Röhlig Logistics sees good growth opportunities also for 2012

Röhlig Logistics (Bremen) feels well established in major regions all over the world and is ready to integrate new acquisitions

Röhlig Logistics in Bremen sees goods growth opportunities for 2012 as well. They were currently not affected by the world crisis and has also made a respectable start in the new year, the management announces. In addition they achieved by far the best ever quarterly results in the last three months of 2011.

The Management sees Röhlig heading in the right direction, as they state in a press release. Besides the company’s presence in the world’s growth regions, its employee development and IT knowledge was setting benchmarks within the logistics sector. „Nowadays we have at our disposal the necessary infrastructure as well as qualified managers that enable us to establish new subsidiaries abroad as well as to integrate new acquisitions”, says Managing Partner Thomas Herwig. According to him a recent example is when the American joint venture, Weiss-Röhlig USA, which had acquired SeaJet from Boston with 25 employees in October 2011, managed to complete the merger of the acquired company within four weeks.

In 2011 the Röhlig group’s gross profit increased by EUR 19 million to over EUR 141 million according to preliminary figures. Compared to the previous year, our earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) improved by 18 per cent to EUR 15 million," said Chief Financial Officer, Hans-Ludger Koerner. The strongest growth was seen in the markets of North and South America where Röhlig experienced a 48 per cent-increase in shipment transactions. Röhlig’s subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific regions experienced double digit growth. "It is noticeable that Europe is suffering under the Euro crisis, in particular we are watching with concern economic developments in Italy and Spain," observed Chief Operating Officer Quentin Lacoste. In the German market, Röhlig has experienced moderate growth although pressure has been felt on profit margins.

Röhlig is an owner run forwarding company that offers logistics solutions in the field of sea freight, air freight and industrial project logistics. The Röhlig network contains more than 2,000 employees in 31 countries.

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