NV Logistics amends structures 
The Geneva (Switzerland)-based service provider, NV Logistics, has grown significantly in recent years and is now altering its structures. At the beginning of the year, the operation department, headed by Tobias Magalhaes, moved to a new location in an industrial zone in... plus
New partner for logistics sector
Simon-Kucher & Partners, a global strategy consulting firm, selected ten new partners from across the world at the beginning of the year. The newcomers include Kornelia Reifenberg for the logistics and distribution sector. Reifenberg works in Bonn and advises logistics... plus
Maximilian Rothkopf now Hapag-Lloyd COO
Hapag-Lloyd’s supervisory board has appointed Maximilian Rothkopf to its executive board, effective 1 May 2019. On 1 July, he will become the new COO, replacing Anthony J. Firmin, who will retire on 30 June. Rothkopf, who holds a master's degree and a doctorate in business... plus
New faces gracing Hellmann
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics recently filled two new positions. Mark Hellmann assumed the position of CEO for the global partner network of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. Via the global network with 106 partner companies, the Osnabrueck (Germany)-based logistics service... plus
Roman Mayer nominated Propeller Club president
Thomas W. Rickli has presided over the Propeller Club Basel (PCB/Switzerland) for nine years and wants to hand over the post at the club’s next general assembly. At PCB’s New Year’s gathering, he said it was time to make room for the younger generation. Rickli has nominated... plus
Fabian Heidl joins software specialist’s management team
Fabian Heidl is now reinforcing the logistics software specialist Soloplan, based in Bavaria (Germany). The move was due to the steady expansion of the medium-sized family company. Fabian Heidl is now another member of the entrepreneurial family’s second generation to join... plus
Company founder hands over baton to successor
After 20 years in business, Rolf Kuhn has handed over Kuhn & Partner Transportverpackungen, the firm he founded in Oberglatt, near Zurich (Switzerland) to his deputy Michel Spahn. Spahn, who has worked for the SME Kuhn & Partner since it was established, took over... plus
Gianclaudio Neri heading up Ceva Italy
Gianclaudio Neri has been appointed managing director of Ceva Logistics’ Italy cluster. Based in Milan, he takes up his position with immediate effect and reports directly to CEO, Xavier Urbain. Neri succeeds Christophe Poitrineau who is leaving Ceva to pursue other career... plus
Khryapov appointed CEO of United Wagon Company
Timofey Vladimirovich Khryapov has been appointed CEO of the Russian research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC). As CEO, Khryapov will work to make the company attractive to investors and implement business strategy priorities, with a particular focus on... plus
Sören Stark succeeds Thomas Stüger
Lufthansa Technik has appointed Sören Stark as the new board member for technical operations, logistics and IT. In that position, he is responsible for fleet services, base maintenance, components, logistics, IT and quality management. Stark has already worked for various... plus