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THE EUROPEAN FOCUSSED FREIGHT FORWARDERS KLG offers services ranging from road, air and ocean freight to warehousing and more Written by Darrel Moore & Produced by Ollie Moy August 2010 | www.businessrevieweurope.eu
KLG EUROPE 139 KLG is an integrated logistics provider KLG Europe is an international operating company with key locations in Western and Eastern Europe. It is an integrated logistics provider that offers a large range of services, from road, air and ocean freight to warehousing and value-added services, with focus on solutions for the markets in the Western Europe and CEE. The company is focused on planning, organisation, management, control and execution of operations in the supply chain, from road, air and sea/ocean freight transport or warehousing to contract logistics. With the increasing sophistication of transport and logistics, KLG has evolved over the years, making sure that all parts of its well oiled machine work in perfect union. Transporters, warehouses, container handlers, value added services providers are all parts of the total supply chain management of the company – aiming to ensure that all businesses they work with reach the highest performance possible. HOW KLG BEGAN Kees Kuijken, KLG Europe’s Managing Director, says: “KLG was formed by my grandfather in 1918. In World War II, all the trucks we had at the time were confiscated by the Germans, so we had to start over. In 1964, my grandfather’s business was split into three and my father and two of my uncles each took a part of the business. In 1998, my brother and I took over the shares from my father and in 1992 we bought the company off one of my uncles. From the mid-90s our growth has been quite substantial. We grew at least double digits year on year, apart from 2009 where we had a drop in growth. “The main business is European distribution and part loads. We have extended services from Holland, the UK and Romania into Europe. Apart from that, we have over 120,000 square meters of warehousing in Holland and Romania. Air freight and sea freight, are also substantial businesses in our group.” EUROPEAN FOCUS The aim of KLG is to ensure its customers receive the highest care by focusing on the largely www.businessrevieweurope.eu | August 2010
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