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Geodis has appointed Xavier Avrard as chief strategy officer and member of the group’s management board.Avrard joined Geodis in 2014 and in January 2023 took over the strategic development of the Europe region, particularly the integration of recently acquired Trans-o-flex. As the head of the new group strategy department, he will be responsible for corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, post-merger integration and monitoring strategic investments and developments.
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Geodis has been chosen as Official Freight Carrier for the Rugby World Cup 2023 which runs from September 8 to October 28 in France.
The logistics operator has assigned around 140 employees to the event and some 80 tonnes of equipment will be airlifted to France and transported between the teams’ ...
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Geodis has expanded its road network from Southeast Asia (SEA) to the Singapore/China route. The service, which also connects Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam will operate to Shenzhen from 23 August and will subsequently be extended to Hong Kong, and in the near future to Indonesia. It includes dedicated customs brokerage ...
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French-owned forwarder Geodis has opened an eLogistics platform in Coventry in the UK. The 7,000sq m site has can store more than 500,000 SKUs and process up to 5,000 orders per day.
Geodis eLogistics, which was launched in 2020, supports retailers in outsourcing their logistics operations, offering a complete logistics solution ...
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GEODIS has gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification for seven additional sites in Europe – London, Manchester, Frankfurt, Arlanda, Budapest, Warsaw and Brussels – in addition to its existing site in Amsterdam. The certification ensures that facilities, equipment, operations and staff comply with the appropriate applicable standards, guidelines and regulations expected ...
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Jesper Axell has been appointed managing director for Geodis Sweden. He has served as deputy managing director since 2018, having joined the French-owned logistics and forwarding company in 2006 and will continue to report to the Scandinavian sub-regional managing director, Magnus Tornerhjelm.
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Geodis has appointed Stéphanie Hervé as group executive vice president, contract logistics, David-Olivier Tarac, group chief financial officer and Amaury Valicon, Group chief performance officer.
Stéphanie Hervé started her career in 1996 as a logistics solution designer at FM Logistics and joined Geodis in 1998 and was appointed chief operating officer ...
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Geodis has opened a multi-user logistics facility at Aurach, near Nuremberg in southern Germany. It has 26,757 Euro pallet spaces in the high-bay warehouse and 9,000sq m of block storage space and is equipped with a photovoltaic system. It will offer a range of services such as distribution of large ...
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Geodis has further extended its contract logistics capabilities in Sweden with a 20,000sq m warehouse close to its existing facility at Arendal, near Gothenburg. It is 12 months since the forwarder established an operational footprint adjacent to the port with a 16,000sq m facility. The extension has a railhead within ...
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Geodis has opened a service hub in the Andalusia and Extremadura regions of Spain and has opened an office in Seville.They will offer maritime and air transport solutions in the south of Spain along services such as control tower, purchase order, vendor management and emission reporting. The French owned forwarding ...
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