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in July 2010 Logwin resumed conducting quality checks for C&A on goods produced in Romania. The results of all tests and inspections are entered into a special database which allows individual analysis and is able to produce comprehensive quality profiles of suppliers. Between 2000 and the end of 2008, two employees at the Logwin location in Cluj Napoca already checked the quality of C&A articles according to guidelines then in place.

Logwin recently transported six 40’ flat-rack containers and a further six 40’ hi-cube containers by sea freight to Wuhan (China) for the new assemble line of Far Eastern New Material (Wuhan) Ltd. Four assemble lines have been delivered by Logwin since 2009 for its customer, who is extending production capacity.

Since August 2010 Logwin is taking care of the storage of around 200 pallets and national distribution of the goods of P.S.I Speditions MRCE Dispolok, a full-service supplier of spare parts for locomotives. Also new customer of Logwin in Sokolow near Warsaw is GRC. The hardware supplier is equipping all the offices of the state administration in Poland with computers and printers. Logwin assumed responsibility for the storage of 500 pallets as well as for national distribution in mid-July 2010.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited manufactures systems to transform solar energy into electrical energy. A total of 87 tonnes of equipment, some of which was oversized, had to be transported by air freight from Stuttgart for the new production line in Beijing (China). Yingli Solar was able to put its new assemble line into operation fairly quickly and continues to supply a number of markets including southern Europe, South Korea, China and USA.

The manufacturer of innovative sports shoes put its faith in the services of Logwin in March 2010. In its lifestyle warehouse in Singapore Logwin stores up to 400 pallets a month, takes over several value added services and is responsible for the distribution of shoes, clothing and accessories to retail stores and own shops of New Balance.

The successful cooperation with the international chemicals company Huntsman at Logwin's location in Heppenheim is now almost three years old. Since July 2007 the Huntsman division "Textile Effects" uses the Logwin location Heppenheim as its European Distribution Center for the region Europe / Middle East / Africa. At its fully-automated multi-user warehouse Logwin provides Huntsman with a number of contract logistics solutions. Every day between 150 and 200 orders are transferred and processed.

From mid-2010 onwards, Logwin will be responsible for all logistics processing for MCA Furniture as its sole logistics partner. Since many years Logwin in Lemgo is providing the customer with various logistics solutions such as container unloading and warehouse storage, picking, route planning and scheduling as well as distribution to retailers.

Logwin transported 260 tonnes of flat-packed election booths from their production site in Synygang (China) via air freight to Sudan at the beginning of the year. 1,000 pallets had to be loaded, shipped, cleared customs and transported to ware-houses of the United Nations in a very short space of time, for security reasons as two part loads via Khartoum in the north and Juba in the south of the country.

For the assembly of control housing covers for Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. at its Hungarian location Györ Logwin was awarded the highest possible rating. The customer ranked Logwin in category 1 A of its supplier appraisal, honoring many years of successful collaboration. Logwin has been assembling control housing covers for Audi in Györ since 2006, but also assembles plates and water pumps.

15 additional professional teams and one driver less at the start could not stop the RDM-Cargraphic-Logwin Racing Team last weekend. The team crossed the finishing line of the 38th ADAC Zurich 24 hours race in 14th place, achieving 8th position in its own SP9 class - meaning 2 places better than 2009 in both categories. Starting on position 45 in a field of approx. 250 vehicles, the car ran like clockwork. After covering 145 laps and 3,683 kilometers, the RDM-Cargraphic-Logwin Racing Team finished the 24 hours race as the second-best amateur team.

"Logistics hands-on" awaited visitors to Logwin on Logistics Day ("Tag der Logistik"). School and university students made use of the opportunity to find out more about training opportunities at Logwin as well as the typical working day of logistics personnel and looked behind the scenes. Logwin provided tours of its cross docking warehouses for hanging garments and perfumery goods in Aschaffenburg, Hamburg and Langenfeld. In Heppenheim, highlights included the operations in a fully automated high rack warehouse and the dynamic commissioning of hazardous materials. And in Nuremberg, the tour took in the high rack warehouse and the packaging facilities for national and international shipments.

Two brands of mineral water, one logistics service provider: Since January, Logwin has been ensuring that the "Evian" and "Volvic" springs have not been running dry in Austrian supermarkets and beverage outlets. Every year Logwin imports around 4,000,000 litres of this fine French water, transhipping it in Berndorf near Salzburg. Evian and Volvic are brands produced by Danone Water Group. Evian originates from the French Alps and Volvic from the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne. The Austrian distributor and consequently Logwin's client is Graz-based Aqwa-Handels-GmbH.

The brief: To ship sensitive pharmaceutical products approximately 2,500 km from Wels in Austria to Moscow via Frankfurt. The challenge: To maintain a constant temperature of 5°C for the whole journey on the road and in the air. The solution: The temperature-controlled Unicooler from Lufthansa. In recent months, the pharmaceutical company Nycomed has already entrusted Logwin with 230 temperature sensitive consignments with a total volume of over 160 tonnes. They have arrived punctually at their destination in Unicoolers at a perfect temperature.

Chocolate, candy and ice cream as far as the eye can see. On around 1,000 square metres Candylicious runs the largest candy store in the world in Dubai. Sweet tooths will find everything their hearts desire: brand name confectionery from over 15 countries on every continent, plus toys and colourful accessories. Pulling the (candy) strings behind the scenes to make these dreams come true was Logwin, ensuring that the sweet, sweet cargo from the four winds reached Dubai in time for the store’s grand opening.

The British company Oceans International specialises in furniture and accessories for house and garden. Whether it's a sofa or a sun lounge, Oceans International puts the emphasis on modern European design and high quality manufacturing in its innovative pieces. The furniture is made in the Chinese city of Ningbo. From there, Oceans' collections are shipped across the seas to England. The furniture maker has relied on Logwin for over two years to enable customers all over Europe to beautify their homes with stylish indoor and outdoor furniture.

At the beginning of 2010 Bosques Arauco S.A., one of the largest forestry operators in South America, ordered two new helicopters from the US. Logwin took on the job of transporting the choppers to Chile, each one disassembled into three sections. The first leg from Seattle to Miami by road on Mafi trailers, a good 5,000 km from one side of the US to the other. The helicopters traveled about 6,700 km southbound in the belly of a Boeing 747-400. Following final assembly in Santiago de Chile, the choppers were able to cover the last 800 kilometres on their own. Now they are daily up in the air to locate fire hazards in the Chilean forest.