Mandata Acquires Returnloads.net
June 23, 2020
Northumberland-based transport management software provider Mandata has acquired Returnloads.net, the UK's largest online haulage and freight exchange, in a deal funded by LDC with debt facilities from Santander. The acquisition will expand Mandata's digital services and customer base by integrating Returnloads.net's load-matching marketplace with Mandata's transport management platform.
- Buyers
- Mandata, LDC
- Targets
- Returnloads.net
- Platforms
- Mandata
- Industry
- Logistics & Distribution
- Location
- Essex, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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