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C
ould you tell us what your core
business is?
GEFCO is a company of worldwide
size and a supply chain specialist.
We offer to take control of our
customers’ entire supply chains,
managing all the stages and providing
services with added value whenever
appropriate.
We were created in the automobile
logistics market, where we have
become the European leader.
Today, we serve a dozen other
industrial sectors with complex
supply chains, such as aeronautics,
electronics, pharmaceuticals &
cosmetics and fashion.
GEFCO was a subsidiary of PSA
until 2012. How has your Company
developed since RZD, the Russian
railway company, became its main
shareholder?
The first major consequence was the
cultural transformation of GEFCO,
which was founded in 1949 by the
PSA Group; our initial role was to
serve the interests of our single
shareholder. Then our Company
diversified its clientele, while keeping
a special relationship with its client
shareholder. The sale of 75% of the
shares of GEFCO to RZD led us to
re-examine ourselves and better
understand the reason for our
existence. We thought a great deal
about the question ‘What is GEFCO?’
and deciphered our DNA. This led to a
renovated brand image and a clearer
vision, mission and ambitions.
Are the new logo of GEFCO and its new
slogan ‘Partners, unlimited’ the result
of this thought process?
Yes. Our role as a logistical partner is
to relieve our customers from the
responsibility of the operations and
potential problems that characterize
all the processes of the supply chain.
There are no limits to the territories
and solutions that we can propose: it
is our DNA, it is what we are; it is our
responsibility.
The adjective ‘unlimited’ also conjures
up the idea of pushing boundaries.
Unlimited expresses two ideas: that
GEFCO supports its customers
everywhere our expertise is required
and that GEFCO is involved ‘without
limits’ to solve the most complicated
logistical problems. In the Supply
Chain, there are many unforeseen
events, and responsiveness, to be
able adapt logistical flows to any
events is essential.
Our customers are in search of this
DNA: our growth (excluding PSA) was
more than 8% in 2017, and we did not
make any external acquisitions.
The group has 13,000 employees with
more than 90 nationalities and serves
300 destinations worldwide: does the
adjective ‘unlimited’ even more refer
to going beyond territorial borders?
In five years, we have extended our
territorial presence in 15 countries,
both organically, by directly starting
up operations, and through acquisitions
like that of IJS Global, which is
specialized in air and sea freight.
This acquisition has enabled us to be
The GEFCO Group, the supply chain specialist, today serves no less than 300
destinations worldwide. It is present all over Russia, a country that represents a
huge potential for growth and new prospects for development.
Luc NADAL,
Chairman of the Managing Board of GEFCO
©LPV
‘Push the boundaries of the
supply chain
and develop new
territories for growth’
©DR
GEFCO has just adopted its new brand signature « Partners Unlimited»
to demonstrate its new ambitions.
