COUNTRY-REPORT 10
Hellmann announces the opening of a new branch at the Airport of Vilnius, Lithuania Patrick Nathe and Michael Mihm, Hellmann East Europe Maintal
In July 2012, Hellmann announced the opening of a new branch at the airport of Vilnius in Lithuania. Hellmann has been operating in Lithuania since 2007. Due to the rapid growth and development during the previous 5-year period, the expansion became a necessity as storage and aircraft activity reached peak capacities. However, with this new expansion, all employees in Vilnius have now been granted with 2,500 m² of space, with options of 10,000 m² of storage and 600 m² of available office space.
The new branch in Vilnius shines in new splendour
Hellmann currently has 33 active employees in Vilnius, 12 in Kaunas and two in Klaipeda, in 2011 they reported a turnover of 9.5 million Euros. In addition to its acquisition of additional real estate, Hellmann is also expanding its product portfolio in the region to include rail transport and 3PL services alongside its standard road, air and sea freight services. It is estimated that up to 3,000 packages are shipped monthly with regular line
services throughout Europe and are cleared for worldwide export with Hellmann’s sea and air network. The development of the past few years has been very positive. In the past year alone, we have had an increase of 200% in our sea freight operations and transit to Russia has also grown. Our target for 2012 is continuous growth at a minimum of 30% with the new location and with air freight in particular.