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Alexander Tonn, the new Managing Director of European Logistics Germany

Kempten, 13 September, 2016. Dachser has promoted its Head of Contract Logistics, Alexander Tonn, to become the new Managing Director of European Logistics Germany. The 43-year old Tonn will take up his new position on January 1, 2017 to oversee business development of the 38 German branch offices in the European Logistics business line (overland transport and contract logistics for industrial goods). He will report to Michael Schilling, COO Road Logistics and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, who will continue to be responsible for this position in addition to his duties until the end of the year.

Alexander Tonn graduated with a business management degree and has been with Dachser since 1999. After starting his career in Controlling, he went on to head up Contract Logistics at the company’s largest operations site worldwide, located in Memmingen (Allgäu). Later on, he additionally took on the position of Head of Freight Forwarding and Deputy Branch Manager. In 2014, Tonn moved to Head Office, where he was responsible for further developing the warehousing and value-added services business. Mr. Tonn will continue to hold this position as Corporate Director Contract Logistics.

“Dachser’s success is based on the entrepreneurship of our branch offices, combined with centralized network management that is designed for sustainable growth,” says Michael Schilling, COO Road Logistics at Dachser. “Alexander Tonn is familiar with every aspect of our business and has all the expertise and skills needed to purposefully advance the European Logistics Germany business unit and to generate growth in the German market. His position also involves particularly intensive cooperation with our Air & Sea Logistics organization in order to plan and implement integrated supply chains for small and medium-sized companies with a view to Dachser Interlocking.”

The Dachser Road Logistics business field, headed up by COO Michael Schilling, is divided into five business units that are led by the following managing directors (MD): European Logistics Germany (MD Alexander Tonn), Food Logistics (MD Alfred Miller), which is also heavily represented on the German market, European Logistics North Central Europe (MD Wolfgang Reinel), European Logistics France & Maghreb (MD Frédéric Dumort), European Logistics Iberia (MD Juan Quintana). The Road Logistics business field posted revenues of roughly EUR 4.2 billion in 2015, with about EUR 3.4 billion coming from the European Logistics business line.

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About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in two business fields: Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics. The latter is divided into two business lines: Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Food Logistics. Comprehensive contract logistics services as well as industry-specific solutions round out the company’s products and services. A seamless transport network—both in Europe and overseas—and fully integrated information systems provide for intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of roughly 26,500 in 428 locations around the globe, Dachser generated revenue of EUR 5.64 billion in 2015. The logistics provider transported a total of 78.1 million shipments weighing 37.3 million tons. Dachser has its own country organizations in 43 countries.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de.

Kempten, September 6, 2016. Six hundred eighty-two trainees and students all across Germany have begun their training at logistics provider Dachser—more than ever before. Dachser has also set a new record for professional drivers: 87 young drivers decided to train with Dachser this year. In total, the family-owned company is training 1,511 new recruits in 76 locations nationwide. Outside of Germany, the number of next-generation logistics trainees is 255.

At family-owned company Dachser, a total of 639 new recruits have launched their careers in the following areas: freight forwarding and logistics, office management, IT, warehousing, warehouse logistics, and professional driving. In addition, 43 students have begun coursework in business management with a concentration on freight forwarding/transport/logistics. The most popular career path for trainees at Dachser is the freight forwarding and logistics specialist with 322 apprenticeships, followed by warehouse logistics specialist and warehouse specialist (110 and 99 trainees respectively).

The training rate has held steady at a high level for a number of years, always around 10 percent. Hiring opportunities for those who successfully complete the training as well as future prospects at the company are very promising. “We place great emphasis on hiring from within, which is why we work so hard at developing talent,” says Martina Szautner, Corporate Director Corporate Human Resources. “Expectations of logistics staff are constantly rising, so high-quality training is imperative for a successful career.”

A total of 150 up-and-coming professional drivers, representing a wide range of ages, are currently being trained at Dachser. The family-owned company has again been able to fill more training spots for this field than in the previous year. “We’re especially happy that twelve young women have chosen this track,” says Martina Szautner. “That means that the image of the profession is changing. Professional truck driving is no longer purely a man’s world.”

