Europe & Africa

A.P. Moller - Maersk

sity professors and provides space for employee interaction. The “Co-Creation Square” was conceived with an atrium space to hold events and seminars for a large number of people, allowing employees who are not directly involved to observe them.

In November 2022, Daikin Industries moved its head office in Osaka to Umeda Twin Towers South (Kita-ku, Osaka) ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2024. Having expanded business to more than 170 countries around the world, the Daikin Group is working to create environments where diverse human resources from both Japan and overseas. In Tokyo, a major gathering place for people, information and technology in industry, government, and academia, Daikin aims to strengthen business development that achieves both social and economic prosperity, creates new value, and facilitate advocacy activities.

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Relocating the Tokyo office to Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, which is directly con nected to Tokyo station, the gateway to Japan, is expected to not only improve produc tivity and quality of work styles of Daikin employ ees but also to acceler ate company activities for collaborative cre ation, both inside and outside the company, as it strives for further growth and develop ment in its next 100 years.

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As a global logistics leader, the company operates in more than 130 countries and employs over 100,000 people world-wide. Maersk is aiming to reach net zero emissions by 2040 across the entire business with new technologies, new vessels, and green fuels.

Launches Europe-China Air Freight Service to Add Further Agility to Customer Supply Chains

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) announces the inaugural flight of the logistics company´s new air freight service with scheduled flights between Billund, Denmark (BLL) and Hangzhou, China (HGH). The new service is responding to increasing customer demand.

The scheduled Eurasia operation will commence 20 March with three weekly flights introducing the first of three newly converted Boeing 767-300 freighters that have recently been added to the fleet of Maersk Air Cargo. All Europe-China flights will be operated by Maersk´s internal cargo airline.

The inaugural flight also marks the first scheduled air cargo operation between Denmark and Asia. The corridor from Billund Airport is expected to significantly increase access for high value and time sensitive cargo between Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and the entire Asia-Pacific.

Furthermore, Maersk’s newly opened air freight hub at Billund Airport in Denmark enables customers to avoid congestion and delays that are usually seen in larger airports. In addition, the proximity of aircraft parking apron to Maersk’s airport warehouse facility, allows better control and faster cargo clearance.

The airport facility in Billund houses a fully equipped, 4000 m² import and 13,000 m² export facility. Separate areas for cold storage, dangerous goods, scanning and ULD handling. Billund airport will have a Maersk Air cargo team with pilots and aircraft maintenance staff, a flight operations team and a freight forwarding team all available to secure reliability for Maersk customers.

With Maersk Air Cargo, Maersk is on a journey to provide customers with unique end-to-end air freight services through own controlled capacity and a global network of scheduled flights.

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Maersk also recently launched a new air freight service with scheduled flights between Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (GSP) and Incheon, Korea (ICN) operated by Miami-headquartered cargo airline Amerijet International.

In addition, Maersk opened a new Chicago air freight gateway facility to add more supply chain integration opportunities for customers using Chicago O’Hare International and Rockford International.

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José Antonio Fernández Carbajal, Álvarez Margaride Award for Business Trajectory

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal has been awarded the 12th José Luis Álvarez Margaride Award for Business Trajectory for considering him a global benchmark in the business world, especially in the Ibero-American sphere. And for having maintained an ongoing relationship with the Principality of Asturias over the years.

This year’s recipient has had a track record of almost thirty years as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), a prominent Mexican multinational based in Monterrey.

His leadership has led to transforming a beer company, Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma, into a company that includes retail activities, through OXXO, which has more than 21,000 stores in five countries, and Valora, with more than 2,700 stores in five European countries. In the health industry, the company has more than four thousand drugstores in four countries. OXXO Gas has 568 gas stations in Mexico. In the beverage industry, Coca-Cola FEMSA, the world’s largest bottler of Coca-Cola products by sales volume, operates in 10 Latin American countries. Digital business units include Spin by OXXO and OXXO Premia, as well as other loyalty initiatives and digital financial services in Mexico.