NDL Logistics general manager Jean-Claude Bernaben said the plan is to boost the company’s turnover up to RON61 million (EUR14 million) in 2014.
NDL Frigo Logistics is a joint-venture between Danone PDPA and Norbert Dentressangle Romania.
Danone products make up 80% of NDL Logistics’ distributed volumes
Although Danone is one of the company’s shareholders, NDL Frigo Logistics is not distributing products only for Danone, but also for smaller firms like Lactaprod and Five Continents and retailers like Selgros, Carrefour and Angst.
Bernaben said Danone Romania is NDL Logistics’ first client and, despite being one of the company’s shareholders, it remains only a client for NDL Logistics, which is an independent company. He also said Danone products account for the bulk, or 80%, of overall volumes of chilled goods distributed by NDL Logistics.
Bernaben added he wants NDL Logistics to become leader in chilled goods logistics on the Romanian market, and also reduce its dependence on Danone so that the dairy maker’s products would make up only 50% of NDL Logistics’ distributed volumes.
NDL Frigo Logistics currently has 379 employees, of whom 180 are working in warehouses and 181 are in charge of distribution transport operations.
Doing business in Romania was a nightmare back in 2007
Norbert Dentressangle, a major European transport, logistics, and freight forwarding company, with turnover of EUR1.6 billion and over 17,000 employees in 2011, entered the local market back in 2007, when Jean-Claude Bernaben came to Romania to establish Norbert Dentressangle’s local division.
Bernaben said doing business in Romania back in 2007 and 2008 was a nightmare because it was simply impossible to find the right people to do business with.
According to Bernaben, the logistics market is becoming stronger and major companies will stay on the market.
(English version by Ecaterina Craciun)