Dachser UK

Kempten, Munich. 20 March 2013. Dachser closed the 2012 financial year with new record highs in terms of overall revenue and staff numbers. Revenue growth nevertheless slowed to 3.7%. Dachser has set initial growth impulses for 2013 with the acquisitions of the Spanish logistics providers Azkar and Transunion. Including revenues from these acquisitions and expected organic growth, Dachser aims to surpass the 5-billion-euro revenue threshold for the first time in the current fiscal year.

Dachser increased group revenue in 2012 to EUR 4.41 billion, which is 3.7% higher than 2011 (EUR 4.254 billion). 49.8 million consignments weighing 37.5 million tonnes represent an increase of around 1% respectively over the previous year. The number of company-owned branch offices worldwide rose to 347. At the end of 2012, Dachser employed 21,650 staff members worldwide, of whom 8,750 are based at the logistics provider’s international country organizations.

Increased capital investment

“Many of our customers experienced 2012 as an economically extremely unstable year. The economic slowdown in Europe in the second half of the year was exacerbated by a weakening on the air freight routes to and from Asia,” summarizes Bernhard Simon, head of the Dachser management board. “Against this background we succeeded in consolidating the organic growth of the previous years and maintained our stable position on the market. As a family enterprise that takes a long-term approach to planning, we adopted a counter-cyclical approach in 2012 and increased our capital investment by around 10%.” With capital investment totalling EUR 148 million, Dachser continued to strengthen its logistics network last year and thus laid the foundation for further growth.

Revenues of the Dachser business fields

Dachser’s biggest business field, European Logistics, contributed to the group’s revenue in 2012 with EUR 2.661 billion (previous year EUR 2.625 billion) closing the fiscal year with a slight growth of 1.4%. Dachser Food Logistics raised its revenues by 13.2% to EUR 573 million (from EUR 506 million in 2011) and once again proved to be a stabilizing factor independently of the economic fluctuations. The Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field generated EUR 1.305 billion, realizing a growth in revenues of 7.4%. With Malaysia and Vietnam, the Air & Sea Logistics business field added two new Asian country organizations to the Dachser network.

Outlook 2013

Dachser plans to continue to invest substantially in the expansion of its European and intercontinental network in the 2013 financial year. “In particular our Iberian acquisitions Azkar and Transunion are currently providing new momentum and growth stimuli,” Bernhard Simon explains. The air and sea freight forwarder Transunion extends the network with additional locations in Turkey, Argentina and Peru. Boosted by the organic growth anticipated in 2013 as well as the consolidated revenues of Azkar and Transunion, Dachser hopes to exceed revenue of five billion euros for the first time in 2013.

“The integration of Azkar and Transunion is making rapid progress. The motivation of the local teams to become a value-enhancing part of Dachser is extremely high,” Bernhard Simon is keen to point out. “Hence we have kicked off the new year with a healthy new sense of dynamism and enthusiasm.”

About Dachser:

In 2012, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, generated total revenue of EUR 4.41 billion and handled 49.8 million consignments weighing a total of 37.5 million tonnes. On 31 Dec. 2012, Dachser employed a staff of 21,650 employees working in 347 profit centres worldwide. For more information visit www.dachser.com.

Kempten, 23 January 2013. On 1 January the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, acquired 100 percent of the shares in the joint venture Dachser Netherlands Air & Sea Logistics B.V. established in 2008.

Dachser Netherlands Air & Sea Logistics B.V. has handled shipments in the international air and sea freight forwarding segment at its three locations in Maastricht, Rotterdam und Amsterdam since 2008. The company was founded as a joint venture together with the Dutch partner Seacon Logistics and has posted steady growth rates since its inception. With effect from 1 January 2013, Dachser Air & Sea Logistics now holds 100 percent of the shares in Dachser Netherlands Air & Sea Logistics.

“We will continue to accelerate growth in the Benelux countries in future and further expand our air and sea freight business in the region,” says managing director Thomas Reuter. “In Dachser Netherlands Air & Sea Logistics B.V. our customers have a strong services provider with a proven track record and direct access to our full-coverage European overland network,” Reuter adds.

About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

Dachser is expanding its Air & Sea Logistics business field with 15 additional locations in five countries

Kempten/Valencia, 17.01.2013. Effective retroactively from the beginning of the year, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, has acquired the Spanish air and sea freight forwarder Transunion S. A. subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The company employs a staff of 235. In addition to nine offices in Spain the company is also represented in Turkey, Argentina, Peru and Mexico.

