GEODIS Wilson

Iselin, NJ, USA, August 5^th 2010

                                                                                                                         
GEODIS WILSON RECOGNIZED BY “INBOUND LOGISTICS” AS A WORLD-CLASS,  CUSTOMER-FOCUSED LOGISTICS PROVIDER FOR 2010

Geodis Wilson was recently recognized as a Top 100 3PL Provider by Inbound Logistics.   “Readers tell us they are required to meet more stringent levels of supply chain performance to keep their customers satisfied. Clearly, customer service is fundamental in measuring 3PL excellence.  Geodis Wilson provides that level of customer service and that is why it has been recognized by Inbound Logistics editors as a 2010 Top 100 3PL Provider,” comments Felecia Stratton, Editor, Inbound Logistics.  

“We are excited to have been chosen this year by Inbound Logistics as a top-tier supply chain solutions provider,” states John M. Gallahan, Regional Vice President – Americas, Geodis Wilson, “We are building a strong, customer-oriented organization both here in North America and throughout the world.  As a result, we continue to win accolades from shippers, carriers as well as from the press for our innovative and award-winning service and solutions.”   

TOP 100 SELECTION METHODOLOGY 

Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 3PL Provider’s list serves as a qualitative assessment of the service providers that we feel are best equipped to meet and surpass readers’ evolving outsourcing needs. Distilling the Top 100 is never an easy task, and the process becomes increasingly difficult as more 3PLs enter the market and as service providers from other functional areas develop value-added logistics capabilities. Each year, Inbound Logistics editors select the best logistics solutions providers by carefully evaluating submitted information, conducting personal interviews and online research, and comparing that data to our readers’ burgeoning global supply chain and logistics challenges.  Inbound Logistics editors selected this year’s class of Top 100 3PLs from a pool of several hundred companies. The service providers selected are companies that, in the opinion of the magaine’s experts, offer the diverse operational capabilities and experience to meet readers’ unique supply chain and logistics needs.
About Geodis Wilson and the Geodis Group

Geodis Wilson is a leading global freight management company. With 5,500 employees in more than 50 countries the company delivers tailor-made, integrated solutions to customers enabling them to operate as ‘best in class’. Geodis Wilson manages cargo across five continents by sea and air, making supply chains transparent and flexible to manage. As the freight forwarding element of the Geodis Group, Geodis Wilson grew out of the merger of Geodis Overseas, TNT Freight Management, and Rohde & Liesenfeld.

In 2008 the Geodis group became part of the French rail and freight group SNCF. With its now 50.000 employees in 120 countries ‘SNCF GEODIS’ ranks among the top six companies in its field in the world, is no.4 in Europe and no. 1 in France.

With the recent addition of a state-of-the art facility in Houston, Geodis Wilson continues to  expand its footprint in the United States, employing  340  specialists in airfreight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, ground transportation and warehousing & distribution.  Geodis Wilson USA also specializes in aid & relief, air and ocean charters, marine logistics, aviation, pharmaceutical, oil & gas and industrial projects.  Geodis Wilson USA designs for its  customers transparent and easy to manage supply chains, thus enabling them to become best in class. 

ABOUT INBOUND LOGISTICS

Inbound Logistics the leading trade magazine targeted toward business logistics and supply chain managers. The magazine’s editorial mission is to help companies of all sizes better manage corporate resources by speeding and reducing inventory and supporting infrastructure and better matching demand signals to supply lines. More information is available at www.inboundlogistics.com

Copenhagen, 18^th November 2010

Geodis Wilson’s Danish Managing Director Allan Geert Nielsen has been recognised for his innovative approach to the industry by the country‘s leading freight and logistics companies and their customers. Mr Nielsen, who took over as Managing Director of Geodis Wilson Denmark in 2007, is a well-known figure in the Danish forwarding community, of which he has been a part for 25 years. He was voted ‘Decision Maker of the Year’ in Danish transport and logistics by a selected group of 130 top managers of the Strategy Square forum, part of the annual Strategi Torvet Transport & Logistic Conference, and the industry association Danish Transport & Logistics.

Prior to the award ceremony, invitees were interviewed and a shortlist of nominees for the award were presented to delegates. In the final vote, Allan Geert Nielsen beat other nominees from competing operators and was presented with the award. He was “positively surprised” at the accolade. Voters referred to his “overall purpose to create value for the employees and thereby for the customers and stakeholders,” and his readiness “with input and ideas and the ability to keep a cool head when the going gets tough.”

The award reflects that initiatives taken by Geodis Wilson in recent months have been favourably received by the market and have improved customer service and efficiency. “Today, the business is not only about moving freight, it is also about creating innovative solutions,” said Allan Geert Nielsen.

