Geis contracts and improves 
Germany-based Geis Group carried out a portfolio adjustment in 2020, but ended the financial year on a positive note. In 2020, the internationally active logistics service provider achieved net sales of just over EUR 1 billion. Managing partners Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang... plus
Toll's Express brand to stay for two years
Toll Group is selling its global express business to Australian Allegro Funds, a private equity firm. The global express business provides express parcel, freight delivery and domestic forwarding services in Australia, and transport and contract logistics services in New... plus
Strong environment for K+N
Q1/2021 brought large profits for Kuehne + Nagel. Net turnover (CHF 6 billion), ebit (CHF 431 million) and a CHF 318 million profit in this quarter were all significantly above the levels of Q1/2020. The positive turnaround, which had already begun in the second half of 2020,... plus
Ceva: two air cargo services 
Ceva Logistics, the Switzerland-headquartered logistics arm of CMA CGM, has launched two new services. First, the company announced its Skycapacity programme, guaranteeing access to global air cargo capacity for customers in a volatile market. To this end, the company has... plus
Unipart remains on course in 2020
Releasing its 2020 results, British group Unipart reported that group turnover declined slightly with GBP 786.7 million (1.6%), while underlying group profit before interest and taxation dropped to GBP 16.1 million (2019: GBP 17.8 million). Despite unprecedented demand, in... plus
Freja's blue suede shoes
Danish company Freja Transport & Logistics has set up a new warehouse in Skanderborg. Here, the company handles the e-commerce orders for its German customer Deichmann for the Danish and Swedish markets. Freja stores no less than 40,000 pairs of shoes on a limited space... plus
Doubling its size in Singapore
The demand is there. Aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide is doubling the size of its operation in Singapore. The new facility is located adjacent to its existing operation within the ALPS Free Trade Zone at Changi Airport. It will provide significant additional... plus
Kering's new world hub soon fully operative
Global luxury goods manufacturer Kering Group has just unveiled its new warehouse in Trecate, close to Novara in Northern Italy. Kering manages a number of brands in fashion, leather goods, jewellery and watches like Gucci, Saint Laurent, Brioni, Ulysse Nardin and others.... plus
Groupe Hautier's next takeover
The expansion continues. After a first phase of takeovers during 2010-2011, the French Groupe Hautier snapped up the French firms Resano, Gervais and Monteau transport over the past three years. Now, the group, founded in 1914 on the port of La Rochelle, is acquiring another... plus
Radiopharma Logistics Group certified
Radiopharma Logistics Group (RLG) has announced that the Iso and Afnor certifications for its three affiliate companies were renewed in February 2021. RLG comprises the three companies Isovital (founded in 2005), Isolife (2007) and Isotopes Services International (ISI). RLG took... plus