Dachser’s international outlook means that it also focuses its training efforts on other European countries. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and France, dual-track training is already a well-established means for developing motivated logistics workers of the future. Dachser is also currently training 26 recruits to become Dachser Forwarding & Logistics Specialists in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. The company’s in-house Education Program is based on the dual-track training system in Germany.

The family-owned company provides its trainees and students with the necessary tools based on logistics know-how and a clear set of values. “Logistics is a modern and complex field, with a strong focus on future markets,” says Szautner. “Making this exciting profession more attractive to young people is the mandate and mission of our training program.”

About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customized services in two business fields: Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics. The latter is divided into two business lines, Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Food Logistics. Comprehensive contract logistics services and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless shipping network—both in Europe and overseas—and fully integrated IT systems provide for intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

It employs a staff around 26,500 at 428 locations worldwide and is represented by subsidiaries in 43 countries. In 2015, the company generated revenue of EUR 5.64 billion and handled a total of 78.1 million shipments weighing 37.3 million metric tons.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.com

Thomas Krüger appointed managing director of the EMEA business unit in Dachser Air & Sea Logistics

Jochen Mueller

Kempten, August 17, 2016. Experienced logistics manager Jochen Müller (52) will soon be joining the Dachser team. On January 1, 2018, he will take over from Thomas Reuter as Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Air & Sea Logistics business field. The transition period, during which Müller will work on developing projects, will start on October 1 of this year. Thomas Reuter will remain on the Executive Board in his role as head of Air & Sea Logistics through the transition period until he retires on December 31, 2017.

Jochen Müller was born in 1964 in Worms, Germany. In 2011, he joined the Executive Board of Schenker Deutschland AG, where he was in charge of air freight and sales (Air/Sea) for Central Europe, as well as logistics for worldwide relocations, trade shows, and sporting events. Prior to that, Müller served as CEO of Schenker’s British country organization, where he was responsible for land, air, and sea freight as well as the trade show business.

“Jochen Müller is a top manager and logistics expert with extensive experience in air and sea freight, but he is familiar with the requirements and processes of overland transport as well,” says Bernhard Simon, CEO of Dachser. “As COO of Air & Sea Logistics and future member of the Executive Board, he will build on what Thomas Reuter has accomplished. This will include further expanding our intercontinental air and sea freight network and creating a closer link with our comprehensive European overland transport network. All of this will enable us to intelligently dovetail customer supply chains.”

Given Müller’s past experience and the strategically planned preparation period, the transition should go smoothly when he takes over from Thomas Reuter as Air & Sea Logistics COO. Reuter has worked at Dachser since 1978 and has been a member of the Executive Board since early 2006. He played a major role in the internationalization of the logistics supplier by building up a global network of air and sea freight locations. The Air & Sea Logistics business field currently has 196 locations and close to 4,000 employees, and posted roughly EUR 1.6 billion in sales in 2015.

Thomas Krüger appointed managing director of Air & Sea Logistics EMEA

As managing director of Air & Sea Logistics EMEA, a role he assumed on July 1, Thomas Krüger (52) reports directly to Thomas Reuter. Krüger has held a variety of management positions at Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. From 2004 to 2006, he was sales manager for Germany, after which he headed up global sales management until 2012. Most recently, he was responsible for the Northern Central Europe (NCE) region. He succeeded Rüdiger Klug, who joined Dachser in 2009 and retired on June 30, 2016.

Kempten, Munich. April 20, 2016. Dachser reports strong, organic growth for fiscal year 2015. Consolidated revenue increased by 6.5 percent to EUR 5.64 billion. Shipments rose by 4.0 percent to 78.1 million, while tonnage increased by 5.2 percent to 37.3 million metric tons. The primary contributors for the positive performance were the overland freight services for food and industrial goods in Europe.

