SUCCESS STORIES IN BELGIUM
INTERVIEW WITH
Pierre Van Mieghem, Head of Communication
COMPANY
Van Mieghem Logistics REGION
Wallonia Founded: 1956 Location: Saintes Number of employees: over 650 employees Turnover (2019): EUR 85 million Growth (2019): 7% Investments (2019): 10% of turnover Start of exports: 1970, Germany and France Share of exports in terms of turnover: 70% mainly in Benelux, France and the UK Website: www.vanmieghem.com
In 1956, when Van Mieghem Logistics started its transport activities, the company owned one truck that was used to deliver goods to local grocery stores. Growing exponentially, the company subsequently expanded its business to include national and international transport in the 1970s and moved its operational headquarters to Saintes. Today, the Walloon company is one of the leading European players in the integrated transport and logistics sector.
Van Mieghem Logistics. Moreover, in order to successfully complete its transports operations, the company has warehousing facilities of 145,000 m² spread over 9 sites in four European countries, representing around 500,000 pallet positions. “All our warehouses are also GDP (Good Distribution Practices) certified for pharmaceutical products,” he adds.
“Since we started, our business has not stopped evolving and we now maintain a fleet of more than 350 vehicles ranging from 500 to 40,000 kg. With our vans, trucks (equipped with temperature-controlled devices or not), truck-cranes, Maxi, Mega and City trailers, we have a vehicle adapted for every type of transport for various industries,” explains Pierre Van Mieghem, Head of Communication at
The company’s considerable transport and logistics expertise enables Van Mieghem Logistics to offer a vast array of solutions adapted to its customers’ needs. “Our core business is to efficiently organize national and international goods flows via our transport services,” says Van Mieghem. “Thanks to our six logistics sites in Belgium, we can manage any delivery of our customers’ goods to our neighboring countries in less than 24 hours. Moreover, our platforms and strong partnerships in the main logistics hubs in Belgium, such as the Port of Antwerp, allow us to work in a multimodal fashion both nationally and internationally,” he further declares.
“Thanks to our six logistics sites in Belgium, we can manage any delivery of our customers’ goods to our neighboring countries in less than 24 hours.”
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“Eventually, growing together with our customers, our business activities naturally expanded beyond the borders of
