HAVI Logistics

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HAVI Logistics GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding November 1981
Seat Duisburg
management Managing directors: Haluk Ilkdemirci, Arnd Christochowitz
Number of employees 6500 Status: end of 2015
sales 4.8 billion euros (including the value of goods)
As of the end of 2015
Branch Food service logistics
Website www.havi.com

HAVI Logistics GmbH is a logistics service provider for the food industry that is active in 37 European countries.

history

In July 1975 Frigoscandia Deutschland GmbH started distributing McDonald’s frozen goods. McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Germany in Munich in 1971 and had handled the logistics itself until 1975. In April 1978 Frigoscandia founded the subsidiary Frigoropa . Frogoscandia no longer only acts as a freight forwarder, but also as a wholesaler to the McDonald's branches. At that time, their managing directors Andreas Rost and Kent Zohnne were confronted by McDonald's with the idea of ​​restructuring the German business and introducing a total distribution of frozen, chilled and dry goods as in the USA . At that time, sister companies of Frigoropa Germany were already supplying McDonald's restaurants in Denmark, France, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland as a total distributor. In October 1981, WLS GmbH - Warenhandel + Logistik + Service was founded, which later gradually takes over these companies. Right from the start, WLS was conceived as a distributor in the US sense, as a wholesale and foreign trade company with a focus on logistics.

In October 1983, the first subsidiary of WLS was founded under the name ITS GmbH (Internationale Transporte und Spedition). Since the abbreviation IST was already taken, the new forwarding company was renamed STI in September 1986 . The WLS has grown steadily since it was founded. The company founded subsidiaries all over Europe, which, according to the same concept, supplied the restaurants of the customer McDonald's with goods.

In 1988 WLS GmbH relocated from the Great Tree in Duisburg to a so-called “Food Town” in Duisburg-Rheinhausen . In 1992, WLS and its nine subsidiaries were merged as a group of companies under the umbrella of Alpha Management GmbH , which was founded specifically for this purpose . All of the associated companies have since been referred to as the "Alpha Group".

Until 2008, the then 40 companies of the Alpha Group in Europe had different names and logos. In July 2008, the entire corporate group was renamed to the current name HAVI Logistics GmbH .

On February 16, 2017, a works council was elected for the first time in the company's history at the Bingen branch .

HAVI Logistics GmbH has been present at nine locations across Germany since January 2020. In addition to the headquarters in Duisburg, there are locations in Neu Wulmstorf, Wustermark, Bingen, Lederhose, Rheinberg, Ilsfeld, Günzburg and Wunstorf. HAVI Logistics primarily supplies system catering restaurants and convenience brands. In 2015, HAVI Logistics delivered around 395 million sales units from 67 distribution centers in Europe from the temperature ranges dry, fresh and frozen.

Customers

In addition to McDonald's, HAVI Logistics also supplies other customers in the food service industry throughout Europe. Since around 2001, many customers from the areas of quick service restaurants and convenience stores have been part of the logistics company's customer base. These include and include: McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken , BP , Compass Group , IKEA , Nordsee , OMV , RIMI , XXXL, Pizza Hut, Subway, Costa Coffee, Sticks'n Sushi and Vapiano .

Structures

Ownership

The ownership structure of HAVI Logistics is as follows (as of July 2015):

  • HAVI Europe Holding LLC: 84.1 percent
  • HAVI Global Logistics GmbH, 15.9 percent

Embedding in the global organizational structure

HAVI Logistics is part of the US company The HAVI Group, LP and is divided into business units for Europe and Greater Asia. Sister companies are HAVI Global Solutions , HAVI Logistics North America and The Marketing Store .

Since 2016, all companies of the HAVI Group, including HAVI Logistics and HAVI Global Solutions, have been operating under the common umbrella brand HAVI. HAVI is a privately held global company that has focused on services and solutions along the entire supply chain. The various services range from marketing analytics, supply chain management, packaging and logistics to recycling & waste. With around 10,000 employees, HAVI is present in 100 countries worldwide.

sustainability

Ecological responsibility

The vehicle fleet is fueled with environmentally friendly fuels such as biodiesel made from rapeseed oil, AME biodiesel, biogas and vegetable oil. The vehicles are gradually being converted to Euro 5 engines. Since 2007, pre-transports in parts of Europe have also been made with EuroCombis (25.25 meter long trucks). Innovative planning tools for transport to plan routes efficiently are standard.

LED lighting, the use of heat recovery and the switch to 100% green electricity are further ecological milestones.

Environmental management system

HAVI Logistics is certified according to DIN EN ISO 14001 and at the same time validated according to EMAS III VO.

Environmental initiatives and awards

  • Awarded the “Ulli Environment Badge of Honor” from the city of Duisburg
  • Environmental partnership Brandenburg
  • Environmental Pact Bavaria
  • Round table for sustainability
  • Participation in the "Ecology" project
  • Environmental Pact Saar
  • Partner of the European "GreenBuilding" project
  • "Europe Sustainability" Award
  • "Global Best of Sustainable Supply" Award
  • One of the first companies worldwide to be certified according to the new EMAS III standard

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Climate footprint. In: mcdonalds.de. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .
  2. HAVI Logistics is the new logistics service provider for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Germany - LAGER [flaeche]. In: lagerflaeche.de. Retrieved February 16, 2019 .