistics company
Kuehne + Nagel           Kuehne & Nagel International, the filing said. Transeich Assessoria
                         provides road freight services, and Transeich Armazéns provides dry
                         cargo storage services through a warehouse located in Rio Grande do Sul
                         state, according to the filing. The deal is subject to CADE’s approval.

                          02.02.2018 Regulatory Authority Press Release (Translated)
Redyser Transporte       Royal Mail plc today announces that General Logistics Systems (GLS)
acquired by Royal        has acquired the Spanish express parcels delivery company, Redyser
Mail's General           Transporte (Redyser). Redyser will further enhance GLS Spain's
Logistics Systems        domestic offering and strengthen our position as Spain's second biggest
for EUR 16.5m            express parcels network following our acquisition of ASM Transporte
                         Urgente in June 2016. Headquartered in Murcia, Spain, Redyser
                         predominantly serves the express parcels segment delivering around 14
                         million parcels annually. It operates through a network of over 200
                         agencies and franchises and 12 own operated sites in Spain's main cities.
                         The total consideration paid for 100% of the shares in Redyser is EUR
                         16.5m (approximately GBP 14.5m). Redyser generated revenue of
                         approximately EUR 45m in the year ended 31 December 2017. Redyser
                         will be consolidated within our existing Spanish operations.

                          01.02.2018 Stock Exchange Announcement(s)
Thermo-Transit           Lithuanian transportation and logistics group Girteka Logistics has
acquired by Girteka      acquired the remaining 60% stake in Danish transport company
Logistics                Thermo-Transit for an undisclosed consideration to become its sole
(translated)             owner, Verslo Zinios reported. The Lithuanian-language report cited
                         Paulius Dambrauskas, Chief Operations Officer at Girteka, for the
                         information. The more than EUR 100m-turnover Thermo-Transit
                         employs around 600 staff and has offices in Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
                         Poland, and Germany, the item said. Girteka acquired an initial 40%
                         stake in Thermo-Transit in November 2015, as reported.

                          31.01.2018 Verslo Zinios
Aeroexpress suitors      Russian entrepreneurs Iskander Makhmudov and Andrei Bokarev have
Iskander                 increased their ownership in Russian railway operator Aeroexpress,
Makhmudov,               Russian-language newswire Interfax reported on 30 January in an
Andrei Bokarev           article republished on Vedomosti website. The ownership was increased
increase ownership       through the acquisition of AE-Invest, according to the report. Citing the
through AE-Invest        database from business information service Spark-Interfax, the item
acquisition              reported that Makhmudov and Bokarev became the owners of 70% and
(translated)             30% stakes in AE-Invest, respectively. The 100% stake in AE-Invest was
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                         put up for sale by Delta-Trans-Invest. The item reported that ownership
                         changes took place on 24 January. AE-Invest owns a 12.5% stake in
                         Aeroexpress, which it acquired from the company in September 2017. As
                         a result of the acquisition of AE-Invest, Makhmudov and Bokarev
                         acquired also the above mentioned 12.5% stake in Aeroexpress, the item
                         said. Earlier, Makhmudov and Bokarev directly owned a 17.5% and 7.5%
                         stake, respectively, in Aeroexpress. As a result of the transaction,
                         Makhmudov increased his ownership in Aeroexpress to 26.25% and
                         Bokarev to a 11.25% stake, the item reported. According to the report,
                         Delta-Trans-Invest now owns a 33.34% stake in Aeroexpress. Russian
                         daily Kommersant also reported this development today, noting that as a
                         result of the ownership changes, the two businessmen jointly own a
                         37.5% stake in Aeroexpress. One expert cited in the report noted it is
                         likely that in the future, the share of Bokarev and Mahmudov in the
                         company will increase even more. In 1H17, Aeroexpress generated RUB
                         2.9bn (USD 51.5m) and a RUB 440m under Russian accounting
                         standards RAS, Kommersant reported. Interfax also reported that
                         Aeroexpress CEO Alexey Krivoruchko owns a 4.16% stake in the
                         company. Makhmudov and Bokarev are co-owners of Russian
                         metallurgy holding company UGMK, Kommersant said.

                          31.01.2018 Interfax
Toll Collect to be       Toll Collect, the German highway toll collection firm, is to be
temporarily              temporarily nationalized, according to a newswire report. The 29
nationalized             January Reuters article cited the German transportation ministry as
                         saying the German government will take control until a new entity is
                         found to operate the business. Toll Collect is 45% held by the vehicle
                         company Daimler, while a 45% stake is in the hands of the German
                         telephony group Deutsche Telekom and a 10% stake is owned by French
                         motorway constructor Cofiroute. The ministry's spokesperson said the
                         nationalization will take place in September, after which there will be a
                         bidding process for the renewal of the operational contract, which is to
                         expire this year.

