Dear readers! We present to your attention the fourth issue of the LOGISTICS journal. By tradition, in the April issue we summarize the results of TransRussia | SkladTech 2025. This year, the exhibition attracted a record number of exhibitors and over 30,000 visitors. Under the heading "non-economic activity", we are posting an interesting article by A.V. Efimov on the prospects for the development of non-primary non-energy exports from Russia to Vietnam.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the third issue of the LOGISTICS journal. First of all, we would like to draw readers' attention to our new partner R1 Development, a development company that creates a new generation environment and specializes in the construction of industrial, logistics, commercial and residential real estate. One of the projects of R1 Development is the Druzhba industrial park network.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the third issue of the LOGISTICS journal for 2025. Our editorial staff, like all our colleagues, is preparing for the TransRussia 2025 exhibition, the largest event in the industry. In this issue, we have prepared an interview with Natalia Lomunova, Director of TransRussia, with whom we are talking about a flexible approach, new participants and digital services. We continue the series of articles from P.V.
The Group is strengthening its air and sea freight activities with the acquisition, effective as of 15 October, of the Dutch company IJS Global.
Announced on 23 September 2015, the acquisition of IJS Global came into effect on 15 October with the transfer of 100% of its shares to GEFCO. Founded in 2005, IJS Global is a freight forwarding company specialized in the fields of air and sea. Its head office is located in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. It employees some 500 employees with a turnover of €160 million (2014).
A long-term growth strategy
For Luc Nadal, Chairman of the GEFCO Management Board, this acquisition "is fully in line with the Group's long-term growth strategy, supported by its international expansion and the diversification of its business areas". IJS Global thus bolsters the Group's network with its operational presence in 16 countries, particularly China, South-East Asia, Australia and the United States. The Dutch company also operates in numerous sectors: pharmaceutics, humanitarian action, high-tech products, oil & gas, aerospace and fashion. Expertise that enrich GEFCO's global logistics solutions to the benefit of its international customers.