UP CLOSE & PERSONAL AIR SUPREMACY THE TRUE VALUE OF PARTNERSHIP


In conversation with Jerome Le Grand, Aerospace Director for SDV Corporate.


SDV is one of the world’s leading transport and logistics organisations with over 20,000 employees at 612 offices in 102 countries and annual revenues of €5,630 million. For its customers around the world it transports 550,000 tonnes of air cargo every year.


It is a longstanding customer of Volga-Dnepr Group and Ruslan International, particularly for the movement of aerospace cargoes for all segments of the aeronautics, space, defence and security industries.


To find out more about how the two companies work together, Cargo Supermarket caught up with Jerome Le Grand during Volga-Dnepr’s customer event in London in October.


Jerome joined SDV in the USA in 1994, responsible for Aerospace Sales & Marketing, and later became


Aerospace Manager. In 2001, he started a five-year role as Aerospace Product Manager for SDV France and was promoted to Aerospace Product Director of SDV Europe in 2007.


Today, he holds the position of Aerospace Director for SDV Corporate.


What ar e the benefits of using air car go services for you and your customers?


The first benefit for us and our customers is being able to ensure the integrity of the product being shipped.Secondly, it is all about meeting the expected speed of the supply chain - and this expectation continues to increase - and, overall, it is about delivering the required service level.


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When we design a solution for our customers they expect nothing off the shelf. We are designing solutions and we found within Volga-Dnepr and Ruslan International the same kind of mindset where we design a specific solution and customise our proposal to the needs of the customer.


What is the outlook for your business over the ne see your r Gr


oup developing over this time?


The aerospace market outlook for the next 2-3 years is very encouraging. We have one of the unique industries where


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