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New site for special services

Norbert Dentressangle has opened a new national distribution hub for its Specialist Services operation, on the site of its International Freight Terminal at Brownhills, near Walsall. It provides specialist-handling distribution for businesses supplying high value, delicate or large commercial items. The new warehouse features 20,000sq ft of fully racked high bay storage space and a 23,000sq ft cross-dock facility with 22 loading bays. There is also an office area of nearly ... [+]

Norbert Dentressangle completes US buy

Norbert Dentressangle has completed the previously announced acquisition of all the shares of privately held US third party logistics provider, Jacobson Companies from Oak Hill Capital Partners, for$750 million (€560 million). Headquartered in Des Moines, IA, Jacobson is one of the largest value-added warehousing 3PL provider in North America. Norbert Dentressangle ... [+]

Norbert Dentressangle buys US firm

French-owned forwarding and logistics company Norbert Dentressangle is to buy Des Moines, Indiana-based transport and logistics firm Jacobson from private equity firm Oak Hill Capital for $750 million. The deal, which is expected to close mid-September 2014, is subject to regulatory approvals. Founded in 1968 Jacobson is described as one ... [+]

NDO offers Russia freight option

Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, the forwarding arm of the French-owned logistics company, has launched new services from the UK to Russia. Following its acquisition of the freight forwarding activities of the Daher Group in September last year, Norbert Dentressangle has secured a significant presence in the Russian market, employing more than ... [+]

Smart work wins renewed contract for NDO

Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, the freight forwarding arm of the French-owned logistics operator, has renewed its contract with tablet and notebook computer and computer motherboard maker, ASUS. The company appointed ND’s US freight forwarding business, NDO America in 2011, to manage the ocean freight of product from four production facilities in ... [+]

Norbert Dentressangle buys space in France

Norbert Dentressangle is to buy the logistics assets of MGF, a subsidiary of the G7 Group, consisting of nine warehouses in France. With a combined total storage area of 174,000m2, the warehouses are located mainly between the Paris area in northern France and Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. They employ 272 people, ... [+]

Norbert Dentressangle on the move at Heathrow

Norbert Dentressangle’s freight forwarding division, Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, has relocated its Heathrow operation to larger premises. A shared facility has been replaced with a leased 9,000 sq ft of dedicated office and warehouse space at Saxon Way Trading Estate in Harmondsworth. In the last two years, the Heathrow office has ... [+]

Contract renewal lifts logistics firm

Norbert Dentressangle has renewed a major contract with Anglo-Italian helicopter company, AgustaWestland. The logistics firm works with the UK operation of AgustaWestland, based at Yeovil in Somerset to move critical parts with dedicated teams from its Specialist Services business on-site and at the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in ... [+]

Red Pallet provides a hand-made solution

Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract with Industrias Cándido Hermida, which provides crafted wood furnishings for the UK's largest yacht manufacturer, to transport product from Naron in Spain to Poole, Dorset, using its Red Europe Express service. The logistics operator provides dedicated van deliveries to meet ‘just in time’ production ... [+]

Green light for Daher sale

Norbert Dentressangle has gained approval from the French competition authorities for its agreement to take over Daher’s freight forwarding activities in France and three in Russia, announced on 16 July.     [+]

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