Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG) (Nasdaq: DSGX), Waterloo, Ontario, acquired Infodis B.V., a Netherlands-based provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) transportation management solutions.The all-cash purchase price was €3 million (US$3.7 million).

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Infodis provides a transportation management network-based solution that handles specific European logistics requirements. The solution manages both inbound and outbound purchased transportation for more than 5 million shipments per year to and from Europe, with particular strength in Europe/Asia Pacific shipping.  

“Logistics is a global business where local considerations play a key role in the efficiency of logistics operations,” said Edward Ryan, Chief Commercial Officer at Descartes. “By combining with Infodis we not only add critical European domain expertise and functionality to our existing Transportation Management suite, we also welcome many European and Asia Pacific carriers and shippers to our logistics community.”