Comment / M&A radar: Hellmann rumoured to be 'on offer to DSV'

“Founded in 1871, our company started with one man, Carl Heinrich Hellmann, using a horse-drawn cart to deliver parcels in and around the town of Osnabrueck, northern Germany. Four generations later, Hellmann is a company with a worldwide network of 20,500 people in 489 branches in 173 countries.” – Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. Alternatively, trust this. 

LOTS of impressive numbers up there for Hellmann, but one little problem lingers after several restructuring exercises: sustainability under the family ownership.

Big but not big enough, and definitely not ...