To Basel and Zurich 
In the Swiss logistics scene Pelichet, in Geneva, is one of the more discreet players. Régis Serrière, head of the international team and strategy director there since March, explained the company’s profile and expansion plans to Christian Doepgen recently. more
Flag raised in Bulgaria 
Transport and logistics company Asstra Associated Traffic opened a new office in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2022. The office is headed by branch manager Kiril Zahariev. Products from the metallurgy, wood and paper, agricultural, fresh food, and oil and gas industries are among the... more
P3 in Northern Germany
European logistics real estate developer P3 Logistic Parks, a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC), is investing in Wilhelmshaven. The company is buying a 210,000 sqm site in the centre of the Jade Weser Port freight... more
Integrated hub in the making
The steel frame of a GBP 28 million single site logistics hub that is being built for the aerospace engineering company Leonardo in Yeovil, Somerset (UK) is now complete. The property will have a surface of 65,000 sqm and is scheduled to be finished by Q4/2022. The... more
The world is not enough
At the Europa Worldwide Group’s ‘Europacom’ conference for directors CEO Andrew Baxter revealed that the company’s turnover over the last twelve months crossed the GBP 300 million mark. The firm is thus on track to adhere to its roadmap and achieve GBP 400 million turnover by... more
Ground broken in Villmergen
Swiss Post has responded to growing online trade by investing around CHF 137 million in expanding its existing Villmergen site into its largest warehouse logistics centre. The project contains four extensions. Among other things, Swiss Post is setting up an automatic high-bay... more
Third location for Fraikin Suisse
Fraikin Suisse, which specialises in vehicle rental, has just inaugurated its Geneva agency in Meyrin. Its network now consists of three agencies, one for German-speaking Switzerland in Hendschiken, canton of Aargau, and two in the French-speaking part in Echandens, canton of... more
Glen Cameron turns yellow-red
The Glen Cameron Group, founded in 1975 by Glen Cameron in Melbourne, Australia, is being taken over by DHL Supply Chain. The price was not disclosed. Today, the Glen Cameron Group is a USD 350 million national logistics company, with about 100,000 sqm of warehouses, a fleet... more
Safram increases capacities in Paris
Thanks to its new owner, the Heppner Group, Safram now has access to additional storage capacities in Paris, thus doubling its warehousing space for dangerous goods in the greater Paris area. The new facility, located in the industrial park in Le Tilley (FR 95), is not far... more
New hub in the English Midlands
Freight forwarder and logistics company Davies Turner is building another major logistics hub in UK and has acquired a new development site in the English Midlands for this purpose. The new 45,000 sqm multi-user logistics hub will be located close to both the M1 and M6... more