Mainland European countries and the Baltics plus a global network including a logistics set-up. The purchase of J.H. Bachmann in 2005 reinforced the company's position within international air and sea transport. The acquisition of the Dutch Frans Maas Group in 2006 placed DSV as a truly Pan-European road transport and logistics supplier – and one of the three largest in Europe. With the acquisition of ABX LOGISTICS in 2008, DSV got a foothold in South America and is now represented on six continents. With the acquisition of UTi Worldwide, Inc. in 2016 and Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG in 2019, the company became one of the world's four largest transport and logistics companies). On 1 April 2019, an acquisition agreement with Swiss Panalpina was announced valued at CHF 4.6 billion (€ 4.1 billion). On 19 August 2019, DSV announced that the acquisition of Panalpina was completed. On 2 July 2020, DSV plans to invest approx. DKK2bn in a new logistics centre near Horsens, Europe’s largest with just one leaseholder. On 27 April 2021, DSV announce its plans to acquire "Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL)". Company name When in 2000 DSV A/S acquired DFDS Dan Transport Group A/S, the new joint company's activities continued under the DFDS Transport name, while the parent company remained De Sammensluttede Vognmænd (In English: The joint Hauliers) af 13-7 1976 A/S. In 2003, it was formally shortened to DSV A/S. In 2007, the name of the company's transport activities were also changed to DSV, to create a global brand and avoid confusion. On 24 September 2019, at an Extraordinary General Meeting, it was decided to change the company name from DSV A/S to DSV Panalpina A/S while maintaining DSV A/S as a second name. The name change only applies to the parent company. The DSV logo will remain unchanged. On 8 September 2021 the name of parent company, DSV Panalpina A/S, has been changed back to DSV A/S. References External links Companies listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen Logistics companies of Denmark Transport companies based in Copenhagen Companies based in Brøndby Municipality Danish companies established in 1976 Danish brands