Logwin expands presence in China’s fashion logistics sector

Logwin, a global leader in air and ocean freight and logistics services, is upgrading and expanding its facilities in Shanghai as demand grows in China for value added logistics services in fashion retail sector. The company has moved to a state-of-the art 6,000 sq. m CFS centre in the Lingang district of Shanghai, which is close to the deepwater Yangshan Port and has established a 2,000 sq m logistics facility in Baoshan in the north of Shanghai. The Baoshan facility will be primarily focused on serving Logwin’s fashion retail clients where a full range of value added logistics services such as quality checking, price tagging, sorting, labeling, scanning and pick and pack are on offer. “Logwin works with some of the world’s leading fashion retailers and consumer demand is growing in China for high end fashion goods from Europe. This demand has resulted in an expansion of our logistics facilities in Shanghai and in other cities in China,” said Henk Westerhoek, Logwin’s Managing Director, China. Logwin also provides specialist services to customers in the automotive, retail, hi-tech and high end consumer goods and chemicals. “We are well established in Europe working with market leading customers across a range of industries and we are now supporting these companies expand their business in Asia by providing a comprehensive range of high quality logistics services,” said Tomas Sonntag, Logwin’s Regional Managing Director, Far East. Logwin established its operations in the region in 1972 and now has 49 offices in Asia including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand with representative offices in Cambodia, Japan, Laos and Myanmar. Logwin is publicly-traded company on the Prime Standard of the Deutsche Boerse and employs more than 5,500 employees. As an external partner, Logwin AG, Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), develops a comprehensive range of logistics and service solutions for trade and industry. In 2009, the group generated sales of 1.1 billion euros and currently employs approximately 5,500 staff.

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