Recently Geodis Wilson started to underpin its presence in West Denmark, consolidating three port and airport offices into a single ocean and airfreight competence centre from next month at Vejle – a developing cluster for Danish industry. The 3 million € facility of 3,250 sq metres, equidistant from Odense and Aarhus, will employ 120 people and is strategically located alongside the E45 motorway with connections throughout Denmark and internationally via Germany.

Geodis Wilson in Denmark employs 220 people and is market leader in the airfreight and courier sector and a key ocean freight supplier.

About Geodis Wilson and Geodis Group

Geodis Wilson is a leading global freight management company. With 6,400 employees in more than 50 countries the company delivers tailor-made, integrated freight solutions to customers enabling them to operate as ‘best in class.’ Geodis Wilson manages cargo across five continents by sea and air and road, making supply chains transparent and flexible to manage.

Geodis Wilson is the freight forwarding arm of Geodis Group. A global logistics provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of SNCF Group, Geodis is a European group with a worldwide scope, ranking number four in its field in Europe. The Group’s ability to coordinate all or part of the logistics chain (air and sea freight forwarding, groupage, express, contract logistics, transport of part and full truck loads, reverse logistics, supply chain optimisation) enables it to support its customers in their strategic, geographical and technological developments, providing them with solutions tailored to optimising their physical and information flows. Geodis offers a range of logistics services that meet the specific needs of each sector of the economy. Across a network covering 120 countries, the Group’s 29,600 employees offer a wealth of multicultural experience, a genuine local service to their customers and outstanding flexibility. Geodis reported revenues of €5 billion in 2009. 

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For further information, please contact:

Michael Zuchold                                                                       

Communications Manager Geodis Wilson                          

Tel.: + 49 174 909 8788                                                            

Email: michael.zuchold@hq.geodiswilson.com           

Hong Kong, 7^th December, 2010

The global multimodal service provider Geodis is gold sponsor at this year’s Automotive Logistics – India Conference taking place in Chennai, 8^th – 10^th December. Executives from the freight forwarding and supply chain management divisions, Geodis Wilson and Geodis Global Solutions (GGS) will be presenting at the Conference.  

As Gold Sponsor, Geodis will be hosting the welcome reception on the first night of the prestigious event, Wednesday 8^th December.  Geodis is supporting this conference at a significant time in the development of the automotive industry in India and sees the move as proof of its dedicated commitment to logistics services in both the sector and the region.

Thomas Blank, Regional Director, Sales and Marketing for Geodis Wilson in Asia-Pacific will be participating in session 2 of the Conference’s first full day (Thursday 9^th December).  He will present, along with colleagues from both the service provider as well as end-user sides of the business, including the CEO of Tata, Prem Verma, on the subject of the usage in India of third-party logistics providers by OEMs.

Geodis Wilson is the freight forwarding division of the Geodis Group and offers a range of integrated freight and logistics services on a worldwide platform and in particular takes a vertical industry focus on delivering supply chain solutions. Geodis Wilson’s representatives will be explaining to conference delegates how this startegic approach is applied by Geodis Wilson within the automotive vertical and to the Indian market in particular.

Geodis Global Solutions (GGS) builds global logistics and supply chain solutions, selects and integrates best value service partners, provides visibility and continuous cost optimistion within supply chains around the world. GGS executives have selected Automotive Logistics – India as a key event in the sector at which to demonstrate the division’s service skills and automotive experience.  It brings these attributes to bear in designing solutions for auto manufacturers, tier 1 and 2 suppliers and distributors. In addition, India continues to be a priority development region for both, GGS and Geodis Wilson.

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For more information on the Conference go to – www.automotivelogisticsindia.com

Geodis Representatives

Geodis Wilson

• Rene Bach Larsen, Managing Director, India
• Frederic Chapellier, National Sales Manager, India
• Peter Baumann, Global Director Automotive
• Thomas Blank, Regional Business Development Director  APAC
• Sophie Khaou, Communication & Marketing,  APAC

Geodis Global Solutions

• David Morel, Regional Business Development Director,  APAC
• Michael Hermann, Director Business Development,  Supply Chain Optimisation, APAC
• Jing Qian, Director Automotive/Industrial Markets, APAC

About Geodis Wilson and the Geodis Group

Geodis Wilson is a leading global freight management company. With 6,400 employees in more than 50 countries the company delivers tailor-made, integrated solutions to customers enabling them to operate as ‘best in class.’ Geodis Wilson manages cargo across five continents by sea and air, making supply chains transparent and flexible to manage. Geodis Wilson is the freight forwarding arm of Geodis Group which became part of the French rail and freight group SNCF in 2008. With its 46.000 employees in 120 countries ‘SNCF GEODIS’ ranks among the top seven companies in its field in the world, is no.4 in Europe

For further information, please contact:

Sophie Khaou                                                     

Communication & Marketing, Asia Pacific, Geodis Wilson        

Tel.: + 852 9199 2560                                       

Email: sophie.khaou@hk.geodiswilson.com                

Amsterdam, January 26^th 2011

Peter Baumann has been appointed Global Director Automotive at Geodis Wilson. He will be in charge of developing and expanding the Company’s automotive logistics business worldwide. The appointment supports the company’s global growth strategy. Geodis Wilson, a leading international freight management company, is enhancing its logistics activities in the automotive sector, as well as in the pharmaceutical and hi-tech industries.

