{"id":52438,"date":"2009-11-11T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ekol.com\/invest-adden-50-milyon-avroluk-yatirim\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T12:51:27","slug":"euro-50-million-investment-invest-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.ekol.com\/en\/euro-50-million-investment-invest-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 50 Million Investment From Invest AD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h1&#8243; size=&#8221;26&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221; el_class=&#8221;ucgen ucgenbasinbulteni&#8221;]Euro 50 Million Investment From Invest AD[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24821&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.investad.com\/&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507726274412{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Abu Dhabi based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.investad.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invest AD<\/a>\u00a0has agreed to invest Euros 50 million to take a significant minority stake in Ekol Logistics, Turkey&#8217;s leading integrated logistics company.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=&#8221;false&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1507726248319{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]The transaction is the first by the Abu Dhabi government-owned financial services company for its new private equity fund &#8211;<strong> Invest AD<\/strong> Private Equity Partners II. It was structured in the form of a capital increase to assist <strong>Ekol<\/strong> fund its expansion plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Umur Ozkal<\/strong>, chief executive of <strong>Ekol<\/strong>, said the company would use its new capital mostly to develop warehousing operations, but would also consider small acquisitions to expand its international transportation business. &#8220;Ekol now has a strong balance sheet and capital structure with this partnership, and our aim is to continue developing our road transportation business into Europe and investing in technology-based warehousing solutions for our clients,&#8221; <strong>Ozkal<\/strong> said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve already built a strong brand and are in prime position to take advantage of Turkey&#8217;s pivotal location in international trade flows,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our investment is perfectly in line with <strong>Invest AD<\/strong>&#8216;s private equity strategy of partnering with local market leaders and assisting them in their regional expansion,&#8221; said <strong>Samir Assaad<\/strong>, head of private equity at <strong>Invest AD<\/strong> and continued; &#8220;We believe Ekol is unique in its sector, differentiated by its focus on innovative and customized solutions. It&#8217;s very well managed and expanding quickly as trade grows in <strong>Europe<\/strong> and the <strong>Middle East<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invest AD<\/strong>&#8216;s private equity fund, which aims to raise $400 million, is investing in fast growing companies in the <strong>Middle East<\/strong> and <strong>North Africa<\/strong> region. The fund has a strong focus particularly on <strong>Turkey<\/strong>, <strong>Egypt<\/strong>, <strong>Saudi<\/strong> <strong>Arabia<\/strong> and the <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The fund is one of several being created by <strong>Invest AD<\/strong> &#8211; including for listed equities, real estate and infrastructure &#8211; to give global institutional investors an access to the <strong>Middle East and North Africa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Concerning the investment, &#8220;Turkey has all the most positive traits for investment found in our region &#8211; a youthful and growing population, a deep pool of managerial expertise, expanding trade links, an economy that is opening up and fast developing capital markets,&#8221; said <strong>Nazem Fawwaz Al Kudsi, chief executive officer of Invest AD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ekol, established in 1990,<\/strong> owns and operates<strong> 1.100<\/strong> vehicles and 16 warehouses in <strong>Turkey<\/strong> and one cross-dock facility in <strong>Germany<\/strong>. Its team of <strong>2.000<\/strong> people serves a long list of international and national blue-chip clients. 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