China's HNA Group to purchase cold chain logistics specialist Gist?

Germany’s Linde group has reportedly found an buyer for its Gist subsidiary, nearly two years after putting the cold chain logistics provider up for sale.

Linde is in talks with China’s HNA Group, an acquisitive conglomerate with a finger in nearly every pie, according to Reuters.  The German group has said it wanted to sell non-core activities.

HNA, which focuses on tourism and aviation, also has a logistics arm, within which is HNA Sinosun Logistics, a cold chain transport specialist like Gist.

Gist, which operates mainly in ...