Dachser is continuing to expand its global logistics network in line with its Global 2.0 strategic growth programme. “The acquisition of the complementary Transunion network allows us to offer our customers even better access to the Latin American market as well as an excellent presence in mainland Spain and Turkey,” Dachser managing director Thomas Reuter, responsible for the Air & Sea Logistics business field explains the acquisition. Founded in 1978, Transunion (TU) is expected to post revenue of EUR 95 million in fiscal 2012.

“We are delighted that the shareholder families of TU have decided to shape the future of the company as an integral part of Dachser,” Reuter says.

For his team and himself, CEO Federico Camáñez, who has in particular decisively influenced the international development of Transunion over the past 20 years, sees the merger with

Thomas Reuter, Managing Director Air & Sea Logistics, Dachser

Dachser as both a challenge and an opportunity for customers and staff. He will continue to be responsible for the management of the entire group and will report directly to Thomas Reuter.

Dachser now considers itself well-positioned in the Spanish market following the buyout of Azkar for the overland freight segment announced just last month. The two transactions enable the company to cover nearly all areas of logistics on the Iberian Peninsula.

”Dachser and Transunion are not only well matched by virtue of their services portfolio in the air and sea freight segment. The fact that both companies are family enterprises also means that they have a very similar mindset,” Reuter says, explaining the rationale behind the merger. Both management and staff will continue to service their customers’ respective markets as competent experts.

The two companies have already cooperated for over 15 years. For the owners of Transunion the most important consideration is to secure the company’s continued existence and the future of its staff within an internationally expanding logistics provider like Dachser.

Overview of Transunion locations and countries:

Spain: head office in Valencia, where the whole TU group is domiciled. Two offices in Valencia, one in Barcelona, Alicante, Murcia, Sevilla, Vigo, Madrid and Bilbao.

Turkey: head office in Izmir, branch offices in Istanbul and Mersin

Peru: Lima

Argentina: Buenos Aires

Mexico: Mexico City

About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

About Transunion:

Transunion S. A. generated total revenue of approx. EUR 95 million in 2012 with a staff of 235 employees.

40 million electronic orders are processed each year.

Kempten/Berlin, 17 December 2012. The Berlin production site of Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG relies on the electronic interchange of logistics data. The producer of natural ingredients and intermediate products for the food industry is the ten thousandth user to benefit from the advantages of closely meshed logistics systems and has linked its transport and warehouse systems via an interface to Dachser’s EDI centre.

In complex logistics projects with several partners and different IT systems, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the formula for deeply integrated relations between consignor and logistics provider. Companies like Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG transmit their transport and warehouse data electronically to Dachser’s EDI centre, the company’s central communication platform. Here all data are converted, processed and forwarded, resulting in coordinated, transparent and for the most part paperless logistics processes.

“The automated processing saves costs and time and avoids errors,” explains Petra Bögle, head of the Business Integration department at Dachser. “The enhanced data quality benefits downstream systems, for example for invoicing or archiving.”

Dachser began integrating its customers’ IT systems via the EDI interface back in 1985. “In the past few years the switchover to the electronic format has gained considerable momentum,” Bögle adds. “In the past three years alone, the number of EDI users at Dachser has doubled. The total volume of exchanged messages has in the meantime reached 40 million a year.”

About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

For more information about Dachser visit http://www.dachser.com.

General picture material can be downloaded at http://www.dachser.com/de/de/picture_gallery.htm.

Kempten/Port Elizabeth, 15 November 2012. Dachser South Africa, the local organization of the internationally operating logistics provider, recently opened a fourth branch office in Port Elizabeth, extending an established network of South African offices in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

“This office has been in the pipeline for some time, driven by expanding opportunities in the Eastern Cape,” says Detlev Duve, managing director of Dachser South Africa. According to Duve, Dachser plans to harness the opportunities brought by the continuous growth in the logistics industry in the Eastern Cape since the inception of the Port of Ngqura, also known as Coega.

“It was important to us to offer our customers in particular in the automotive industry a transport solution and a connection to our global logistics network from Port Elizabeth to the rest of South Africa,” Thomas Reuter, managing director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics, explains.

Harold Thomas has been appointed manager of the Port Elizabeth branch office. With over 30 years of experience in the freight industry, Thomas will lead a team of highly skilled staff recruited from the Port Elizabeth area. “Dachser South Africa is committed to employing and training local staff. Job creation is and will continue to be important to us particularly given the high level of unemployment in the region,” says Duve.

About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

For more information about Dachser visit http://www.dachser.com.