                          30.01.2018 Newswire Round-up
UVZ-Logistic: FAS        Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has allowed Invest-
allows Invest-           Logistika to acquire a 100% stake in Russian logistics operator UVZ-
Logistika to acquire     Logistic (UVZL), a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), the state-owned
100% stake               diversified machinery group, reported Kommersant. The Russian daily
(translated)             cited a corresponding statement by the FAS, the country’s antitrust
                         regulator. Invest-Logistika is owned by Alexander Samusev, the General
                         Director of UVZL, who is also the head of Pervaya Nerudnaya
                         Kompaniya (PNK) – a company belonging to Artem Chaika (the son of
                         Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika). UVZ is controlled by Russia's
                         state corporation Rostec. According to the report, the buyer promises to
                         repay the entire volume of debts and guarantees of the UVZL, which are
                         close to RUB 120bn (USD 2.13bn). UVZL has RUB 28bn (USD 497.5m)
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                         debt and RUB 90bn sureties, Rostec CEO Igor Chemezov told
                         Kommersant in an interview on 27 December, the paper reported.
                         According to the report, in February 2017, UVZ made an attempt to sell
                         UVZL to Trinfico Property Management , controlled by non-state
                         pension fund NPF Blagosostoyanie, but the deal was not approved by the
                         FAS. Afterwards, the management of UVZ announced its intention to
                         conduct a tender. Rostec and UVZ refrained from answering a question
                         whether the tender will take place, but they told Kommersant that the
                         deal with Invest-Logistika was approved by UVZ Board of Directors, and
                         it provides for full repayment of obligations and removal of sureties.
                         Despite the announced intention to hold a tender, UVZ wants to close
                         the deal as soon as possible, Kommersant also learned, citing a source
                         close to the involved parties.

                          30.01.2018 Kommersant
B&B International        B&B International, a French freight-forwarding company, has been
bought by Lyseo -        bought by transportation services group Lyseo, according to an
report (translated)      unsourced report from Capital Finance. B&B International generates
                         revenues of EUR 9m, the report mentioned.

                          29.01.2018 Capital Finance
Russkaya Troyka          Russian transportation group FESCO [MCX: FESH], has received
50% stake to be          approval from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to acquire 50%
acquired by FESCO        in container operator Russkaya Troyka, a Russian newswire reported.
(translated)             The Prime report on 25 January evening quoted a corresponding
                         statement by FAS, the Russian antitrust regulator, which approved an
                         application filed by FESCO for the above acquisition. The authorized
                         capital of Russkaya Troyka stands a RUB 944m (USD 16.7m), the report
                         said. Russkaya Troyka‘s assets stood at RUB 1.48bn (USD 26.3m) as of
                         31 December 2016, the company’s website shows.

                          29.01.2018 Prime
EuroBeta 40% stake       Heppner, the French family-owned road transport and logistics
acquired by              company, acquired 40% stake in the Spanish EuroBeta Internacional, La
Heppner                  Vanguardia reported, citing the EuroBeta co-founder Daniel Fernandez.
(translated)             The deal includes an agreement to acquire the remaining 60% of
                         EuroBeta in 2019, the Spanish-language daily said. EuroBeta, founded
                         in 1992 and based in Catalonia, specializes in the transport of parcels
                         and industrial groupage in Europe. In 2017, it had a turnover of EUR
                         7.6m. This is Heppner’s first acquisition in Spain, La Vanguardia noted.
                         In 2016, the French group reported sales of EUR 643m. EuroBeta’s
                         owners were its co-founders Jaime Huerta Garrido, managing director;
                         Daniel Fernández, assistant general manager; Ricard Andreu, traffic
                         manager; and Isabel Varela, director of administration.

