Growth trend continues

The internationally operating logistics provider, DACHSER, again showed a positive business development in 2008, globally expanded its network and appointed over 1,000 new employees.

The basis for the creation of new jobs was the positive growth in the business revenue as well as tonnage and consignment figures. All in all, the logistics provider handled 43.3 million consignments last year weighing a total of 29.1 million tonnes. Bernhard Simon, spokesman for the DACHSER management, in particular expressed his satisfaction over the continuing good development in the number of employees. To handle the increased volumes, over 1,000 new appointments were made in 2008. At the end of 2008, DACHSER thus employed a staff of 18,175 at 305 locations (297 in 2007), of whom 10,500 are based in the company’s home country, Germany.

Growth trend continues

All three core business segments contributed to the positive result

The logistics provider posted an increase in revenue for the completed business year of 12 percent to EUR 3.6 billion. The lion’s share of the revenue volume was generated by DACHSER’s core business segment European Logistics, the transport of consolidated goods in the full-coverage European network. The DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics business segment, the global network for intercontinental logistics with activities focused in the USA, Europe and Asia, also made a positive contribution to the result. The DACHSER Food Logistics business segment again proved in 2008 that the company is a leading provider in the German food logistics market. In food logistics, DACHSER offers its industry and retail customers a combination of full-coverage transport networks for temperature-controlled freight transport and tailor-made contract logistics services.

Growth trend continues

Outlook for 2009

DACHSER, too, is not immune to the current economic crisis. The company, like most others, is not making any exact forecast for 2009.

“DACHSER has a diversified customer structure. We will to some extent be able to cushion crisis-induced downturns in individual sectors through good market acceptance on the part of new customers,” Bernhard Simon explains.

At the same time, the family-owned company is continuing to invest in the expansion of its worldwide logistics network. In the first quarterly period, DACHSER established new locations in Chile, Thailand and Bangladesh. With numerous site expansions in Europe, the acquisition and integration of the food logistics specialist Tank and the opening of the DACHSER Academy in Cologne, DACHSER is giving a clear signal that it is investing in the extension of its customer-oriented network and the qualification of its staff.