General picture material can be downloaded at http://www.dachser.com/de/de/picture_gallery.htm.

Kempten/Ho Chi Minh City. 8 October 2012. Dachser is continuing to pursue its worldwide expansion course and at the beginning of October established a joint venture in Vietnam. Majority shareholder is Dachser Far East Ltd. in Hong Kong.

The range of services provided by Dachser Vietnam Co. Ltd. extends from air and sea freight business to customs clearance and a wide variety of other logistics services. In the short term the company plans to employ a staff of 20. The head office and first branch office is located in Ho Chi Minh City. The opening of a second branch office in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi is planned for the end of the year.

“Through our commitment in Vietnam we are present for our customers in one of the most productive and strongest growth markets in the region,” Thomas Reuter, managing director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics, points out.

Michael Deisemann has been appointed country manager. He has known the logistics business in Vietnam for over 14 years and will report to Edoardo Podestá, regional managing director Far East, who is based in Hong Kong.

Dachser is represented in Asia with branch offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. By 2017, the company aims to be present with its Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field at 220 locations in 49 countries.

About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes. For more information about Dachser visit http://www.dachser.com.

General picture material can be downloaded at         http://www.dachser.com/de/de/picture_gallery.htm

Rochdale & Northampton:  4 September 2012

DACHSER UK’s European logistics network, providing direct pallet and part-load deliveries for UK exporters, has been further extended with the introduction of a daily service to Ireland from the company’s northern hub in Rochdale (Greater Manchester).  This augments DACHSER’s UK/Ireland services which also run daily from its depots in Northampton and Dartford.

The service is provided in cooperation with Johnston Logistics Ltd., a long-standing partner of DACHSER’s in both the Republic and Northern Ireland, which provides total geographical coverage via its headquarters in Dublin and three regional facilities.

Nick Lowe is Managing Director of DACHSER UK.  He commented on the service extension, “This new Irish connection is critical to DACHSER providing a comprehensive European pallet service to our customers in the North of England, a region for which Ireland is an extremely important market.  Our integrated, state-of-the-art shipment control and tracking systems as well as EDI connections will all be available on this new service.’’

Irish-based customers will be able to take advantage not only of daily links to UK destinations but also of the network of DACHSER services to the continent.  Welcoming the announcement Albert Johnston of Johnston Logistics said, “Our operational cooperation with DACHSER has significantly improved the service packages we are able to offer our customers, whether they are importers or exporters in Ireland.  This new link to the North of England is particularly welcome. “

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ABOUT DACHSER UK

DACHSER UK is part of the Dachser group, a major international logistics provider which in 2011 generated total sales worth EUR 4.3 Billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 locations worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments comprising 37.1 million tonnes.

For more information, please visit  www.dachser.co.uk

ABOUT JOHNSTON LOGISTICS Ltd.

Johnston Logistics specialises in providing end to end contract logistics solutions based on leading edge technology and innovative thinking designed to deliver cost savings and competitive advantage to its customers

Offering the ultimate in Supply Chain Management (SCM), its services include: Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) , Stock Management, International freight services, Domestic Irish distribution and Specialist logistics services

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Northampton, 26 July 2012

Dachser’s logistics services for UK exporters include a daily door-to-door freight service utilising its three depots in the UK and over 150 branches throughout Europe, via a hub and spoke system.  The latest addition to Dachser’s network of services is a regular direct line-haul link to its Strykow branch in Poland, from where consignments are delivered across the whole of the country. This new direct Polish service complements the existing departures via the Dachser network and further optimises transit times to the Polish market.

UK exporters to Poland are assured of the high levels of service quality, reliability and in-transit track-and-trace visibility for which Dachser is renowned.

Nick Lowe, Dachser’s UK Managing Director, comments: ‘Despite  a slight strengthening  of Sterling against the Euro a few months ago,  the prevailing exchange rate conditions still favour UK exporters and assists them to be competitive in European markets.  Of course, the tailing off in demand across almost all economies makes trading conditions very difficult, but UK exporters certainly have an opportunity to gain market share.  Dachser’s aim is always to assist UK exporters by providing fast and reliable delivery services into Europe’.

‘We hear regular calls for Britain to concentrate on export markets, and the importance of strengthening our manufacturing sector.  The UK is already the seventh largest manufacturer in the world by output value, so there is certainly a basis on which to build, and we are seeing the effects of this’.

