CEVA Showfreight and Ahoy Rotterdam sign partnership
13 February 2009 - 10:08 CET
CULEMBORG/ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, February 13, 2009 - CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Ahoy, one of the leading Dutch event & exhibition venues, for the provision of logistics services for their trade fairs and events that will take place at their Rotterdam venue. Examples of important Ahoy trade fairs are Europort, InfraTech and Industrial Maintenance. The partnership will start on July 1st, 2009.
Gert-Jan van den Nieuwenhoff, General Manager Business to Business Events of Ahoy Rotterdam commented: "We were looking for an experienced logistics partner fully equipped to support our trade fairs and events. Furthermore, we highly value transparency in a partnership. In CEVA Showfreight we have found an excellent logistics partner thinking along proactively with us and our customers. What differentiated CEVA was the fact that they are used to looking at logistical processes in a broader sense, which drives continuous improvement and optimalization".
Pierre Girardin, Managing Director of CEVA Logistics France, Benelux & Nordics adds: "The partnership with Ahoy, one of the leading venues in The Netherlands, underlines the added value of the specialist services as provided by CEVA Showfreight. Characteristic for Events and Exhibition logistics are the many practical challenges that need to be performed mostly under tight time pressures. We are delighted that we will now offer our expertise in that field also to Ahoy and her customers".
For more information:
Bart Barel
Manager Marketing & Communications
CEVA France, Benelux & Nordics
T : +31 345 545 328
M: +31 610 937 846
bart.barel@cevalogistics.com
About Ahoy Rotterdam
Ahoy Rotterdam is the most versatile and unique venue for any trade fair or event in Holland. Located right in the entrepreneurial heart of the Netherlands, Ahoy offers the perfect combination of congress & meeting centre, 30,000 m2 exhibition halls and an indoor arena, which is also very suitable for business events. Furthermore, Ahoy is easily accessible by plane (45 minutes from Schiphol Amsterdam Airport) and on public transport as well as by private transport. The Ahoy team is greatly involved and also highly dedicated. Ahoy Rotterdam is the place for the organisation of (business) events.
CEVA. Making Business Flow
CEVA Logistics is a leading global supply chain management company. We provide end-to-end design, implementation and operational solutions in contract logistics and freight forwarding to large and medium-sized national and multinational companies. CEVA employs 56,000 people and runs an extensive global network with facilities in over 100 countries. Following the merger with EGL in August 2007, the new combined company had pro forma sales of € 6.3 billion.
CEVA Showfreight is the specialised service unit for Events & Exhibition logistics within CEVA Logistics. CEVA Showfreight is located in The Netherlands and UK (London, Birmingham (NEC premises - National Exhibition Centre)) close to several prominent exhibition venues. Services are provided however worldwide, according to customer needs and demands.
For more information, please visit www.cevalogistics.com and www.cevashowfreight.com.
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