TNT Freight Management has secured a large-scale global contract with Electrolux Global Logisticsto provide air freight services from Asia to Europe, within Asia and from Europe to the rest of the
world. It previously cooperated with the Swedish group in the Nordic region. TNT did not disclosethe contract value.“To us this is obviously a very important business deal, not only for the Swedishorganisation but for the entire Group,” said Jeff Hoogesteger, Managing Director of TNT FreightManagement.
Previously the cooperation with Electrolux was limited to air-freight and some sea-freight toand from Sweden and a number of countries. Now TNT will handle all air-freight from Asia, Australiaand Japan to Europe, and all air-freight from Europe to the rest of the world. Also TNT willbe responsible for all Electrolux´ air-freight within Asia and within Australia, except forshipments from Asia to Australia.
“Our knowledge of the structure and business of Electrolux has been to our advantage in theprocurement process,” commented Kenneth Dahlgren, Global Account Manager at TNT Freight Management.“We are also well advanced in e-services and with our ‘Global Control Tower’ in Europe. Furthermorewe have the internal processes required to implement such a complex, global system as this. Now wemust make it operational within 90 days,” he added.
“TNT Freight Management is a well renowned operator in the international air-freight market,”says Mr. Björn Vang Jensen, Vice President, Intercontinental Freight and Logistics Services,Electrolux. “We are impressed by their structured and disciplined attitude and theirwillingness to work with Electrolux to arrive at a competitive and cost-efficient solutionaccording to our requirements. We look forward to working with TNT Freight Management on theimplementation and hopefully in a future expansion of the partnership”, he added.
