Logistics services provider snapped up by global Swedish group

West Lancs logistical services provider, Kammac, has been acquired by Elanders Group, a Swedish stock market-listed specialist in global supply chain management solutions, for an undisclosed sum.

Elanders operates in more than 20 countries and employs more than 7 000 staff.

Skelmersdale-based Kammac owner and founder, Paul Kamel, agreed to sell the business after a sales process that attracted interest from several parties.

Paul felt that Elanders group was the best fit to allow Kammac and its people to continue growing and maintain the success that had already been achieved by the company during his 35+ years at the helm.

Elanders’ acquisition is in line with its strategy to constantly develop its offering and broaden its customer base. As a result of the acquisition, the UK will become Elanders’ fourth largest market.

The UK is also one of Europe’s largest logistics markets.

Kammac has developed a unique 3PL concept which has grown, evolved and improved continuously over several years, and now that Kammac is part of the Elanders group, the services that Kammac offers will support expected further growth.

One of Kammac’s competitive edges, cited by Elanders, is that the start-up time for new customers is only one to two weeks. Kammac is also well positioned to support businesses across a number of sectors. Several of its warehouses offer services such as bonded warehouses and temperature-controlled environments.

Kammac also has a license to handle medical products such as pharmaceuticals and their components.

On a day-to-day basis it is very much business as usual for Kammac, albeit under new ownership. There will likely be some structural changes within senior management positions over the next few weeks to ensure continuity and to align with authority-level delegation from Elanders.

Ged Carabini, chief operations officer of Kammac, said: “I am very proud of the growth journey that we have made and the unique platform that we at Kammac have created in recent years. With the global footprint that Elanders has, we will be able to grow further in the UK by being able to offer Elanders’ current customers our solution.

“I also see great opportunities to develop the current Kammac offering by using Elanders’ proprietary platform for omnichannel solutions.

“I am also convinced that our unique business model will be able to create new business opportunities for Elanders in other markets.”