Strategic Alliance between Militzer & Münch and CargoLine

St. Gallen/Dietzenbach, August 20, 2009. M&M Militzer & Münch International Holding AG and CargoLine GmbH, a general cargo network, have agreed on extensive collaboration. As of October 1st, Militzer & Münch takes over the distribution of CargoLine shipments from Germany and Western Europe to Eastern Europe, the CIS, the Maghreb region, and Middle East. CargoLine on the other hand will distribute in Germany and large parts of Western Europe the Militzer & Münch shipments from the regions named above. The same goes for procurement logistics.

Both partners complement each other perfectly: CargoLine, a medium-sized cooperation, founded in 1993, is today one of Germany’s leading general cargo network. In Western Europe, the alliance has developed a strong standardized groupage network together with well established partners. Militzer & Münch is renowned as a well-proven expert for the East. These two components form a groupage network that combines high quality, standardized performance and enormous geographical dimensions.

International Gateway at Bad Hersfeld

The co-operation between the two companies will start this October already. “We are setting up an international gateway for all CargoLine shipments coming from Germany and all of Western Europe, and going to Eastern Europe, the CIS, the Middle East or the Maghreb region”, says Jens Krüger, Director Road Logistics M&M Militzer & Münch International Holding AG. To this end, Militzer & Münch is going to open a branch office directly at CargoLine’s European hub at Bad Hersfeld, Hesse.

CargoLine’s existing partnerships in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary, as well as bilateral contracts of single CargoLine partners will not be affected. “Yet our new partner Militzer & Münch allows us to extend our eastbound and Mediterranean-bound service for our customers considerably,” says Jörn Peter Struck, Managing Director CargoLine GmbH. “Moreover, the network we now have created together is perfect for the multinationals that procure and distribute their goods over vast distances.”

The Militzer & Münch companies in the countries involved will profit, too, from the collaboration with the CargoLine network that comprises approximately 70 partners. Says Ewald Kaiser, Chief Executive Office M&M: “The co-operation with CargoLine marks another decisive step towards new structures in our road logistics concept. Our country organizations in the East can now offer from and to Germany and Western Europe competitive solutions both for distribution and procurement logistics."

Brief information
… on M&M Militzer & Münch:
The M&M Militzer & Münch Group employs a staff of around 3,000 at 110 locations in 30 countries. Militzer & Münch sees itself as a specialist for the East and offers international services such as road and rail freight, airfreight, ocean freight and project business along the East West axis. M&M is active with its own densely knit network of branch offices, in Eastern Europe, the CIS, the Middle, and Far East as well as in the Maghreb countries Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria. M&M was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in St. Gall, Switzerland.
www.mumnet.com

… on CargoLine:
CargoLine GmbH, headquartered in Dietzenbach, Germany, stands as a co-operation for standardized, systemized groupage freight in Germany and Europe. Founded in 1993, the alliance today counts 45 middle sized companies that form the systemized network Germany-wide – a network that is completed by strong European partners. In addition to systemized transportation services, CargoLine focuses on distribution, procurement, and warehousing logistics. In 2008, the alliance with its staff of 6,400 handled 10.3 millions shipments and generated a turnover of € 1.3 billion. In its 2008 image ranking, “Logistik inside”, a trade journal, voted CargoLine again among the top ten in the “Forwarders & Contract logistics” section as the only groupage co-operation.
www.cargoline.de

Sandra Durschang
CargoLine GmbH
Waldstrasse 37/18
D-63128 Dietzenbach
Telefon +49 6074 8508-26
Fax +49 6074 8508-30
E-Mail: sandra.durschang@cargoline.de

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