Ahlers to expand in India

Ahlers, the international logistic and maritime group with headquarters in Antwerp (Europe) decided to expand its activities in India. During its worldwide board meeting held in Mumbai, Ahlers India, present today in 11 cities in India decided to open new offices and to invest in logistic hardware through multiple avenues in India.
 
“Ahlers realised a turnover of 246 million euro in 2010 compared to 238 million in 2009, whereby the share of the Asian business increased from 26 per cent to 30 per cent”, a company statement said.
 
“Ahlers India is the key in our expansion plans for the next years”, said Luc Maton, Regional General Manager Asia. “India’s growth potential is impressive and logistics have to develop accordingly making it a major growth market of Ahlers as a group. We realized a 9 per cent growth in India in 2010 and with more liner agency representations we are aiming for a double digit growth in 2011.”
 
“We support further expansion in offices and staff and will also consider investment in infrastructure”, says Christian Leysen, Chairman and CEO – Ahlers. “Holding the Ahlers worldwide board in Mumbai shows our appreciation of past achievements as well as our support to the further expansion in India.”
 
“Ahlers has known significant growth in terms of offices and business volumes for the past 7 years. Our strength is the possibility to offer customized solutions to challenging markets such as CIS and Africa as well as major growth markets as China offering total logistics packages under one roof and break bulk solutions for major projects. What sets Ahlers apart is the committed and experienced staff heading and servicing of each business model and the excellent team spirit in our organization where employee satisfaction and their growth opportunity is paramount”, said, Pradeep Joseph, General Manager, Ahlers India.
 
On April 1, Ahlers organized a workshop for customers and partners in Mumbai on “The new economic world order & impact on the trade – New trends in shipping and logistics” giving the floor to Indian experts as well as specialists flown in from both CIS and China. During the event the opening of new offices in Urumqi (China) and Aktau (Kazakstan) was announced.

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