
Seifert Logistics Group continues to focus on growth
The Seifert Logistics Group (SLG) closed the 2019 financial year with a turnover of 210 million euros and thus remains on course for growth in a difficult market environment.

The Seifert Logistics Group (SLG) closed the 2019 financial year with a turnover of 210 million euros and thus remains on course for growth in a difficult market environment.

The logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is now also relying on sustainably generated electricity in Lower Austria. A new solar plant with a total area of 16,000 square meters produces around 1,725 megawatt hours (MWh) per year.

As part of the growth strategy for the Warehousing business unit, Nosta Logistics GmbH will be opening a further location in Melle from July 1.

The Board of Management presented the results of the financial year at the first digital annual press conference of BLG Logistics Group AG & Co KG on April 29. The conclusion: things went solidly.

New location in Southern California
The transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss is further expanding its warehouse logistics activities in the west of the USA. In addition to the existing location near Los Angeles, the logistics company has opened another warehouse in Southern California.

The digital freight platform Saloodo! has presented a completely revised user interface for its shippers.

Sustainability report 2019 published
Daimler AG's 2019 Sustainability Report was published on April 22 under the title "SpurWechsel". The name SpurWechsel says it all. It is about the sustainable transformation of Daimler.

The newly founded DSS Logistik GmbH and DSS Nutzfahrzeug Service GmbH take over the business operations of the insolvent ReiCo Spedition GmbH & Co KG and ASB Autoservice und Bremsendienst GmbH.

Six new members of the Executive Board (M/F/D)
The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the BVL took place under changed conditions due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Elections were nevertheless held, including six new Board members.

The logistics service provider Group7 is building in Hamburg. At 26,000 square meters, the planned new building is one of the two largest logistics developments in Hamburg in the last 15 months, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate.

Michael Küppers has been working for pfenning logistics group as a general representative since April. The managing partner of the consultancy Advisors for Advanced Logistics has many years of management expertise in the logistics sector.

UPS is partnering with Qiagen, a provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, to deliver nucleic acid extraction kits required for COVID-19 testing and the novel QIAstat-Dx coronavirus test cartridges to destinations around the world.

Kern GmbH is part of the urbANT project, which is currently in the concept phase. The aim is to design a 24/7 terminal.

Despite an increasingly gloomy global economy, Dachser continued to grow in 2019.

InstaFreight is now offering overland transportation services in the supply chains from China to Europe and vice versa, which have been severely disrupted by the coronavirus.

The time of crisis presents many companies with major challenges in terms of personnel planning. The optimization specialist Inform supports these companies with free emergency shift plans.

Commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health
The logistics provider Fiege distributes protective equipment for medical personnel in Germany on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG),

Dachser has organized the first block train with BASF products to the central Chinese city of Xi'an.

Albert Craiss GmbH & Co. KG. is expanding its warehouse in Karlsruhe. With around 2,000 square meters of block space and around 6,000 Euro pallet spaces on the shelves, the logistics service provider is significantly increasing its storage capacity.

The Zeitfracht Group has a new CEO: Dominik Wiehage has taken over from Wolfram Simon-Schröter, who will act as CFO in future.