AGILITY OPENS ASIA PACIFIC HQ IN SINGAPORE

Logistics Insight Asia, 1/5/2009

Agility has announced the establishment of its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore and unveiled a Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) that will consolidate many of the regional and global management teams for business units such as logistics, operations and transformation, fairs and events, IT, project logistics, chemicals, and oil and gas.

“Singapore is the established logistics hub for Asia and the leading global shipping centre in the region and it has long been our aim to strengthen Agility’s operational capabilities through opening a new RDC and by establishing part of our Asia Pacifi c headquarters in the city state,” said Wolfgang Hollermann, Agility CEO, Asia Pacific.

The 14,500 square meter bonded distribution centre at Changi North has three floors designed for an ambient temperature warehouse. Two more levels provide warehousing with a conventional racking system. The facility has a 6,500 pallet capacity.

Logistics services available include inbound management and distribution, consolidation and finished goods management, merge-in-transit and cross dock operations, kitting to-line operations, RMA programs, reverse logistics, order fulfillment and PO management, confi guration and built-to-order management.

“Agility is committed to building a global integrated logistics network in order to deliver seamless supply chain solutions for our customers,”said Agility chairman Tarek Sultan, who has also just been appointed to Singapore EDB’s International Advisory Council (IAC).