Simarco News...
Our new Midlands logistics hub opens for business.
Continuing our on going development across the UK we are delighted to announce the opening of our brand new 50,000 sq ft facility at Barton under Needwood Staffordshire strategically situated just a few miles from the Palletforce nerve centre at Burton on Trent.
From here we are offering bonded and non bonded racked or floor based storage up to food grade standard and 24/7 on line order processing and stock management. This is also linked to our established UK, European and global distribution network with full on line track and trace available.
For further details please email sales@simarco.com or telephone 0800 0274 436
Our green credentials confirmed
In compliance with our long established environmental policy we are pleased to announce our accreditation to ISO 14001 "Environment Management" standard.
This will be a continuing regime throughout the company in support of the environment and in keeping with many of our customers own policies and as a responsible supplier.
The IFW awards 2010
Simarco was voted an award finalist for “Freight Forwarder of the Year” at the prestigious IFW Award Night held at the London Hilton Park Lane on Thursday 28th October. Although we did not win on this occasion we were awarded a “Highly Commended” status on the night.
We were also proud to be the official sponsors for the Ro/ Ro Short Sea Operator of the Year and we presented the award to Norfolkline / DFDS Seaways.
The event was hosted by the comedian Patrick Kielty and we all enjoyed a sparkling evening.
Let's talk Turkey!
We are delighted to announce that as from April we are now working with our new partner Ran Logistics and their three main hubs in ISTANBUL, IZMIR and BURSA. Our export departures to all destinations depart every Friday via our Witham and Manchester terminals with a transit time of 5 days. Meanwhile we offer two import trailers per week loading every Tuesday and Friday from each departure point.
In addition to our standard road service we can offer transport by ocean containers, refrigerated vehicles, mega trailers, road trains and low loaders for out of gauge freight movements.
Simarco moves up a gear in the Benelux market.
In our endeavour to continually improve our service to and from the Benelux region we are now operating a daily service directly to each country ( Belgium previously served via Holland ), this will improve our transit time and keep costs to a competitive level. Meanwhile Luxembourg continues to be serviced via our adjacent hub in Saarbrucken Germany.
Simarco gets noticed around and about.
Locals in Braintree and Witham who commute by road everyday will have noticed our sponsorship of the roundabout adjacent to Wyvale and the Simarco signs advertising our European, Pallet and Logistics services. As we are now a significant employer in the area this is in keeping with the enhancement of our company image within the local community.
Now daily express to Madrid.
We are pleased to announce that since the beginning of the year we are now operating a daily express groupage service to Madrid. This latest innovation due to customer demand is in addition to our six other established platforms in Barcelona, Irun, Vigo, Alicante, Seville and Valencia which are served each way on a twice weekly basis’ and places Simarco at the very forefront of all carriers operating to and from Spain.
UKWA Finalists 2009
Against some formidable competition our dedicated team headed by Barry Spencer our Logistics Director were delighted to be finalist in two categories at the UKWA annual awards in September 2009. The Award was sponsored by Translift Bendi and we are aiming to achieve the top award next year.
Winners of the MAN Team Of The Year 2009
We are pleased to announce that Nina Hart our UK Transport Director was voted the MAN Every Woman in Transport Team of the year in May 2009 at the ceremony and luncheon at the Marriot Hotel Grosvenor Square London.
Nina’s progress has been remarkable at Simarco and she has turned a loss making department into well above the industry profit standard in a few short years managing our own fleet and our Palletforce franchise. Now at the young age of 33 she has achieved a well deserved directorship for her efforts.
Our new green livery draws admiring glances
In the last few months we have been introducing our smart new dark green livery on to our domestic fleet. The new colour and modern clean design is an image that we hope reflects our company culture and our awareness and responsibility towards the environment.
We add additional trailers to feed our Palletforce hub.
Simarco is proud to be a member shareholder in the Palletforce network. They are a vital link in our logistics chain and who operate from the largest pallet hub in the UK in Burton on Trent ( 38,000 sq m)
In just a few years we have risen to be consistently placed near the top of the ninety plus franchisees across the UK by weekly input volume of pallets. Due to our high volumes we have recently added to our fleet of double deck, fuel efficient, aerodynamic 40’ artics that depart every night from our Witham hub to ensure that the majority of our deliveries are effected the next day across mainland U.K.
