PROMOTIONALFEATUREHEAVY PROJECT SOLUTIONS
Pictured left to right: Marc Rombouts from Heavy, with Marc Smet and Walter van Mechelen from Gosselin.
The owner buyout is a new step in the process of integrating Heavy in Gosselin’s activities. – Marc Smet, Gosselin Group
consumer goods. It is operational through 48 offices in 32 countries in Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Rombouts said that the joint venture is
the natural outcome for two companies that know each other well and have been working together successfully for some years. He pointed to the success of an existing
50:50 joint venture between the two companies –Heavy GCT (Gosselin Container Terminal) – as evidence that the new joint venture starts on strong foundations, but advised that Heavy GCT will not be directly part of the new organisation. Heavy Project Solutions will act as the
Heavy Project Solutions launched
The new Belgian company will act as the coordination centre for the multitude of services offered by partners Heavy Group and the Gosselin Group in relation to heavy cargo lifting, transport and installation.
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wo major names from the Belgian freight and logistics sector have signed a joint venture bringing together their respective expertise under one banner.
The newly created Heavy Project
Solutions is a 50:50 joint venture between the Antwerp based companies the Heavy Group and the Gosselin Group, and is a real partnership founded on a strong financial commitment from both parties.
Buyout contract Marc Smet, chief executive of the Gosselin Group, and Marc Rombouts, chief executive of Heavy Group, have also signed an owner buyout contract for Heavy. Heavy Group is active in the exceptional
cargo transport sector, with subsidiaries that cover heavy lifting and handling, heavy cargo logistics, pilot car and permitting
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services, as well as heavy cargo import warehousing and distribution. It boasts consolidated sales of approximately EUR33million (USD35.4 million) across three companies: Heavy Import Warehousing and Distribution, Heavy Logistics and Heavy Pilots & Permits. Gosselin is a leading provider of mobility
and logistics services for the transport and handling of personal, industrial and
Each company is focused on different sectors of the project freight logistics market and there will be very little overlap in our respective activities. – Marc Rombouts, Heavy Group
coordination centre for the multitude of services offered by the two partners in relation to heavy cargo lifting, transport and installation. Rombouts said that there are major synergy benefits for the new joint venture to achieve.
Administration functions The new joint venture will utilise the Gosselin Group’s significant administration functions and vast commercial reach, and allow Heavy to market its operations through a much larger commercial team and to a much wider customer base. He added that the services offered by the
two partners behind Heavy Project Solutions are totally complementary and mesh together very well. “Each company is focused on different
sectors of the project freight logistics market and there will be very little overlap in our respective activities.” Smet said: “The owner buyout is a new
step in the process of integrating Heavy in Gosselin’s activities.” The Heavy Group companies will move
to the new warehouse and office complex that Gosselin is building at the beginning of the Belcrownlaan, Antwerp. Gosselin is constructing a 12,000 sq m warehouse at the site, and a new office complex will be built on top of the warehouse. A 16 m high canopy of nearly 4,000 sq m
in area will connect the existing old crown warehouse to the new structure.
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