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June/July 2017 Truck and Track 7
BUSINESS NEWS
Culina Logistics has announced its growth plans. New
long-term contracts, secured between two and five years,
totalling over £130 million and a commitment to a £38 million
investment in newchilled logistics infrastructure are a defining
statement of intent.
Culina Logistics CEO Steve Winwood explains: “Now that our
colleagues at Great Bear Distribution are fully responsible for the
management and growth of their specialist arena – Ambient, we at
Culina Logistics are applying a laser focus on development of our
Chilled food and drinks logistics sector, our own long-term core
area of logistics expertise.
“The acquisition of Great Bear Distribution has bedded in superbly
well, and we have now completely transferred over all our Ambient
logistics responsibilities. This year we are establishing the footprint
for the further evolution of Culina Logistics as the specialist Chilled
logistics arm of the Culina Group, and 2017 is already promising to
be our most exciting year yet.
“We have recently been awarded new long-term contracts with
chilled food and drink manufacturers including Pepsico, Mondelez,
Emmi, Jack Links (Peperami), Friesland Campina, General Mills,
Nestle and two very significant own-label juice manufacturers.
“These contracts within Culina Logistics chilled multi-user
operations range in length from two to five years and will be
generating secured revenue in excess of £130 million.”
Culina Logistics already has an extensive UK network of seven
specialist chilled logistics distribution centres. However, network
expansion is necessary to ensure the required capacity to accept
the volume of projected growth. As a result the company is also
investing over £38 million in new specialist infrastructure. The
establishment of a chilled multi-user logistics “Super Centre” is
currently in the final stages of completion.
Culina Logistics provides complete coverage of the UK, storing
over 100,000 pallet spaces within the current chilled multi-user
network, with 1.5 million cases of chilled food and drink products
delivered daily. Culina Logistics provides “day one for day one”
picking capability, and offers clients total supply chain solutions
(including in-house contract packing) or integrated transport-only
services.
■■The Italian pesto and pasta sauces company Sacla UK,
headquartered at Beaconsfield, Bucks, has committed to a further
three-year agreement with the Culina Group. Culina began
handling warehousing and distribution for Sacla UK in 1990, and
the newly signed agreement equates to a thirty-year business
relationship between the two companies.
Sacla’s Supply Chain Manager Vince Piazza commented: “Our
logistics supply chain is a key aspect to the success of our business.
The long-termworking relationship with Culina is testament to the
trust and confidence built over many years of working together.”
Culina Group CEO Thomas van Mourik summed up: “I am very
proud that Sacla UK has signed up to work with us at Culina for
another three years. It givesme a good feeling about how the Culina
Group is moving forward in 2017. We have witnessed exceptional
growth, particularly over the past couple of years.”
Major long-term contracts & investments at Culina Logistics
Heiko Selzam, pictured here, is the newNational Sales Director of Mercedes-Benz
Trucks UK Ltd, the sales and marketing organisation for all Mercedes-Benz Trucks
products in the UK, including the Fuso Canter his new
role, he will provide direction to drive, develop and continue to professionalise the
Mercedes-Benz Trucks sales function. Although based at Milton Keynes, Heiko Selzam
will regularly travel around the country visiting customers andMercedes-Benz’s
dealer partners. His most recent previous role was at Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg,
where he worked for three years as Director of Sales andMarketing for Commercial
Vehicles. Prior to that, he was Sales andMarketing Director – Commercial Vehicles for
parent company Daimler in the Middle East.
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