SBS Worldwide and SIFTE BERTI sign agency agreement

News Release SBS Worldwide Inc September 7, 2012

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Supply chain solutions providers SBS Worldwide and SIFTE BERTI
have signed an agency
agreement which covers all sea and air freight activities between
Italy and the USA.
SIFTE BERTI will represent SBS Worldwide in Italy and SBS
Worldwide will represent Sifte Berti
in the USA. SIFTE BERTI has 19 offices throughout Italy, including
Milan and Bologna.
In total, it operates more than 300,000sq meters of warehousing
facilities.
Lars Kloch, Managing Director USA, SBS Worldwide, said: “SBS
Worldwide’s supply chain
offering is built on our ability to offer global solutions backed
by regional and industry specialist
knowledge.
“In SIFTE BERTI, we are delighted to have found a company with
similar standards and values to
SBS, a long and rich history of delivering cutting edge supply
chain solutions within the Italian
market and an in-depth understanding of the international freight
industry.”
Mr Franco Berti, SIFTE BERTI, said: “It is only be forming
partnerships with established
companies such as SBS that we are able to ensure that we can offer
tailored solutions that meet
all the needs of our clients. We are pleased to be working with a
company with such as strong
service offering as SBS.”
The companies have a combined workforce of more than 500
experienced and customer-focused
employees. The agreement strengthens the global network of both
forwarders.
SBS Worldwide, an independent supply chain specialist founded in
the UK in 1983, earlier this
year won the supply chain management award at the prestigious BIFA
Freight Industry Awards.
SIFTE BERTI, established in 1969 as an ocean-freight company, has
its headquarters in Lainate
(Milan). Today the company is positioned among the Italian market
leaders in logistics,
international groupage and domestic distribution. The 19 branches
are linked by an own
distribution network and the company offers pick-up and delivery
services all over the Italian
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