On a growth course

Last summer Gebrüder Weiss strengthened its logistics network, among others with four new representative offices at the south coast of China: Next to the trade metropolis Hong Kong in the Guangdong Province (Shenzhen, Zhanjiang, Guangzhou). Meanwhile the number of employees has nearly doubled – they have moved into new and larger premises, existing premises have been expanded. We wanted to know what this is all about …

Michael Zankel, Regional Director East Asia, is also in charge of the locations GW Hong Kong and the Guangdong Province: “Not even one year after our start in the Perl River delta the number of employees has increased up to 60 persons – nearly twice as much as in August last year. Against this background we recently have expanded our premises in Shenzhen to 400 m². Six colleagues from Sales & Marketing are moving into new office spaces.”

Quality before quantity
The reasons for the growth course are diverse. The increasing customer demand concerning a competent and globally operating full-service logistics provider on-site is one of the reasons. “In comparison to many competitors we convince our customers with additional services. GW customers appreciate our know-how and the qualitative handling and are looking more and more for a long-term partner in the field of transport and logistics,” adds Michael Zankel. He sees growing opportunities in the area of e-commerce, warehouse logistics and cross-border fulfillment activities.

A further reason for the positive development is the continuous expansion of an appropriate partner network at Gebrüder Weiss as well as the increased sales activities of the individual GW teams. “This affects our colleagues at Gebrüder Weiss Hong Kong and Guangdong as well as the whole orange network, especially at the locations in Germany and the USA,” says Zankel.