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Kuehne + Nagel International AG

Schindellegi, Switzerland

SWX: KNIN

www.keuhne-nagel.com

 

In the U.S.

Kuehne + Nagel Contract Logistics, North America

Naugatuck, CT

Rolf Altofer, President

800-755-9493

www.kn-logistics.com

 

 

3PL Turnover:

$3b Americas ($14.9b Global)

 

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager (Service to over 85% of World GDP)

 

3PL Assets:

46,000 employees

400 warehouses

 

Information Systems:

Very good

TMS – CIEL 4000, KN Road, i2 Technologies

WMS – CIEL Warehouse, KN Warehouse

 

Services:

Air and ocean freight forwarding, value-added warehousing and distribution, transportation management, customs brokerage, supply chain management

 

Industry Focus:

Automotive, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial, retail, technology

 

Key Customers:

Dana, DuPont, Harman, Memorex, Nortel, Siemens

 

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

Kuehne + Nagel is the largest ocean freight forwarding operation handling over 2.2 million containers per year. It is also the fifth largest airfreight forwarder. With the addition of the ACR group, contract logistics operations more than doubled in 2006 and are now 57% of net revenues. Americas business for Kuehne + Nagel is 16% of net revenues. Net revenue was $625 million in 2006 with over 50% from freight forwarding. Kuehne + Nagel has developed its own trucking network for Europe.