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LGI Logistics Group International

Deutsche Post DHL has their shares in the international logistics and forwarding company ITG GmbH sold LGI, a company of the Kajo Neukirchen group at the LGI logistics Group International, agreed with Deutsche Post DHL purchase by ITG logistics specialist LGI expanded its range by ITG and Dr. Andreas Bunz, CEO of LGI to invest in growth market: the business models of the LGI and ITG complement each other perfectly. With the merger we can offer the LGI and ITG customers even greater performance and service from a single source.” Herrenberg final stone, 03 June 2013 the Kajo Neukirchen GmbH has about your company, the LGI logistics Group International GmbH (LGI”) with Deutsche Post DHL (“DPDHL”) taking the DPDHL subsidiary ITG GmbH Internationale Spedition + Logistik (ITG”) agreed, to be to expand services for current and future customers and to open up new growth opportunities. A corresponding agreement was signed on May 29. It stipulates that LGI 100 percent of ITG GmbH acquires. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities, the conclusion is expected end of June.

The financial details of the transaction, both parties have agreed to silence. ITG is an international logistics and transportation company, offering its services in particular maritime and air freight, land transport and logistics solutions for many industries, among other well-known clients/branded goods manufacturers from the fashion and lifestyle industry. ITG belongs since 1999 to DPDHL and has steadily grown to a turnover of EUR 151 million last in this time. Today, the ITG is with about 1,000 employees in their industry is one of the leading logistics providers in Germany and Europe. LGI settles to an ideal complement with this acquisition to its existing portfolio of services. LGI, founded in 1995, is a full service logistics provider with a focus on the automotive, electronics, industrial and health care sectors. Also geographically perfectly complement the business activities of ITG and LGI.

In addition to the international Locations of the LGI ITG operates at hubs such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Boston and Moscow, and also cooperates with agents in over 200 locations in 90 countries. The merger follows therefore a clear strategic logic. Under the new ownership of LGI, ITG will continue as an independent company, and independent mark. The existing locations and staff of both companies remain unaffected by the transaction. Dr. Michael role, CFO of DHL said: the ITG group has experienced a very successful development at DHL over the past years. We are pleased with the partnership with the LGI now more, new growth opportunities for the ITG arise due to the high complementarity of the shops with LGI.” Dr. Andreas Bunz, CEO who said LGI: The merger is a prime example of strategically meaningful transaction. The business models of the LGI and ITG complement each other perfectly. With the merger, we can offer customers even greater performance and service from one source the LGI and ITG and set the course for international growth.” Andreas Weiss, CEO of ITG, said: ITG is as an independent company with its own management remain. We look forward to working with the management of the LGI and, jointly in Germany and internationally, further expand our leading position in the logistics sector.”

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KOVA Money

BPW record participation in the 15th anniversary Berlin/Potsdam, July 01, 2010 – business plan competition Berlin-Brandenburg supports so many founders like never before the 15th round of the BPW in the atrium of the InvestitionsBank Berlin (IBB) ended with a ceremony awarding of the most innovative business concepts on Thursday evening. The six winners of the two rating categories BPWservice and BPWtechnology received money prizes totalling 48,000 euros in height and could total 885 teams prevail, behind whom 1,904 participants and participants. Thus Germany’s largest regional existence founder initiative registered a new attendance record and is an important source of inspiration for the Foundation joyful metropolitan area: founder capital of Germany is Berlin. Brandenburg is, what is the Selbststandigenquote, leader in new countries. Overall, 6.735 business plans have been created in the last 15 years in the framework of the cross-border initiative. BPWtechnology the first place winners and to 10,000 Euro prize money went to the physician Dr. Peter Gottel and Dr.

Johannes Muller from Berlin and Brandenburg from BerlinHeals for the development of a novel method for treating chronic heart failure. The engineers Dr. Miklos Gabler and Dietmar Gutzmer of motion intelligence technologies from Brandenburg secured with their idea, through a network of buoys”to convert waves into electrical energy, ranked second and 8,000 euros in prize money. The Berlin founder Julia Suvorova, Frank Baldensperger and Nanette Gottschalk by KOVA medtech received third place and 6,000 Euro prize money for an innovative coating system that aims to extend the lifespan of joint prostheses. Glad the Berlin team of founders, Sebastian Glende, Christian Lehsing, Dr. Christoph Nedopil winner BPWservice about the premium could first place and 10,000 euros that wants to improve the user friendliness of products with YOUSE. The journalist Alexander Visser, of the tourists with the magazine Berlin & I scored the second place worth 8,000 euros information about the current City events in German and English.