Hong Kong, August 6, 2010 - Logwin, a global leader in air and ocean freight and logistics services, has announced the appointment of Jimmy Chow as Country Director for Southern China and Hong Kong.
Chow has 35 years experience in freight forwarding and logistics and started his career with Rhenus before joining Schenker where he worked in senior management positions in Hong Kong and South China for more than 20 years. He most recently worked in senior management for M&R Spedag Group.
Chow’s region includes Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces and he will focus on building Logwin’s sales capability and office network across southern China.
“I am very pleased to join Logwin at a very exciting stage in the company’s expansion in Asia. We see many opportunities to develop our network to extend our service arm and coverage in PRD South China and we will aim to meet growing demand for air, ocean and logistics services,” said Chow
Logwin will be focusing on opportunities in *Pan Pearl River Delta to develop growing trade between ASEAN, India and China. Chow also highlighted wanting to build the company’s presence in **cross straits trade between Fujian and Taiwan.
In other news Logwin also appointed Patrick Lee as Finance Manager, Southern China and Hong Kong and Rudi Lai as General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Southern China and Hong Kong.
Logwin established its operations in the region in 1972 and now has 49 offices in Asia including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand with representative offices in Cambodia, Japan, Laos and Myanmar.
Logwin is publicly-traded company on the Prime Standard of the Deutsche Boerse and employs more than 5,500 employees.
*The Pan Pearl River Delta (PPRD) economic zone includes eight adjoining provinces to Guangdong Province plus the Hong Kong and Macao SARs.
The PPRD includes the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong plus Hong Kong and Macao
**Cross straits trade refers primarily to the shipping links between Taiwan and Mainland China across the Taiwan Straits. Fujian is the closest mainland province to Taiwan and there has been a dramatic increase in trade in recent years.
About Logwin AG
As an external partner, Logwin AG, Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), develops a comprehensive range of logistics and service solutions for trade and industry. In 2009, the group generated sales of 1.1 billion euros and currently employs approximately 5,500 staff. Logwin operates in all main markets worldwide and has locations across all continents. With its two business segments Solutions (customer-focused contract logistics solutions) and Air + Ocean (global air and sea freight activities), Logwin AG is one of the leaders in the market.
The Logwin business segment Air + Ocean is represented at over 200 locations, of which 98 are wholly-owned, on all five continents. Around 1,900 employees provide air and sea freight transport as well as specially tailored and complex logistics solutions. The focus of their international engagement is in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and South Africa. The global network is reinforced by partnerships and cooperation agreements, which include membership of the sea freight cooperation Group 99 and the air freight cooperation FUTURE.
Logwin AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the Deutsche Börse. The majority shareholder is DELTON AG,
Bad Homburg (Germany).
www.logwin-logistics.com
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