Further expansion with Gebrüder Weiss in the Czech Republic

Gebrüder Weiss adds new branch in Jablonec nad Nisou to the network in the Czech Republic
 
The Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss continues on its expansion course in the Czech Republic. In the territory of Liberec in North Bohemia, Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new branch in Jablonec nad Nisou. Country manager Harald Prohaska counts this region among the strongest territories in the Czech Republic, when it comes to potentials. The new branch in Jablonec offers a wide spectrum of services from land transport and air & sea freight to individual logistics solutions. One of the most important products is the LTL/FTL service GW direct.line. In the new branch, it provides the direct delivery of goods within the Czech Republic and throughout Europe with specialisation on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey.
 
With around 5,250 employees, 162 company-owned locations and a preliminary turnover of EUR 1.15 billion in 2012, Gebrüder Weiss ranks among the leading transport and logistics companies in Europe. In addition to its core business of overland transport, air & sea freight and logistics, the company also operates a number of highly specialised industry solutions and subsidiaries under the umbrella of Gebrüder Weiss Holding AG, based in Lauterach (Vorarlberg, Austria). This includes logistics consultancy x|vise, tectraxx (industry specialist for hi-tech businesses), inet-logistics (software solutions for TMS transport management), dicall (telephone service, consulting, telemarketing), Railcargo (railway transport) and the Gebrüder Weiss parcel service GWP, a shareholder in the Austrian company DPD.