Dutch TNT Logistics eyes up to 25 Pct growth in Brazil
TNT Logistics, a unit of Dutch mail, express and logistics company TNT, plans to grow by between 20 pct and 25 pct in the next five years in Brazil, according to the company’s global chief of marketing and business development, Pierre Girardin.
According to Girardin, Brazilian companies need to invest in technology to reduce their spending on logistics. Brazilian companies spent an average between 10 pct and 12 pct of the gross domestic product (GDP) on logistics, compared with between 8.0 pct and 10 pct of GDP in the United States and Europe.
Girardin is visiting Brazil to participate in a logistics seminar held by the Coppead Institute of Administration of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The executive will also meet with one of TNT Logistics’ key customers in Brazil, the local unit of Italy’s car maker Fiat.
Automobile production is enjoying the highest interest of TNT Logistics in Brazil. The Dutch company also has among its customers in Brazil the local operations of Germany’s Volkswagen, U.S. General Motors, Ford and France’s Renault.
TNT Logistics is also targeting to attract as its customer Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer Embraer, the world’s fourth biggest sector company. Embraer today has its own logistics operation and is targeted by all logistic service providers.
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