Sievert Handel Transporte cracks the 100 million euro mark

"We are not dissatisfied with the results of the past financial year. Nevertheless, we want to improve our performance," says Rui Macedo, Managing Director of sht (pictured). This is why the expansion of value-added services is planned for the current year. In addition to pure transportation, for example, warehousing activities will be intensified at several locations. In addition to handling, packing and order picking, the storage and warehousing areas as well as the facilities for ensiling and resilating free-flowing goods will be expanded. The partial and final assembly of industrial goods will also be given greater focus.

The expansion of value-added services planned for 2016 will primarily take place at the Stockstadt, Leipzig and Hausach locations. There are also plans to rent logistics space as required, for example in the Ruhr region or the Hamburg area. The strategic direction is clear for Macedo: "With our value-added services, we want to increase the competitiveness of our customers, which ultimately also improves our own operating result. They also round off the business activities of the pure transport business."

In structural terms, the focus last year was on the integration of two companies: sht took over the business activities of Gass International Logistics in 2015 and those of logistics service provider Adolf Schuck in 2013. "We have completed the integration of Schuck. The company operates under the name Sievert Schuck and is an integral part of our group of companies," says Macedo. The integration of Gass, on the other hand, is still underway but is proceeding according to plan. In the coming months, the main focus will be on the further implementation of internal structures and processes. The logistics processes for customers, on the other hand, have already been established and adapted to sht's standards. For the current financial year, sht expects moderate growth. red