RUSCON acquires SLG-Operating

Smart Logistics Group-Operating provides warehouse and logistics services to a wide variety of customers, a few of which include Microsoft, Pepsi, Danone, Castorama, Kimberly-Clark, Haier and Cargill.    RUSCON, a container transport company in Russia, said it has acquired Smart Logistics Group-Operating (SLG-Operating), one of Russia’s largest logistics companies.
   Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
   A spokesperson for RUSCON told American Shipper that all SLG-Operating staff kept their jobs. Prior to the acquisition, RUSCON had over 1,100 employees, but with the acquisition, the company now has over 1,150 employees.
   SLG-Operating has a 60,000-square-meter complex near Moscow at Chekhov City. The complex has a capacity of over 85,000 pallets, including climate-controlled sections, according to the RUSCON press release.
   SLG-Operating provides warehouse and logistics services to a wide variety of customers, a few of which include Microsoft, Pepsi, Danone, Castorama, Kimberly-Clark, Haier and Cargill.
   Looking ahead to the rest of 2017, the spokesperson said the company plans to continue investments in its fleet and inland depots in Russia.