This network, composed of about 107 branches in Europe, but also in Latin America, Africa and Asia, was suffering from financial difficulties due in particular to the difficulties which its activities in Germany, France and the Netherlands – at the heart of the ABX network – were having.
Dit netwerk van inmiddels 107 dochterondernemingen, verspreid over Europa, Latijns Amerika, Afrika en Azië, kwam onder financiële druk te staan toen met name de kernbedrijven in Duitsland, Frankrijk en Nederland in de problemen raakten.