                          29.01.2018 La Vanguardia
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Euroterminal             PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS, PKP Broad Gauge
Slawkow suitor PKP       Metallurgical Railway Line), the Polish company that manages the broad
LHS expects to           gauge infrastructure and offers traction service and additional logistics-
finalise acquisition     forwarding service, hopes to finalize the takeover of Polish terminal
by mid-2018              operator, Euroterminal Slawkow, by mid-2018, reported Puls Biznesu,
(translated)             quoting PKP LHS Chief Executive Zbigniew Tracichleb. PKP LHS
                         expects to begin talks within 1Q18, Tracichleb confirmed. It does not yet
                         know how much the takeover will cost, but the company has secured
                         part of the funds for the investments, according to Tracichleb. At
                         present, an 81.4% stake in Euroterminal Slawkow belongs to Grupa
                         CZH, while PKP LHS and Polish cargo operator PKP Cargo [WSE:PKP]
                         own a 9.3% stake each. Euroterminal Slawkow estimates its handling
                         capacities at almost 285,000 containers per year, the paper reported.
                         The terminal is also able to reload about 2m tons of coal, 380,000
                         tonnes of steel products and approximately 365,000 tonnes of other
                         mass goods, such as salt, biomass or grain, as well as 200,000 goods on
                         pallets. PKP LHS had previously announced it intends to allocate PLN
                         800m (USD 240.3m) for development by 2025, the report added. PKP
                         LHS, a company in the state-owned railway group PKP, is the longest in
                         Poland broad-gauge line intended for the transport of goods, its website
                         shows. It links the Polish - Ukrainian crossing border Hrubieszow / Izow
                         with Silesia and ends in Slawkow in Dabrowski Basin (Zagłębie
                         Dąbrowskie). Its length amounts almost 400 km.

                          29.01.2018 Puls Biznesu
RDIF with partners       Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth
plans tens of            fund, has announced plans to invest, jointly with partners, tens of
millions of dollars      millions of dollars in the joint venture of Yandex.Taxi and Uber, a
investment in            Russian newswire reported. The plans were announced by RDIF CEO
Yandex.Taxi/Uber         Kirill Dmitriev, speaking on the sidelines of World Economic Forum in
JV (translated)          Davos, as quoted by Interfax. RDIF plans investment in the merged
                         business of Uber and Yandex.Taxi and hopes that the deal will be closed
                         in the near future, Dmitriev was quoted in the report as saying. RDIF
                         will invest jointly with its partners, including Russia-China Investment
                         Fund (RCIF), Dmitriev noted. The investments involve about tens of
                         millions of dollars, according to Dmitriev, adding that RDIF would like
                         to invest even more with partners, but the company itself limited the
                         amount of capital they could invest. According to the report, in mid-
                         2017, Russian multinational technology company Yandex
                         [NASDAQ:YNDX] and Uber, the San Francisco, California-based car
                         transportation mobile app developer, announced an agreement to
                         combine their ridesharing businesses in Russia and neighbouring
                         countries. The parties valued the joint business at USD 3.725bn.

                          26.01.2018 Interfax
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Blacklane raises         Blacklane, a German professional chauffeur service, said it has raised its
largest investment       largest investment to date. Proceeds from the Series D round will fund
to date                  new cities, global airport concierge services and product innovation. The
                         company did not reveal the amount raised from new investor ALFAHIM,
                         a UAE-based automotive, hospitality and travel, real estate and
                         industrial conglomerate, and existing investors Daimler AG, through
                         subsidiary Daimler Mobility Services, and btov Partners. Blacklane CEO
                         Jens Wohltorf told this news service recently that the company is
                         looking for opportunistic acquisition in the travel services sector and
                         would welcome approaches from advisers with suggestions of targets. In
                         mid-October 2017 it acquired US-based airport concierge company
                         Solve. According to the CEO, other investors in Blacklane include Alstin,
                         the investment vehicle of German businessman Carsten Maschmeyer,
                         German RI Digital Ventures, Swiss firm b-to-v Partners, Japanese
                         company Recruit Holdings, Swiss business car4you, and Blacklane’s
                         founders. The press release cites Ahmed AJ Al Fahim, Chairman of
                         ALFAHIM saying “Combining our nationwide expertise and diversity
                         with Blacklane’s reinvention of the professional driver industry for the
                         benefit of travelers, drivers and partners, will bring unequivocal
                         innovative luxury services to the Middle East and Africa. Blacklane’s
                         ambition and brand strength make it the ideal company to add to our
                         global portfolio.” The investment will also reduce stress and wasted time
                         in hundreds of airports. The company will launch Blacklane Premium
                         Airport Services & Solutions (Blacklane PASS) worldwide. “Blacklane
                         made professional driver services accessible to the mass travel market,
                         and will do the same for airport concierge services. This is huge
                         untapped opportunity for Blacklane and its partners,” said Jochen
                         Gutbrod, Partner, btov Partners and Blacklane Chairman of the Board.

