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Geodis Wilson sets up Bahrain joint venture

[ May 15, 2014   //   ]

Freight forwarding company Geodis Wilson has formed a joint venture partnership with Bahrain regional warehousing and distribution specialist Banz Group. It will be based in Juffair, with an 8,000sq m warehouse facility, one of the largest of its type in the region and including ambient, chilled and frozen storage space.

Middle East cluster managing director for Geodis Wilson, Sascha Geiken, said: “From day one, we are offering a full menu of Freight Services, including air, sea, road, sea-air and project forwarding,”

“Servicing our customers where they grow is part of our dynamic business strategy”, added executive vice president of Geodis Wilson, Kim Pedersen “This means increasing our footprint not only in the large and emerging economies, as we do in Brazil, India, China and also the US, but also in other dynamic regions, like the Middle East, where we already have a presence in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.”

 

Left to right: Jason Smith (CEO Banz Group), Joint Venture partnership, Abdulla Buhindi,Chairman Banz Group and Sascha Geiken, Cluster Managing Director Middle East, Geodis Wilson

 

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