INDUSTRY NEWS
WALKER PARTNERS WITH
TOP GERMAN SERVICE PROVIDER B erkshire-based supply chain and order fulfillment specialist,
Our relationship with Limal gives our UK-based customers that
Walker Logistics Ltd, has announced that it has entered
export to Germany and other European markets the opportunity
a partnership agreement with German-owned sales and
to optimise their supply chain efficiency and minimise overheads
fulfillment services supplier for consumer goods, Limal GmbH.
by physically holding stock closer to the point of consumption. Of course, it offers the same cost and efficiency benefits for Limal’s
The deal will allow Walker to offer its clients the opportunity to
clients that sell in to the UK. And, with confusion still surrounding
hold stock at Limal’s storage facilities, utilise their in-house sales
the movement of goods between the UK and Europe after Brexit
platforms and fulfill orders bound for mainland Europe from these
and talk of blockages and delays at ports, the arrangement between
sites. In a reciprocal arrangement, it also means that Limal’s client
Limal and ourselves will be immensely helpful to those companies
base will be able to use Walker’s 230,000 sq ft multi-user storage
that are striving to put post-Brexit contingency plans in place. But,
facilities as the hub from where goods for the UK market can be
this isn’t all about Brexit. We see our relationship with Limal as a
stored and dispatched.
long-term partnership that enables us to offer a valuable additional service to our clients.
Limal was founded in 2003 by Andreas Voswinckel as an
William Walker, Sales & Marketing Director, Walker Logistics
international sales and fulfillment services provider for consumer goods. Based in Neumünster – 40 miles north of Hamburg, the
Walker has integrated its order processing systems with Limal’s,
company serves more than 100 clients, dispatching 10,000 parcels
which means that the company’s clients’ relationship with their
a day from four sites.
logistics provider is not affected. “Our clients will continue to deal directly with us – and of, course, Limal’s customers will still interface with Limal,” explains William Walker. We believe that Limal and Walker are a good fit, both operationally and culturally – and we see the relationship between our two companies as one that will bring tremendous benefits to our respective clients. Madsen Schulte-Tigges, Managing Director, Limal GmbH
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