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PLANS Bio methane to be rolled out across fleet. Customers to be integrated with bespoke WMS and TMS systems.
STATISTICS (UK only) Total sales: £58.53m Total sites: 16 Total vehicles: 250 Total warehousing (sqm): 300,000 UK warehousing (sqm): 300,000
Eilis Cope T: 01453 883688 E:
eilis.cope@
tenens.com Web
www.tenens.com
48.TORQUE LOGISTICS UK Sales:£55m
UK headquarters: Leeds,Yorkshire
MARKET FOCUS Global logistics provider, specialising in freight forwarding, clothing and footwear, e- fulfilment, reverse logistics, pre-retail, giftware, home ware, toys and games.
ALLIANCES Shipair express, NTS Transport Management Group, Dart Global Logistics
DEVELOPMENTS Appointed David Scott head of warehouse and distribution; Paul Boland as head of freight;Vanessa Hope as head of sales and
marketing. NewWarehouse inWigan. Invested £1m in garment processing facility in Leeds. New pick and pack facilities in the Far East, and Ozone cleaning service. Contract renewal from Pringle knitwear.
PLANS Expanding freight forwarding in NorthWest and Southern England. Capitalising on enhanced pre-retail services.
STATISTICS (UK only) Total sales: £55m Total sites: 5 Total vehicles: 30 Total warehousing (sqm): 140,000
Web:
www.torque.eu
49.MOVIANTO UK Sales:£54.7m
Ultimate owner:Celestio UK Headquarters: Bedford
MARKET FOCUS Specialist distribution and warehousing of pharmaceuticals.
DEVELOPMENTS Investment in cold storage and new controlled drugs vault. Re-aligned warehouse layout to provide dedicated for handling cold chain products and controlled drugs. Renewed contract with Department of Health for childhood
vaccines service.
STATISTICS UK sales: £54.7m UK sites: 8 UK vehicles: 215 UK warehousing (sqm): 30,000
Richard Shore T: 07739 506 685 E:
richard.shore@
movianto.coom
50 .THE REED BOARDALLGROUP UK Sales:£53m
Ultimate owner:The Reed Boardall Group Headquarters: Boroughbridge, NorthYorkshire
MARKET FOCUS Frozen distribution specialist with 112,000 pallet spaces at Boroughbridge site.
STATISTICS (UK only) Total sales: £53m Total sites: 1 Total vehicles: 160 tractor units + 240 trailers Total warehousing (sqm): Cold store 112,000 pallets
Tom Cassells T: 01423 322563 E:
tcassells@reedboardall.com Web:
www.reedboardall.com
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sales of £43m. It specialises in ambient food warehousing and distribution. It is currently looking to expand its warehousing in the Midlands and the South East.
Dachser Dachser is the UK subsidiary of the German Dachser Group and now has sales of more than 41m. Last year it saw a 230 per cent growth in European export volumes and is looking for further growth this year both in export business and domestic contract logistics.
Bedfords Bedfords, with sales of £24.5m, is a domestic logistics provider specialising in automotive, food and drink, paper and printing construction, furniture and furnishings, electronics and electrical, general manufacturing. It’s a member of Palletforce and the Linq Alliance delivery network.
PrestonsOf Potto Prestons Of Potto, one of the great names of the British haulage business, is still owned by the Preston family.With sales of £21m it is involved in pallet delivery, automotive, chemicals and petroleum, food and drink, general manufacturing, paper and printing, construction, utilities. It is also a member of the Harlequin Logistics network. For the coming year the focus is on container business, construction, and food and drinks with launching a marketing team.
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Partner Logistics Dutch frozen logistics specialist Partner Logistics has built up sales of £27m in the UK. Last year saw European pallet volumes increase by 30 per cent as a result of a series of new client wins, including Unilever, Coppenrath &Wiese and Dawn Foods.
ByBox ByBox now handles five million parcels a year through its pre-8am distribution network and has sales of £40m. It has been increasing the number of electronic locker locations in the UK by 300 sites. It is integrating more online retailers to offer the ByBox service as an alternative delivery option.
Lloyd FraserGroup With sales of more than £50m Llloyd Fraser focuses on three key market sectors: FMCG, bulk liquids, and fashion logistics. It now has 20 sites and some 500 vehicles. Last year it won a New five year contract with Milk Link for collection and distribution of fresh milk.
FramptonsTransport Framptons Transport launched Palletline Europe service; launched dedicated courier van service. Continuing to develop electronic order booking, tracking, digital signature capture and online retrieval of PODs.
Delamode Braintree-based Delamode launched a new
CMT service. A garment consolidation centre opened in Urziceni, Romania. Opened dedicated fashion logistics centre for UK fashion network.
RhysDavies Freight Logistics Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, the Cardiff- based operator, now has sales of £38m. In the past year it has expanded in food, chemicals and carpet delivery markets.
LondonCity Bond A series of contract wins in the drinks market has taken London City Bond to sales of £28.5m. the company specialises in bonded warehousing for food and drink.
SucklingTransport Suckling Transport, based atWest Thurrock, specialises in fuel distribution with sales of some £17.5m. It operates from 11 sites in the UK.
Acumen Logistics Acumen Logistics, based in Northampton, targets markets including automotive, chemicals & petroleum, and waste management.
APL Logistics Logistics subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines with global sales of £884m. Has three offices and eight facilities in the UK with a total 75,000 sq m of
warehousing.Growth internationally was 12 per cent last year.
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