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Fleet Logistics and TÜV SÜD start a strategic partnership
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Fleet management specialist Fleet Logistics has announced a strategic partnership with international technical services corporation TÜV SÜD and its German fleet management subsidiary FleetCompany. The aim is to create a combined international fleet management business of over 200,000 fleet vehicles.
“We are very excited by the possibilities that this new venture opens up on an international fleet level, with potential new markets in Asia and Australia, as well as reinforcing our fleet management offering in our established markets in Western and Central Europe,” said Fleet Logistics’ Chief Executive Officer, Peter Soliman, who will manage the new business.
The new strategic partnership brings a number of benefits for fleet customers including greater stability through increased scale, an extended service portfolio, a global infrastructure to support global reporting, and an improvement in operational quality through a deep process focus, as well as an insight into other parts of the automotive value chain.
Extending the fleet management offer
“This new venture is very much about going for growth and the long term. It is definitely not about taking costs out the business,” explained Peter Soliman. “Why have we chosen to partner with TÜV SÜD in this way ? Because they are deeply involved in the automotive sector and work closely with most of the major motor manufacturers, yet, like us, they are completely independent and can act in the best interests of the customer. The partnership with FleetCompany will allow us to offer a pure fleet management solution to companies which prefer to self-finance or outright purchase, rather than lease, their vehicles. We see this very much as complimentary to the traditional Fleet Logistics solution which typically focuses on companies who prefer to lease their vehicles. We would like to underline that we are not changing our business model or focus and will continue to respect our current deep relationships with leasing companies.”
Roland Vogt, Managing Director of FleetCompany, said: “We are delighted to be entering this strategic partnership arrangement with Fleet Logistics who we see as being at the forefront of pan European fleet management. “The new venture allows us to offer a larger, international dimension to our national customer base, which will accelerate our global growth even more. It allows us, through Fleet Logistics’ infrastructure, to offer a fleet management solution to potential customers outside Germany who outright purchase or self-finance their vehicle fleets.”
There were thumbs up for the new partnership from (left to right):
Roland Vogt (Managing Director FleetCompany); Peter Soliman (CEO Fleet Logistics); Viktor F.Metz (CFO TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH); and Bernhard Kerscher (CEO TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH).
| 16/05/2011 | Steven Schoefs
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