Miele and Schenker start logistics partnership in Finland
Delivering all spare parts throughout the country ¡ñ Warehousing activities will move to Schenker¡¯s multimodal logistics center at the port of Turku
(Essen/Helsinki, 28 November 2007) Miele, the world¡¯s largest family-owned and operated appliance company, and Schenker in Finland, the leading provider of integrated logistics services in the country, have just signed a contract on a logistics partnership. Schenker will be Miele¡¯s new partner for logistics in Finland.
Effective 1st January 2008, the Miele spare parts activities will move to the Schenker premises in Helsinki. Schenker¡¯s own parcel service Schenker Express will then deliver all Miele spare parts throughout the country.
In April 2008, Miele¡¯s remaining warehousing activities, now still located in the city of Hanko, will move to Schenker¡¯s multimodal logistics center at the port of Turku. The new Schenker complex is unique to Finland, linking the four carriers ¨C truck, air, ship and rail ¨C and serving at the same time as a distribution center. Schenker will continue as the national distributor of Miele¡¯s products in Finland. Schenker also offers home delivery service for Miele products.
Miele¡¯s range of consumer appliances includes: vacuum cleaners; laundry systems; rotary irons; dishwashers; built-in convection, speed and steam ovens; cooktops; ventilation hoods; and coffee systems. In addition, Miele Professional offers commercial cleaning equipment such as laboratory glassware washers, industrial parts cleaning systems, dental disinfectors and commercial wet cleaning systems.
