Delhivery acquires Spoton to strengthen B2B capabilities

NEW DELHI : Logistics company Delhivery on Wednesday acquired the Bengaluru-based Spoton Logistics, a tech-driven supply chain services company.

According to a joint media release by the companies, this move will strengthen Delhivery’s existing B2B capabilities. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed.

Mr. Sahil Barua, CEO, Delhivery, said, “This development is consistent with our objective of being growth-oriented and building scale in each of our business lines. Over 10 years Delhivery has established a leading position in B2C logistics and now by combining our part truckload business with Spoton’s we will be on the path to the same position in B2B express as well.

“More importantly, we are well placed to provide benefits of synergies between our B2C and B2B express businesses to the customers of both Delhivery and Spoton, and further enhance our end-to-end supply chain capabilities,” he added.

Mr. Abhik Mitra, Managing Director, Spoton Logistics, said, “The Spoton team and I are hugely excited to be part of Delhivery’s journey of growth and value-creation. The Delhivery team has done a tremendous job in creating a leading end-to-end logistics, and supply chain services company in India in a short span. Spoton is known for its focus on customer relationships and service quality, professional management and technology and engineering, which are values shared by Delhivery as well, and that sets us up to together be one of India’s leading logistics companies.

“We will continue to invest in improving our clients’ businesses through our investments in people, technology, network and infrastructure. Our teams and our business partners will have an opportunity to be part of a much larger organization with significant opportunities for growth,” he said.

Source : ET Auto.com