Philippe de Moerloose

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Philippe de Moerloose 1.Biography: Philippe de Moerloose was born on 30 June 1967, in Watermael-Boisfort, Belgium, but grew up in the Congolese province of Katanga. Philippe de Moerloose founded DEMIMPEX upon graduating from l’Ichec in 1991. His activities were initially focused on the export of spare parts to Africa, but rapidly expanded to include sales of vehicles and industrial equipment. Today, the Consortium SDA-SDAI that Philippe de Moerloose founded has a consolidated adjusted turnover of some 500 million euros and employs over 2000 people. Philippe de Moerloose is also active in the industry, hotel and airfreight sectors, strictly via the Belgian company Demavia.

2. Introduction: 1991 Creation of Demimpex (short for: "de Moerloose-Import-Export"), specialised in the sale and export of spare parts to Africa. 1995 Demimpex purchases "Vehicles Repair & Parts" (VRP), the leading Belgian company in the sale of 4x4 vehicles and spare parts abroad. 1996 Creation of the first subsidiary on the African continent: Demimpex Afrique. 1999 Acquisition of Transco, a Belgian competitor of Demimpex-VRP based in Antwerp. 2000 Creation of the bonded logistics centre (Pre Delivery Organisation) in Antwerp with a capacity for 2,500 vehicles. 2001 Acquisition of "Auto Transport Company"(ATC) in the Belgian Group Chanic. This acquisition allows the Group to officially distribute the Nissan brand in RDC. 2004 Joint venture ATC Comafrique with the Group SIFCOM allowing the distribution of the brands Nissan, Volkswagen, Audi and Budget Rent A Car in Côte d’Ivoire. Creation of a Belgian-Algerian joint venture, Demdistral, for the distribution of the brands Hitachi and John Deere in Algeria. 2005 Creation of Demimpex Middle East in the Dubai free zone. 2008 Creation of the holding under Belgian law, Société de Distribution Africaine (SDA), allowing consolidation of all of the interests acquired to date.


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