Christian Salvesen wins contracts with Continental, Goodyear
Christian Salvesen has been appointed by Continental Tyre Group to provide warehousing and distribution throughout the UK.
From July this year, the European Logisitcs business will manage the tyre storage, handling and distribution of Continental Tyre Group Limited Brands. The contract was put out to tender last year, and nine companies took part in the process. Christian Salvesen was successful in securing a five year contract which will be fully operational by July 1, 2006.
Christian Salvesen has also extended its logistics partnership with Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Limited. Christian Salvesen will take over the operation of the National Distribution Centre at Tyrefort in Erdington, Birmingham, which has more than 500,000 sq ft. of warehousing space and provides the capacity to store one million tires. Operating 24 hours a day, the center incorporates 47 loading bays and has become established as the UK’s leading tire distribution centre.
Christian Salvesen will move the Continental Tyre Group Limited’s distribution from its current location in Rugby to the Tyrefort facility and will manage both contracts on a shared user basis.
Steve Russell, strategic sales and marketing director at Christian Salvesen commented, “Our ability to identify how we would improve service levels at highly competitive prices was key to these contract awards. Christian Salvesen continues to develop its partnerships within the automotive industry working with both Goodyear Dunlop and Continental”.
