News / OIA increases its footprint in Europe by taking a majority stake in Belville Rodair

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Merger and acquisition activity in the medium-sized European freight forwarding segment continued this week with US freight service provider OIA Global’s announcement that it has bought a majority stake in Belville International, owner of Belville Rodair International (BRI).

The deal follows the completion of DSV’s acquisition of UK-based SBS Worldwide earlier this week.

Described as a “merger” by BRI’s London-headquartered management team, the new entity will have 51 offices across 21 countries and sees two companies coming together that have developed their ...