Dachser establishes its own company in Brazil

Termination of the joint venture with Logimasters. Cooperation to be continued on a partnership basis.

Kempten/Indaiatuba. June 2, 2009. The joint venture partners Dachser and Logimasters are reorganising the business segments in Brazil and terminated their mutual joint venture with effect from March 31, 2009.

The internationally operating logistics provider is taking over all international business, which is to be consolidated in the newly founded “Dachser Brazil Logística Ltda.” headquartered in Indaiatuba. From there, the logistics provider manages air and sea freight business, including existing partner connections. Furthermore, Dachser Brazil is to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Logiprojects and will thus also coordinate international special and project business from and to Brazil.

With the new company, Dachser is directly connecting the Brazilian market to its international air and sea freight network. Dachser Brazil will continue to cooperate with Logimasters on a partnership basis and will in future forge ahead with the further development of national forwarding and logistics operations.

Dachser Brazil is managed by Richard Frank Schües, a locally and internationally versed logistics manager. Schües was latterly employed with Volkswagen Transport of South America and the shipping line CSAV.

“With this step, we are reinforcing our global air and sea freight network and consolidating our position in the Brazilian growth market. This also paves the way for the important pending integration of our logistics systems,” says Thomas Reuter, Managing Director Air & Sea Logistics at Dachser.

In 2008 Dachser generated total sales of EUR 3.6 billion. 18,175 staff working in 305 profit centres worldwide handled 43.3 million consignments weighing a total of 29.1 million tonnes.

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