Marubeni Corporation has acquired a 25% stake in Mexican transport infrastructure concession company APP Coatzacoalcos Villahermosa. APP has won the concession for the improvement and 7.5-year maintenance of 135 kilometres of roads in southern Mexico, running between Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz State and Villahermosa in Tabasco State, under a public-private partnership ( PPP ). The stake was acquired from Mexican construction company Hycsa group, in an agreement signed in late August.