You could even refer to this as a silver anniversary, as Sekisui Alveo has been a loyal client of Transcargo for 25 years. Roy Williams, Head Physical Distribution, will discuss this long-term collaboration in this newsletter.
‘I have been employed by Sekisui Alveo for approximately 12 years now and have closely worked together with Transcargo during that whole time,’ Roy says. ‘This collaboration is very satisfying. First of all, because the work is performed adequately, but equally important is the fact that we get along so well. Transcargo is a family business, which is verynoticeable.
They place high value on quality. But I can also truly value the flexibility with which they solve certain challenges.’ Roy explains this to us with an example: ‘In the past year, between Christmas and the New Year, a client called me who requested all kinds of goods to be delivered impromptu. Within two hours, Transcargo had arranged the trucks to transport the goods. When a situation like this occurs, you have to think outside of the box and simply deal with it. That’s the great thing about Transcargo. And it was mainly possible thanks to the short lines of communication.’
Sekisui Alveo develops, produces, and sells high-quality polyolefin foams, mainly in Europe and South America. The company is market leader in Europe. They employ more than 20,000 people globally. Sekisui Alveo has been one of the regular clients of Transcargo in the area of transport and warehousing for more than 25 years.
During the past years, this collaboration has even expanded into many other areas. With the crowning achievement being the construction of the ADR bunker. In 2012, Peter Kehrens, logistics manager at Sekisui Alveo, approached us with the request to develop a solution for the storage of hazardous materials: raw materials used in the production of foam. Since September 2014, the storage facility has been in use and Transcargo transports goods (on call and on a daily basis) from the ADR storage facility to the production site of Sekisui Alveo. This all in addition to the ‘regular’ work that Transcargo performs for the producer, including the transportation of foam rolls and pallets, raw materials and waste foam, and the storage of raw materials and finished products. Sekisui Alveo and Transcargo intend to continue the collaboration in the coming years and to improve it wherever possible. Transcargo is currently preparing several proposals and concepts for this.