“We reaped the rewards of our long-term investment policy and growth strategies, which we are consistently implementing throughout the company,” explains Dachser CEO Bernhard Simon. “European exports remain our growth engine, in addition to solutions that intelligently combine overland, air, and  freight. But mostly, our customers respect the fact that we consistently focus on quality.”

Business trends in detail

Within the Road Logistics business field, which makes up 72 percent of Dachser’s revenue, Dachser European Logistics (EL) continues to benefit from export as an engine of growth. Dachser generated revenue of EUR 3.433 billion (+ 5.5 percent) in 2015 from transporting and storing industrial goods. Shipments and tonnage rose 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively. “Thanks to extremely expert and flexible maneuvering in the marketplace, which was difficult this year for Europe, we were able to grow in all regional business units for overland freight,” says Bernhard Simon.

In addition to strong, export-driven performance in Germany and France, there were also two-digit growth rates in the EL North Central Europe and EL Iberia business units. “Reorienting Azkar to European operations has produced successful outcomes,” says Bernhard Simon. “We were able to gain the confidence of major customers and also invest in new markets. In the past year, we upgraded 48 Iberian branches for the transport of hazardous materials, and in so doing, gained access to the Spanish chemical industry, which is both robust and export-oriented.”

With revenue growing 8.1 percent to EUR 741 million, Dachser Food Logistics advanced to become the growth leader. At a national level, food logistics mostly owes this success to a strong showing in consumer goods in Germany. But the European Food Network also developed for cross-border food shipments. With 13 partners, eight correspondents, and regular line hauls between 29 countries, it’s the food network with the greatest coverage in Europe. “We are contributing to the company’s success by investing in the network. We have opened up a new branch office In Erlensee, near Frankfurt, that will also serve as the central hub for food transports in Europe,” says Bernhard Simon.

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics generated revenue growth of 8.0 percent and contributed a total of EUR 1.599 billion to consolidated revenue in 2015.

“We’re already established in the world’s most important economic centers, either directly or through partners, so last year we didn’t significantly expand our network geographically,” explains Simon. “Instead, we are focusing on standardized processes, integrated IT systems, and close connections with the European overland network. We want to offer our customers global logistics solutions for distribution and procurement from a single source, what we call Dachser Interlocking.”

Simon announced greater investments for the current year: “Having invested EUR 81 million last year, we will be investing around EUR 125 million in 2016. Some of this money will go toward information technology and technical equipment. But as in previous years, the lion’s share will be put into our European Road Logistics network where we will be building or expanding logistics facilities in Austria, France, Germany, and Poland.”

Revenues at a glance:

* Non-rounded revenues of the business lines were used to determine the total values of “Road Logistics” and “Consolidated revenue,” and for calculating the percentage change from the prior year. Therefore, the percentages shown here may deviate from any calculations using the rounded revenue figures.

About Dachser:

DACHSER is a family-owned logistics provider headquartered in Kempten, Germany. It employs a staff around 26,500 at 428 locations worldwide and is represented by subsidiaries in 43 countries. In 2015, the company generated revenue of EUR 5.64 billion and handled a total of 78.1 million shipments weighing 37.3 million metric tons. For more information, please visit www.dachser.com

New Corporate Unit is also bundling the logistics provider’s research and development activities

Stefan Hohm, Corporate Solutions, Research & Development

Kempten, February 25, 2016. Dachser has created a new central organizational unit, Corporate Solutions, Research & Development, in order to advance its business with global, industry-specific logistics solutions and bundle its research and development activities. Stefan Hohm, an experienced Dachser manager, will head up this new Corporate Unit. He has led the Logistics Center in Hof for the past seven years.

The 43-year-old Hohm and his team will implement worldwide supply chains for customers from focus industries. The new Corporate Unit will also bundle Dachser’s research and development activities and will be working closely with the Corporate Unit Corporate Development & Strategy, as well as with Corporate IT. Hohm will report directly to CEO Bernhard Simon.

