Day: 8 July 2020

ELOKON GmbH, developer of electronic assistance systems for forklift trucks and mobile robots, is looking back on 25 years of successful company history. To mark this occasion, a small group (due to Corona  restrictions) attended the presentation of the certificate on June 19^th by Dr. Paul Raab (left) from the IHK Kiel to the managing partner, Dr. Volker Auerbach (right). The roots of the company go back to the mid 80’s, when ELOKON was founded as an engineering office for the development of special electronics. The renaming to “ELOKON Sicherheitstechnik” and the change of legal status to a GmbH took place in 1995.

Over the years, ELOKON has developed into an internationally recognised brand with 4,250 customers in more than 40 countries, with subsidiaries in Great Britain, the USA and Poland and with seven major industry awards to its name. The company offers a wide range of innovative assistance and safety systems, all designed to increase employee safety and vehicle productivity in the warehouse. The backbone of its product portfolio consists of distance warning systems, mobile personal protection systems, fleet management systems, stationary warning and radar systems for speed reduction.

“A very special thank you goes to our customers who have relied on ELOKON for their orders day after day for more than three decades and with whom we cooperate very intensively in the further development of our product solutions,” said Dr. Auerbach. “A special thanks also goes to our employees – especially now in these extraordinary times – each of whom is doing a great job looking after our customers with great products and reliable service”.

“In the past three years, we have substantially expanded our R&D department to enable us to continue to increase our product portfolio and to grow into one of the leading international suppliers of safety and assistance systems – not only for forklift trucks, but also for driverless transport systems and mobile robots. ELOKON is looking forward to shaping the future of intralogistics together with our customers and partners in the next 25 years.”

Gartner evaluates vendors based on their ability to execute and for completeness of vision, and has positioned GEODIS in the Leaders quadrant in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Third-Party Logistics, Worldwide.

According to Gartner, “Leaders rate well on the highly weighted criteria for both Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. This means the leading providers have extensive service offerings and infrastructure and make them available across an expansive global footprint.” Furthermore, “Leaders also have well-structured strategies and business models to continue to expand their capabilities, regional coverage and industry specialization, and they are adept at offering services for different customer segments.”

“We particularly value this recognition because we believe it illustrates the spirit of success that we have in GEODIS. Behind great successes in business there is great logistics – at GEODIS that is what we aim to deliver every day, to every customer, from start-ups to global players”, says Marie-Christine Lombard, GEODIS Chief Executive Officer. “Our objective of sustainable growth encourages us to keep moving forward in an environment where the expansion of e-commerce, the growing need for on-demand services and the constant search for real-time visibility, coupled with high levels of corporate social responsibility, are paramount. In these circumstances we need to be even more agile in order to provide our customers with adapted and innovative solutions.”

With a direct presence in 67 countries and a global network that extends across more than 120 countries, GEODIS covers the entire supply chain through its five business lines: express courier and last mile delivery; full-truckload road transport; contract logistics; freight forwarding and supply chain optimization. This range of services allows GEODIS to provide its customers with comprehensive solutions enabled by its 41,000 employees, physical infrastructure, processes and information systems.