Daimler AG has recognized its best vehicle transportation partners on the occasion of its annual European Carrier Day. Around 100 European transport logistics partners were invited to the Mercedes-Benz van production in the Spanish city of Vitoria to discuss with Daimler’s logistics experts current industry trends, challenges and optimization potentials in the cooperation.
Heiko Gaiser, Head of Global Transport Logistics, Daimler AG: “Transport logistics are one of the key levers for our success – without them, no vehicle would get from the factory to the customer. The performance of our transportation partners is therefore very important to us. Together, we are continuously working on making our global vehicle transports even more efficient and flexible.”
As the best transportation partner 2014 in the passenger cars segment, the company Ernst Frankenbach GmbH from Mainz, Germany, was awarded for outstanding performance increases. The company looks back on a history of more the 100 years and had already scored one of the top positions in the European Carrier Awards in 2002 and 2009.
In the commercial vehicle segment, ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd from Carlisle, England, was recognized as the best vehicle transportation partner 2014. The company which has been active in vehicle transportation since 1979 had already won the 2011 European Carrier Award in the passenger cars segment and a special award for best overall performance in 2013.
This year’s special award went to the logistics entrepreneur Horst Mosolf for his lifetime achievement. His company Horst Mosolf GmbH & Co. KG has been a long-standing partner to Daimler for more than 50 years. Following the foundation of the company in 1955, the family business from Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, has grown to become a global service provider with 2,000 employees at 25 locations in seven countries, who scored the top position in the European Carrier Awards in the passenger cars segment five times already.
About the Daimler European Carrier Awards
The Daimler European Carrier Awards annually recognize the best partners in finished vehicle logistics for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The award is based on a uniform audit process which monitors and evaluates all vehicle transports in an integrated manner regarding transportation time, quality of vehicle shipping and general condition of the equipment used.