Martin Svantesson, Director of Vertical Markets, commented: “I am very pleased that Peter Baumann is joining Geodis Wilson. The rapidly changing markets demand increasingly sophisticated and flexible solutions for vertically structured industries. Peter Baumann’s competence in automotive logistics will significantly enhance our ability to deliver such solutions and assist in the further expansion of our overall servicing of vertical markets.”

Peter Baumann, age 48, will be based in the Geodis Wilson office at Kelsterbach, Germany. He has extensive experience in the automotive logistics sector, having worked many years for companies such as Menlo Worldwide Logistics and DHL. Following completion of his studies in Transportation and Logistics at the Academy of World Trade in Frankfurt, he began his career at DHL, where he held the position of Global Account Manager, dealing with major customers in the automotive sector such as Robert Bosch. He went on to become Director of Business Development Automotive for Menlo Worldwide Logistics where he was responsible for developing automotive business in the Asia-Pacific region. He then served as Director of International Business Development in charge of Strategic Developments and Key Accounts at Menlo Worldwide Logistics and was leading the sales and marketing activities in South East Asia until joining Geodis Wilson.

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 About Geodis Wilson and the Geodis Group

Geodis Wilson is a leading global freight management company. With 6,400 employees in more than 50 countries the company delivers tailor-made, integrated solutions to customers enabling them to operate as ‘best in class.’ Geodis Wilson manages cargo across five continents by sea and air, making supply chains transparent and flexible to manage. Geodis Wilson is the freight forwarding arm of Geodis Group which became part of the French rail and freight group SNCF in 2008. With its 46.000 employees in 120 countries ‘SNCF GEODIS’ ranks among the top seven companies in its field in the world, is no.4 in Europe and no.1 in France.

Global freight management provider Geodis Wilson moved more than 28,000 tons of Swedish export airfreight in 2010 – around 25 per cent of the country’s total airfreight export market, according to the newest IATA industry report. Geodis Wilson Sweden saw overall freight traffic expand by over 40 per cent compared with 2009.

Airfreight business in Sweden and worldwide picked up noticeably from the summer last year. A large contributor to Geodis Wilson’s success is represented by the enhanced frequent services to its top destinations Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Shanghai, to which Geodis Wilson has consolidations up to five times a week. “It is a just-in-time performance that our clients are looking for, which means we are giving the market the frequency that it needs,” added Peter Nordström, Geodis Wilson’s Nordic Procurement & Traffic Systems Director.

Nordström predicts further market growth of five to six per cent in 2011. “However, capacity will not grow in equal measure, so there will inevitably be some space problems on the market – and this is where vendor loyalty will give us further advantage,” he said. Geodis Wilson Sweden has established access to major IATA carriers, thus ensuring access to necessary capacity.

Geodis Wilson is also among Sweden’s top three airfreight import agents, serving several hundred air freight customers, including the great majority of all market leading companies in Sweden with import/export needs.   In 2010, Geodis Wilson was voted Air Cargo Freight Forwarder of The Year by their customers at the annual awards of industry title Air Cargo Week.

“We have been striving to move up to first position for a number of years”, says Peter Vallenthin, Managing Director Geodis Wilson Sweden and the Nordics. “It has always been our strategy to be the best in Sweden, with a good product pitched at the right market condition and an outstanding customer service mentality”, Vallenthin continues.   Geodis Wilson Sweden reaches annual sales of SEK 2.03bn (euro 230m) and runs 11 offices throughout the country. Being part of the global multimodal network of SNCF Geodis, Geodis Wilson can offer integrated one-stop logistics solutions, covering more than 120 countries worldwide, and providing specific industry solutions, for example to the pharma sector, retailers, automotive and hi-tech companies.

About Geodis Wilson and the Geodis Group

Geodis Wilson is a leading global freight management company. With 6,400 employees in more than 50 countries, Geodis Wilson delivers tailor-made, integrated solutions to customers, enabling them to operate as best in class.

Geodis Wilson is the freight forwarding arm of SNCF Geodis, a division of the French railway group SNCF. With its 46.000 employees in 120 countries ‘SNCF GEODIS’ ranks among the top 5 companies in its field in the world.