January 2020

TIP Completes Trailer Wizards Deal in Canada

Posted on 6 January, 2020 by Keith McKinley

TIP Trailer Services says it has completed the acquisition of Trailer Wizards, a leading supplier of trailer rental and leasing services in Canada. This follows last September’s announcement on the signing of the agreement for the acquisition.

Following the acquisition, TIP will integrate Trailer Wizards with its existing Canadian business, Train Trailer Rentals.

path of TIP,” said Bob Fast, President and CEO of TIP Trailer Services. “By joining the teams of Trailer Wizards and Train Trailer Rentals, we can provide the best in flexible commercial trailer fleet solutions and pursue growth opportunities for the combined businesses. We intend to invest to develop our longstanding customer relationships with world-class transport, logistics, and retail customers in Canada.”

TIP’s Canadian division will have a combined fleet of over 33,000 trailers, reefers, chassis and flatbed or drop-deck configurations. The combined business will employ over 500 people, including approximately 300 mechanics, throughout almost 30 locations in Canada from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia.

Record-Breaking December for Ecommerce Logistics Provider 3PL

Posted on 6 January, 202031 July, 2025 by David Priestman

UK ecommerce fulfilment and logistics provider 3PL says it enjoyed a record-breaking December, building on a year that has seen huge growth and significant investment for the Wigan-based company.

3PL says Black Friday saw it successfully fulfil over 50,000 customer orders and a total of over 250,000 orders across the entire Christmas Period – a 600% increase on 2018.

It says that “continual investment and updates to carrier management systems, warehouse software and a move to 24-hour operations has created the perfect environment to deliver record-breaking figures for their customers and offer faster shipping and better courier rates.”

3PL, which recently opened a new 55,000 sq. ft facility now has access to over 250,000 sq. ft of flexible warehousing space across its national and international networks and has earned a number of significant client wins throughout the year including Accentuate Games (featured on the BBC’ Dragons Den) nutritional supplements retailer Natures Plus and Innovative Swiss water bottle designer SIGG.

“2019 was a defining year throughput wise where a step change was made in scale of operations. This would not have been possible without significant infrastructure investment to facilitate such growing demand.” said 3PL Founder & Managing Director Ian Walker “Rounding off 2019 with a record peak season is especially satisfying and sets us up for another record year in 2020. “

Mobility Service Provider DKV Names New COO

Posted on 6 January, 20207 August, 2025 by Paul Hamblin

DKV Euro Service has appointed Jesper Erichsen (right) as new Chief Operating Officer (COO). A newly created position, Erichsen is responsible for Operations, IT and Project Management. He reports to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of DKV, Peter Meier.

“In Jesper Erichsen, we have been able to acquire an absolute top manager as COO”, says CEO Marco van Kalleveen. “As a highly-respected industry expert, he will help us achieve our ambitious growth goals.”

Danish national Jesper Erichsen was most recently CIO Advisor at Belron International, a glass repair and replacement group. Before that, Erichsen had been the CIO of LeasePlan. His previous roles included the position of CIO at TNT Express, and at DSV, another transportation and logistics company, where he worked to integrate systems as DSV grew rapidly through acquisition. He has also been the CIO and held senior management positions at Arla Foods, a Denmark-based global dairy company, as well as a management consultant for Deloitte.

Real Estate Investor AXA IM Picks Up European Logistics Portfolio

Posted on 3 January, 2020 by Keith McKinley

AXA IM – Real Assets, which describes itself as a global leader in real asset investments and the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe, says that it has completed the acquisition of a c. 275,000 sqm pan-European core logistics portfolio from AEW.

The portfolio, which comprises six assets with an average age of 10 years, is fully let with what the company says is an attractive average lease length in excess of seven years, underpinned by strong covenants. Two are located in Italy , three in France and one in the Netherlands in prime logistics sub-markets including Milan, Paris, Lyon and Eindhoven, along major national and international transportation hubs that are mission critical for their tenants.

The AXA Logistics Europe Fund managed by AXA IM – Real Assets, says it has a portfolio of 73 assets valued at c. €1.4 billion and spread across six countries.

Packager Launches Products for Ecommerce Companies

Posted on 2 January, 2020 by Keith McKinley

Employee-owned packaging company Kite Packaging have extended their range of labels, postal boxes and boxes for bottles to support retail and ecommerce companies during some of the busiest months of the year.

The online business has a leading B2B website, but it also has a team of packaging experts who can help businesses with any packaging queries they have offering advice on how to pack almost any product.

Inkjet labels
High-quality multi-purpose labels on A4 sized 70gsm paper and compatible with most laser printers and copiers. They easily peel and stick to a wide range of envelopes and surfaces and options include curved or rounded edges in a variety of different sizes and layouts.

Postal boxes
Kite added to their already extensive range of postal boxes with the new additions now including a peel-&-seal strip, enabling users to completely cut out the requirement for tape. Available in brown and white the 5 new additions offer all the same benefits as the existing range and allow for a much more presentable solution.

Boxes for bottles
Heavy duty wine bottle boxes with dividers are the simplest way to store and transport larger numbers of wine bottles. Kite offer options for both 6 and 12 bottles with each option offering its own unique design. Both are easy to assemble with integrated dividers.

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