Exel South Africa makes a bold entry

M. d. Ian Logie... offering full range of logistics services including FMCG Sales manager Dion Fuhri . . . bringing local office into line with global developements THERE'S A new name in the local clearing and forwarding market with the official renaming this month of MSAS Global Logistics as Exel South Africa. It's one of the final stages in the merger between Exel and MSAS parent Ocean Group Companies and brings the local office into line with global developments. Following the merger of the two logistics providers last year to create Exel, the global business has been involved in a process of integration and rebranding. This latest step in the integration process has been to change the legal names of MSAS companies to reflect Exel's position as a single, integrated global supplier. "For Exel South Africa it's a very exciting time," says managing director Ian Logie. "We are now in a position to offer the full scope of logistics services ranging from the traditional core business of clearing and forwarding to inventory management, warehousing and distribution including FMCG." The new Exel brand was announced in July last year and has been progressively rolled out across the global business which operates in over 120 countries with more than 55 000 employees. Supply chain management major Exel focuses on a wide range of manufacturing and retail industries, having recently clinched the Levi Strauss account worldwide. The UK-listed company has a turnover of more than £4,3 billion (R47,3bn), and adds muscle to the 16-year old South African company with its head office in Isando and branches at Johannesburg International Airport, Durban and Cape Town. "With the full support of Exel head office, we're now in a position to offer state-of-the-art IT solutions to our clients," said Logie.