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THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN BRIEF

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Deutsche Transport Compagnie Erich

acquired by transport and logistics company
Gebrüder Weiss. Soon to be integrated into
Burris Logistics, a provider of public refrigerated Bogdan GmbH & Co. KG (DTC) was
warehousing and freight consolidation services, purchased the Gebrüder Weiss network as a wholly owned subsidiary,
a 55-acre property at 350 King Mill Road in McDonough, DTC specializes in national and international road
Ga. The company will build a 250,000-square-foot public transport, warehousing and contract logistics, project
refrigerated warehouse with 28,000 pallet positions, logistics and customs, and air and sea transport. The
and an attached office on the property. Construction is integration of DTC enables Gebrüder Weiss to expand its
expected to be completed in January 2018. network in Europe.
Ocean shipping electronic
GREEN SEEDS marketplace INTTRA
acquired Avantida, which
Automotive manages empty containers
supplier NEUE for ocean carriers. This move
HALBERG-GUSS marks INTTRA’s entry into
(NHG) now has landside container logistics,
a carbon-neutral which provides additional
international value for shippers, as industry experts estimate that empty
supply chain container positioning costs the ocean shipping industry
thanks to Yusen up to $20 billion–or approximately 40 percent of handling
Logistics. Under costs–annually.
the agreement, the
3PL moves engine
blocks from the UP THE CHAIN
manufacturer in Germany to the production plant of Veteran supply chain professional
a leading U.S. car manufacturer, based in Moraine, Richard Kelly was tapped by
Ohio. Yusen also provides a closed-loop supply chain electronics manufacturing services
back to Germany for the reusable packaging media. provider MC Assembly as its new
The solution is based around rail and sea transport— vice president of supply chain. Kelly
only 31 miles of the total distance traveled is over- is responsible for expanding MC
the-road—and includes a significant investment in Assembly’s network of partners and
returnable plastic pallets.
improving supply chain solutions for
customers.

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