Aditi Rasquinha

Germany’s DB Schenker plans to acquire companies in India to expand operations with a focus on building end-to-end contract logistics operations and picking up a larger share of delivery contracts from e-commerce players.

The company, owned by the Deutsche Bahn Group, operates e-commerce deliveries internationally but proposes to launch a pilot in India soon to gain a foothold in the growing business, Kinjal Pande, chief executive for India and the Indian sub-continent at DB Schenker, said in an interview.