Greencarrier establishes a strong foothold in the UK market with the acquisition of PTS
News Release
Greencarrier International AB
April 14, 2011
The Swedish-headquartered logistics specialist Greencarrier, which has in recent years expanded substantially within the Nordic countries and the Baltic states, has now established a permanent presence in the UK with the acquisition of PTS UK Ltd.
The agreement was signed on 12 April, 2011 and the acquisition is expected to be completed before the end of May.
PTS UK Ltd, which is to be renamed Greencarrier PTS Ltd in due course, has its headquarters within the Ipswich Dock area, just 12 miles (20km) from the UK’s leading container port, Felixstowe.
Greencarrier has been working with PTS as its UK partner for five years and an excellent relationship has been developed with its management team, all of whom will be retained.
PTS managing director Robert Gaunt is looking forward to working as part of a larger company:
“Greencarrier will provide us with access to greater management resources and expertise, and of course to a much bigger market, notably in the Nordic countries and the Baltic states. The UK, with its population of over 60 million, has a substantial trade with these countries and we expect our share of it to grow rapidly over the next few years.”
According to Peter Nevhagen, CEO of Greencarrier International, PTS is a major acquisition as it is increasing the Greencarrier workforce by almost 14%.
“Greencarrier already had 300 employees working in 26 offices in nine countries and now we are adding another two offices in the UK, in Ipswich and Immingham, where PTS has about 40 employees in total.”
PTS UK Ltd
PTS was founded in 1980 and has offices and warehousing operations in Ipswich and Immingham.
It operates a fleet of 17 goods vehicles ranging in size from 3.5 tonnes up to 44 tonne tractor units and also has more than 100 trailers including curtain-siders and skeletal trailers for container transport.
PTS has its head office in Ipswich where its sales team is based and where it deals with most of the administration on its Scandinavian services as well as UK distribution and warehousing operations.
Serving Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, regular departures for groupage, part and full loads ensure rapid door to door transit times at very competitive prices. There are facilities for sorting, order picking, re-marking, shrink wrapping and labelling of goods at the Ipswich and Immingham warehouses.
Contact details:
PTS UK Limited
10 Cliff Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 0AY
Tel: 01473 282600
Fax: 01473 287192
email: ptsips@ptsukltd.co.uk
Website: www.ptsukltd.co.uk
The agreement was signed on 12 April, 2011 and the acquisition is expected to be completed before the end of May.
PTS UK Ltd, which is to be renamed Greencarrier PTS Ltd in due course, has its headquarters within the Ipswich Dock area, just 12 miles (20km) from the UK’s leading container port, Felixstowe.
Greencarrier has been working with PTS as its UK partner for five years and an excellent relationship has been developed with its management team, all of whom will be retained.
PTS managing director Robert Gaunt is looking forward to working as part of a larger company:
“Greencarrier will provide us with access to greater management resources and expertise, and of course to a much bigger market, notably in the Nordic countries and the Baltic states. The UK, with its population of over 60 million, has a substantial trade with these countries and we expect our share of it to grow rapidly over the next few years.”
According to Peter Nevhagen, CEO of Greencarrier International, PTS is a major acquisition as it is increasing the Greencarrier workforce by almost 14%.
“Greencarrier already had 300 employees working in 26 offices in nine countries and now we are adding another two offices in the UK, in Ipswich and Immingham, where PTS has about 40 employees in total.”
PTS UK Ltd
PTS was founded in 1980 and has offices and warehousing operations in Ipswich and Immingham.
It operates a fleet of 17 goods vehicles ranging in size from 3.5 tonnes up to 44 tonne tractor units and also has more than 100 trailers including curtain-siders and skeletal trailers for container transport.
PTS has its head office in Ipswich where its sales team is based and where it deals with most of the administration on its Scandinavian services as well as UK distribution and warehousing operations.
Serving Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, regular departures for groupage, part and full loads ensure rapid door to door transit times at very competitive prices. There are facilities for sorting, order picking, re-marking, shrink wrapping and labelling of goods at the Ipswich and Immingham warehouses.
Contact details:
PTS UK Limited
10 Cliff Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 0AY
Tel: 01473 282600
Fax: 01473 287192
email: ptsips@ptsukltd.co.uk
Website: www.ptsukltd.co.uk