SUCCESS STORIES IN BELGIUM
INTERVIEW WITH
Frédéric Tilman, Sales Director
COMPANY
Sedis Logistics REGION
Wallonia Founded: 2001 Location: Blandain, Belgium, with offices in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Le Havre and Marseille Number of employees: 252 in Belgium, 150 in Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia) and 20 in France.
Founded in 2001, Sedis Logistics is a freight forwarder with head office in Blandain, Belgium. Driven by its customers’ needs, Sedis Logistics has developed into a company offering full and internally integrated supply chain solutions including air, sea, rail, and road transport, logistics and warehousing, customs clearance and fiscal advice.
Turnover (2019): EUR 100 million Growth: 20% Investments (2019-2020): SED31 warehouse, EUR 20 million Prizes, awards: Trends Gazelles 2008 – fastest growing company Website: www.sedis-logistics.com
“Sedis Logistics is a one-of-a-kind partner capable of managing each and every link of transport and logistics flows,” explains Frédéric Tilman, Sales Director of Sedis Logistics. “Whether global or local, our wide range of comprehensive logistics solutions are tailor-made to our customers’ needs and guarantee reliable, flexible and adequate support while avoiding supply chain issues,” he adds. “Over the years, organizing overseas transport of general cargo from supplier to customer has become our
“Sedis Logistics is a one-of-a-kind partner capable of managing each and every link of transport and logistics flows.”
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core business in order to meet our clients’ needs,” asserts Tilman. “Today, the company specializes in imports from Asia to Europe, and has established its own offices in China, Vietnam, Cambodia and France to this end,” Tilman adds.
STRONG ASIAN PRESENCE Sedis Logistics’ forwarding solutions cover all production areas and meet the handling requirements of its customers’ multimodal flows. “We can organize and consolidate both Full Container Load (FCL) and Less than Container Load (LCL) shipments,” Tilman explains. “Moreover, our proven ability to conduct LCL shipments from Asia to Europe is a major competitive asset in the freight forwarding industry,” he adds. As a matter of fact, Sedis Logistics organizes weekly transportation of consolidated shipments from the main Chinese ports at competitive prices thanks to its presence in China. In order to meet short customer deadlines, Sedis Logistics has also developed the Just Sea Time, an ocean freight solution dedicated to the express import of groupings from the Asian continent. With this service, Sedis Logistics is committed to facilitating the express and swift delivery