Indeed, Dachser UK has experienced an increase of 35% in export volumes over the past year, and is responding to its customers needs in a number of ways. Direct services into Europe from its north-west branch in Rochdale have been introduced and new investments in trucks and trailers have been made.  The number of direct line-haul connections has been increased, with the current development for Poland being a good example.  Information technology applied to efficient data processing through EDI and track-and-trace functionality, already an integral part of Dachser’s  service offering, has undergone a series of further investments and enhancements.

Lowe adds, ‘We continue to experience demand from all sizes of UK companies for single and multiple pallet consignments to destinations throughout Europe.  We appreciate that it is critical for all exporters, and especially new ones breaking into the market, who are often reacting to short notice demand from their customers, to have a high quality distribution service. It’s our mission to provide the ‘On Time, In Full’ service which they need. ’

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ABOUT DACHSER UK

DACHSER UK is part of the Dachser group, a major international logistics provider which in 2011 generated total sales worth EUR 4.3 Billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 locations worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments comprising 37.1 million tonnes.

For more information, please visit us on the Web at www.dachser.co.uk

Kempten/Kuala Lumpur, 7 May 2012. Dachser is continuing to pursue its worldwide expansion course and established a joint venture in Malaysia at the beginning of May.

The services provided by Dachser Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. range from air and sea freight business to customs clearance and other logistics services. Via its new joint venture partner, the company is also able to offer special transports. It is planned in the short term to employ a staff of 15 for the joint venture between Dachser and the Malaysian entrepreneur Ah Seng Tan (holdings in Multitrans, Megalift). The head office and at the same time first branch office are located in Petaling Jaya, near the capital Kuala Lumpur. There are also plans to open a second branch office.

“In Malaysia we are now present in another Tiger State following Singapore and Thailand, enabling us to develop both international and inner-Asian freight services for the benefit of our customers,” stresses Thomas Reuter, managing director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. With the new country organization Dachser is expanding its service portfolio in the Asian-Pacific basin. Reuter adds: “Thanks to years of experience and sound knowledge of the local markets, our joint venture partner provides access to established local contacts and in-depth knowledge from the word go”.

Huned Gandhi, CEO of Dachser Malaysia

CEO of Dachser Malaysia is Huned Gandhi, a former member of the Dachser India management team. He reports to Detlev Janik, chief regional director South/South-East Asia, who is based in Singapore.

Dachser is present in Asia with branch offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand and recently announced its growth strategy for the Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field. The company aims to extend its presence to 220 locations in 49 countries by 2017.

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

Expansion of the logistics facility near Prague

Kempten/Kladno, 3 May 2012. In Kladno near Prague, where once steel from the Poldi steelworks was stored, excavators are now digging for Dachser: the logistics provider is expanding its existing facility with the addition of a new transshipment hall for industrial goods and ambient foodstuffs. At the same time a spacious, four-storey office building is also being built to accommodate Dachser’s head office in the Czech Republic.

Dachser is investing a sum in the region of 9.1 million euros in the approximately 57,000-square-metre expansion site. The new transit terminal will provide around 3,600 square metres of space for industrial goods and approximately 585 square metres for foodstuffs. A maximum of 38 trucks, five for food logistics, can dock at the same time for loading or unloading. The new buildings will be ready for occupation by November 2012. The two existing warehouses for industrial goods and food will continue to be used, so that upon completion of the construction work 14,500 square metres of logistics space will be available in total.

“However, space is not the only decisive factor. Above all we are currently investing in further enhancing our service quality, which is the prerequisite for future growth,” says Petr Kozel, Managing Director Dachser Czech Republic.

“The Czech Republic is our location in the heart of the European markets. It is therefore very important for the Dachser network with its pan-European, precision-timed freight services,“ comments Michael Schilling, Managing Director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser. “With the expansion of the Kladno branch office, we are laying the foundation for sustained further growth of one of our most dynamic country organizations.”

Dachser is present with its European Logistics, Food Logistics and Air & Sea Logistics business fields at a total of eight locations in the Czech Republic. The Czech country organization employs a staff of 310 employees.

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About Dachser:

In 2011, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total revenue of EUR 4.3 billion. 21,000 staff working in 315 profit centres worldwide handled 49.3 million consignments weighing a total of 37.1 million tonnes.

Photo Note:

Attached is a JPG image showing the following people at the memorial stone ceremony:

From left to right: Jan Pihar, Dachser branch manager Kladno; Martin Drábek, President Association of Forwarding and Logistics of the Czech Republic (SSL); Miroslav Bernášek, Deputy Mayor of Kladno; Michael Schilling, Managing Director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser; Petr Kozel, Managing Director of Dachser Czech Republic