                          24.01.2018 Company Press Release(s)
Ninja Van draws          DPDgroup, a unit of Le Groupe La Poste-owned GeoPost, announced
DPDgroup among           that it took part in Singapore-based delivery firm Ninja Van's funding
investors for Series     and has become an investor. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
C round                  DPDgroup's release reads: By becoming an investor in this rapidly
                         growing parcel delivery service provider in South East Asia, DPDgroup
                         intends to better understand and seize the business opportunities of the
                         local domestic markets, and to provide fruitful connections to its many
                         existing investments and partners worldwide DPDgroup is one of the
                         investors to participate in funding of Ninja Van, a Southeast Asian
                         logistics start-up. Ninja Van is a technology-enabled, last-mile logistics
                         operator, which provides hassle-free delivery solutions to businesses of
                         all sizes. Ninja Van operates parcel delivery networks in Indonesia,
                         Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

                          24.01.2018 Company Press Release(s) (Edited)
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TransContainer:          The participation of foreign companies in the acquisition of a 50% stake
foreign companies        plus 2 shares in Russian intermodal container transportation company
participation in         TransContainer [LSE: TRCN], currently owned by state-run Russian
acquiring RZD stake      Railways (RZD), may be limited, reported Kommersant. The
may be limited           government proposes not to allow foreigners to buy even a blocking
(translated)             stake in TransContainer, the Russian newspaper reported, citing the
                         minutes of a meeting in the Ministry of Economic Development, which
                         took place on 15 January. According to the document, it is recommended
                         to limit the participation of foreign companies in joint ventures or
                         consortiums that plan to participate in the auction for TransContainer,
                         to 50% minus one share. The paper reported that this measure could
                         primarily affect Vladimir Lisin’s transportation group UCL Holding,
                         which planned to participate in the auction jointly with the international
                         operator Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), as well as the
                         partnership of the French CMA CGM with the Russian transportation-
                         logistics operator Logoper, controlled by Alexander Kakhidze. The item
                         reported that Russia’s sovereign wealth fund - Russian Direct
                         Investment Fund (RDIF) – may also bid jointly with a foreign partner.
                         The auction is planned for April, the paper reported. The Ministry of
                         Economic Development did not respond to Kommersant query.

                          23.01.2018 Kommersant
Gondrand to be           Nordic Transport Group (NTG), the Danish transportation company, is
acquired by Nordic       to acquire its family-owned Swiss peer, Gondrand, according to Borsen.
Transport Group          The Danish business daily cited NTG manager, Mikkel Fruergaard, who
(translated)             said that the Gondrand buy will be the last larger deal for the company
                         ahead of its planned future IPO. He said that NTG is still interested in
                         smaller acquisitions though, as per usual. The item noted that Gondrand
                         has a turnover of DKK 1.65bn (EUR 222m) and will bring NTG's
                         turnover to DKK 5bn (EUR 672m). The deal value is undisclosed.

                          23.01.2018 Borsen
Suppla to be             Valorem, a Colombia-based conglomerate, has reached an agreement
acquired by DHL          with DHL Supply Chain to sell Suppla for up to COP 200bn (USD
Supply Chain for up      69.6m), the seller said in a statement. The buyer is a subsidiary of
to COP 200bn             Germany-based Deutsche Post DHL Group [ETR: DPW]. The deal value
                         will total between COP 175bn and COP 200bn, it said. The target is a
                         Colombia-based logistics company. The transaction needs the approval
                         of Colombian regulatory authorities.

                          17.01.2018 Company Press Release (Translated)
Albayrak Turizm          Albayrak Turizm Seyahat, the Turkish transportation group, is planning
Seyahat seeks to sell    to float shares valued at TRY 97.65m (USD 26m) through the coming
shares valued at         initial public offering of port management company Trabzon Liman
TRY 97.65m via           Isletmeciligi. The Capital Markets Board announced that it had received
Trabzon Liman IPO        a request from Albayrak to sell 6.3m shares via the IPO, which will be
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                         priced at TRY 15.50 apiece. The company expects to attain TRY 325.5m
                         valuation through the IPO.

                          16.01.2018 Regulatory Authority Press Release*
Leimgruber          Leimgruber, the Swiss road haulage company, has been acquired by
acquired by Planzer Swiss logistics and transport company Planzer, Aargauer Zeitung
(translated)        reported. The Swiss daily said the companies announced the deal which
                    secures the future of Leimgruber. Leimgruber has 300 employees.
                    Financial terms were not disclosed.

                          16.01.2018 Aargauer Zeitung
Apex acquired by         Heinz Entsorgung, a German recycling specialist, has acquired Apex, a
Heinz Entsorgung         local freight company, retroactively as of 1 January 2018, EUWID
(translated)             reported. The German-language trade publication quoted Josef Heinz,
                         the CEO of Heinz Entsorgung. No deal value was disclosed. Apex, which
                         has offices in Hamburg and Bremen, was founded in 1981 and has 70
                         employees. Heinz Entsorgung generated a turnover of EUR 62m in 2015.

                          15.01.2018 EUWID
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