Fiege profile: Well positioned across Europe
Top quality SCM
For internationally operating firms in industry and commerce, the Fiege Group can offer integrated supply chain management with the same high quality standard in all the countries involved in a transaction. And, in cooperation with our customers, the reach of these products to an intercontinental level. Even now we are certainly one of the market leaders in contract l gistics. especially for warehouse management. Ihis development is based on a strategy of joint ventures. ‘We have 21 joint ventures today with customers (producers, wholesalers. etc.). Such coopera
lion is always in the form of a genuine value-added partnership. However, we hold at least 51% of the capital in each case. explained Buhler 4t is very important for
us to have this kind of leadership built in.”
4PL ambitions
But Fiege is not only active as a so-called 3PL service provider, but also increasingly as 4PL we have already attracted some customers for whom we exclusiv ely manage logistics systems and chains,” Bühler explained. <<Our core competence, however. is the development and realisation of integrated comprehensive logistics systems. Our fortes are logistics provision for spare parts, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and hospital lo
gistics. particularly in Italy, food logistics, also especially in Italy. garments and footw car. warehouse. consumer durables. tyres, and forest products. In Switzerland we are the leading supplier of cardboard and paper logistics. Not to forget our market leadership in print products in Germany and in the Czech Republic.” BUhIer does not want to make any forecasts for 2002. <<But over the last few” months we have created a solid basis with which to tide over lean times.”
Established: 1873
Head office: Greven (Germany)
Employees: 10500 worldwide
Turnover: EUR 1.19 billion (2000)
Storage and logistics space: 1 .9 million sqm
Value of goods handled: approximately EUR 40.9 billion
