Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has provided acquisition financing to allow Christine De Dijcker and Marc Lanckriet to further cement the family control of the ECS, by acquiring the shares held by Kelly De Dijcker and Pieter Balcaen.
ECS, headquartered in Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Venlo (the Netherlands), was created more than 35 years ago, and has grown from a transportation business into an intermodal logistics operator that provides creative, durable and reliable intermodal and supply chain solutions throughout Europe and the UK. ECS manages a fleet of 10,000 containers and places emphasize on creating sustainable and reliable logistics in keeping with its ESG commitments.
The acquisition financing for this transaction was provided by Kartesia’s Credit Opportunities IV and V funds. The deal team at Kartesia comprised Matthieu Delamaire, Jean Diercxsens and Toon Van Coillie.