Responsibilities of the new unit also include new and continuing development of value-added services, which complement (upstream or downstream) transport and warehousing in the standardized Dachser groupage network. This includes dedicated services for special customers, industry-specific value-added services, and premium services associated with deliveries to end customers.

Well-established on the market

Dachser has already established two industry-specific solutions in Europe: Dachser DIY Logistics and Dachser Chem-Logistics, which handle six million shipments annually. Ralf Meistes (DIY Logistics) and Michael Kriegel (Chem-Logistics) will continue to head these two departments, which, however, will be assigned to Corporate Solutions, Research & Development. Dachser is combining a great deal of industry expertise in this unit at the global level as well. For example, Dachser Air & Sea Logistics handles shipments for customers from the automotive, fashion, sports, pharmaceutical, and life sciences industries.

“We strive to understand the complex logistics requirements of different industries down to the last detail, develop custom-tailored solutions, and implement them worldwide by way of our effective and efficient standardized networks,” says Hohm, Corporate Director, Corporate Solutions, Research & Development.

In his 23 years at Dachser, Hohm has proven himself in several management positions, most recently as General Manager of the Logistics Center in Hof, where his responsibilities included integrated contract logistics solutions in the European Logistics and Food Logistics business lines.

About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers. Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customer-specific services in three business fields: Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics. The latter is divided into two business lines, Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Food Logistics. Comprehensive contract logistics services and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless shipping network—both in Europe and overseas—and fully integrated IT systems provide for intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of around 25,000 employees at 437 locations all over the globe, Dachser generated revenue of EUR 5.3 billion in 2014. The logistics provider moved a total of 73.7 million shipments weighing 35.4 million tons. Dachser now has country organizations in 42 countries.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de

Kempten, February 4, 2016. Logifrio, the leading provider for temperature-controlled food transport on the Iberian Peninsula, is a new partner in the European Food Network.

As a result, the European Food Network’s vivengo product family, the standard for transnational transport, is coming into its own for food shipments to and from Spain, Portugal, and Andorra. It offers various product lines with fixed transit times as well as defined information services, such as electronically available status information and proof of delivery for each shipment. The shortest transit time between pickup in Germany and delivery in Spain is two days.

“The partnership with Logifrio is another important step in the development of the European Food Network,” explains Alfred Miller, Managing Director Dachser Food Logistics.

“With the expansion of the vivengo product world into these key markets, we are bolstering our claim as the leading partner network for transnational food transport throughout Europe.”

With 30 of its own and partner-owned locations, Logifrio has a presence on the Spanish mainland, the Balearic and Canary Islands, Portugal, and Andorra, where upwards of 20,000 customers receive regular shipments of fresh and frozen food and shelf-stable goods.

The family company, which is headquartered in Barcelona, owns 400 vehicles and has 115,000 square meters of warehouse space; it is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 and 14001. With its 600 employees, it generated EUR 64 million in revenue in 2014.

Fernando García Villalobos, managing director of Logifrio: “We are delighted to be part of the European Food Network and to be able to provide standardized transport services for all of Europe, starting immediately, for those of our customers who operate internationally.”

With its 13 partners, 9 associate members, and regular line haul services among 29 European countries, the European Food Network is the most comprehensive network for food transport in Europe. This collaborative network, which was founded in 2013 under Dachser’s system leadership, has established itself successfully on the market. For example, export tonnage of groupage cargo transports by the network grew around 15 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year.

About Dachser:

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, is one of the leading logistics providers.

Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customized services in two business fields: Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics. The latter is divided into two business lines, Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Food Logistics. Comprehensive contract logistics services and industry-specific solutions round out the company’s offerings. A seamless shipping network—both in Europe and overseas—and fully integrated IT systems provide for intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.

With a staff of around 25,000 employees at 437 locations all over the globe, Dachser generated revenue of EUR 5.3 billion in 2014. The logistics provider moved a total of 73.7 million shipments weighing 35.4 million tons. Dachser now has organizations in 42 countries.

For more information about Dachser, please visit www.dachser.de