August 2010
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31st August 2010 Norbert Dentressangle publishes its results:
Meyer Logistics Quick Service has won a 5 year contract with Yum! Restaurants International. Meyer will manage all supply chain activities. Meyer will deliver to 135 KFC and Pizza Hut stores and restaurants in Germany 6 days per week. Meyer also does procurement logistics and suppler complaints management. Acumen Automotive Logistics has won a contract with Land Rover to deliver finished vehicles from Gaydon (Warwickshire) to dealerships throughout the South West of England. City Link has won a contract with Johnston Prams and Buggies. City Link will deliver the products to shops and online customers throughout the UK. 26th August 2010 Procter & Gamble has appointed Monique Picou as its new Supply Chain Director. London City Bond has won a contract with Italian wine company Zonin. London City Bond will store and distribute wines from its depot at Tilbury. 20th August 2010 DSV appoints Karl Timmis as its new head of full load, contracts, haulage and support services in the UK. Karl has responsibility for building the full load market, including the European, International and container traffic. RG Bassett & Sons has been appointed by Jiffy Packaging Company to provide a full logistics support operation across the UK. Norbert Dentressangle wins a new 3 year contract with Building Adhesives ltd (BAL). Norbert Dentressangle collects products from BAL's manufacturing centre and makes over 10,000 next day deliveries per year using regional partners to distributors, wholesalers and retailers across the UK. 12th August 2010 Ceva Logistics has announced its Q2 and Half-year results for 2010:
Q2 revenue growth year on year of 30% was driven by strong freight volumes, particularly in the Americas and Asia Pacific. In Contract Logistics year on year growth was achieved through increased volumes in the strategically important automotive, consumer & retail and technology sectors. EBITDA declined 6% year on year in the second quarter. Freight Management EBITDA before specific items decreased by €2 million, largely a result of margin compression caused by rapidly rising transport costs which offset higher volumes. Contract Logistics EBITDA before specific items for the three months ended June 2010 declined by €3 million. This was partly impacted by one-time costs incurred in establishing new operations. Q2 2010 new business wins brought in €451 million of additional revenue, mainly driven by growth in consumer & retail and energy sectors and continued improvement in the automotive market. New contract wins include Janssen Pharmaceutica in Belgium, AKI in Spain and Triumph Motorcycles in the UK. Ceva continues to focus strategically on building contract logistics presence in the technology and consumer market sectors with increases of 23% and 18% respectively over the same period in 2009. Wincanton renews its contract with Topaz Energy. Wincanton distributes petroleum products to Topaz Energy forecourts across the Republic of Ireland. DB Schenker opens a new sorting facility in Kolding (Denmark) dedicated to shoe logistics for delivery to retailers. The new facility provides services to retailers in both the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. Suttons logistics appoints Graeme Rooney as its new Regional Director for Asia & Middle East. Aitchision Topeka wins a contract with ADM Classic (food ingredients company) to distribute cocoa powder and chocolate products to some 20 of ADM's customers around the UK. Bibby Distribution has bought a significant part of the English operation of MRS Distribution. Therefore Bibby Distribution takes over contracts with Board24 (packaging manufacturer) and Greif UK (industrial packaging). Norbert Dentressangle renews its contract with Tesco for the management of 12 Recycling Service Units (RSU) throughout the UK & Ireland. The RSU network handles all loose equipment and packaging waste from over 2,000 stores. Items include, trays, flower buckets, roll cages and dollies. These items are collected by Tesco store delivery vehicles and delivered to the RSU on its return leg. Returnable items are processed for collection and reused by Tesco and its suppliers. 9th August 2010 Bidvest, the South African parent company to 3663 has restructured its UK business into seperate wholesale and logistics businesses. The wholesale arm will retain the 3663 name but Logistics has been set up as a new business called Bidvest Logistics. TDG is targeting asset-light contract logistics activities such as 4pl transport management and freight forwarding for future growth. Widdowson Group has won a contract with Pearson Shared Services for UK palletised distribution of Pearson Education and Penguin books. Culina Logistics has won contracts with Granini and Little Dish. Culina Logistics handles fruit juice deliveries for Granini in the UK market. Little Dish, which makes food for children, chose Culina to provide distribution services into major retailers for its toddlers and baby food products. 4th August 2010 Wincanton has sold its recycling business to Sims Group UK for £17.5 million and expects to make a profit of £8 million. The recycling business comprises electronics recycling plants in Billingham and Daventry and sortation centres in Harlow and Widnes. Deutsche Post DHL has increase its financial forecasts for the year. The DHL business is now predicted to produce an underlying EBIT of around €1.3 billion. Kuehne & Nagel has appointed Daryl Ridgeway as its new Senior Vice President of Seafreight. TDG has appointed David Bermingham as its new Managing Director UK Contract Logistics and Transport business units. David was previously at Ceva Logistics. Suttons Group has won a 3 year contract with Grosvenor Chemicals to distribute Polyvinyl acetate products around the UK from its manufacturing plant in Huddersfield. Suttons will provide 2 dedicated tankers in Grosvenor Chemicals livery. |