Hillebrand, a global forwarding, transport and logistics provider to the alcoholic beverage industry and products that require special care, announces its acquisition of Braid, a key player in bulk liquids logistics. Through this acquisition, Hillebrand wants to strengthen its expertise in handling non-hazardous liquids in bulk, such as wine, olive oil, non-hazardous chemicals, juices and edible oils, which adds to its long-established experience in full service logistics services of cased goods.

Braid is recognized as a diversified group offering innovative bulk liquids logistics services worldwide, which will not only complement Hillebrand’s array of bulk liquids solutions, but also expand its manufacturing capabilities, with two more facilities located in the United Kingdom and China. The combination of Hillebrand’s bulk liquids services and Braid will create a powerful end-to-end service provider for bulk liquids and one of the largest food-grade ISO tank operators globally.

This acquisition represents the third one in the past year, after 3W-Logistik (Germany) and Royal Logistics (USA), and is expected to result in greater efficiencies and significantly increase Hillebrand’s product offering.