Hamburg Süd receives Volkswagen Global Champion Award

Hamburg Süd was awarded the Volkswagen Group Award 2017 in Berlin on the 29th of June. With this award, the largest automotive corporation in the world honours its best suppliers, which stand out for their innovative strength, product quality, development competence, sustainability and professional project management.

A total of 19 national and international companies were recognized. Hamburg Süd received the award in the Global Champion category. Volkswagen particularly underlined the “outstanding service quality and customer orientation” and the “remarkable flexibility in numerous situations, for example during the production start-up of the new Audi plant in Mexico”. “We feel very proud to receive this prestigious award from Volkswagen,” says Dr. Ottmar Gast, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Süd, adding: “As a quality carrier, it is our aim to develop a full understanding of our customers’ business and deliver logistics solutions that are designed to reflect that.”

Dr. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, Group Board of Management member with responsibility for Procurement at Volkswagen AG says: “A strong and uncomplicated partnership network based on a level playing field where information is exchanged almost in real time is essential to our success. And this must above all be a network that stands for transparency, openness and courage.”

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