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Depot Services
January/February 2019
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Boasso buys
Kobler
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oasso Global has acquired 100 percent of Germany-based
depot group Kobler, Tank-und Silo-Container Transport
GmbH.
The acquisition marks the expansion of Boasso’s European footprint
into Germany, the largest European economy.
“Kobler, which was established in 1982, and has grown to be one
of Germany’s most reliable and well-run ISO tank service providers,
with truly outstanding, safe, and environmentally sound operations,”
a statement from Boasso read. “We will thoughtfully and carefully
integrate this business into Boasso to ensure an optimal experience
for our customers and new employees.”
The near-term integration will focus on gaining a deeper
understanding of existing processes and combining best practices of
Kobler and Boasso to offer an enhanced service.
Kobler is located in Mutterstadt, near the petrochemical hub of
Ludwigshafen. The company operates a fleet of tank container
haulage trucks, a tank cleaning facility and other depot services.
www.boassoglobal.com
The RSA-Talke chemical warehouse will accommodate 13,000 pallet positions, adding to the hub’s current capacity of 1,800 TEU of tank containers
RSA-Talke adds warehouse to Dubai hub
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The acquisition of Kobler marks the expansion of Boasso’s European footprint into Germany
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for Thielmann
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hielmann has bought container cleaning, maintenance
and inspection firm CONTek IBC-Service GmbH.
CONTek’s knowledge in services for intermediate bulk containers
(IBCs) is said to align with Thielmann’s growth strategy as a one-stop
shop for the container industry.
Based in Ellrich, Germany, CONTek offers services for the chemical
and automotive coatings industry. Its automated cleaning facility is
optimised to clean containers with a capacity from 250 to 1,200 litres.
CONTek is successful in the high-end cleaning sector and Thielmann
is planning to build on this strength and to grow the business on-site
in Ellrich.
Fredi Endtricht, CONTek’s co-founder will continue to lead the
company as managing director, with special focus on the expansion
of the facilities and production capabilities. Wolfgang Kuhn, CONTek’s
co-founder, has reached retirement age and left the company from an
operational level in September last year. He will continue to support
Thielmann as an advisor.
“Thielmann is growing. Our strong organic growth is supported by
selected acquisitions, especially of specific competencies. CONTek is
perceived as an undisputed leader in cleaning of IBCs,” said
Thielmann CEO Bernd Loeser. “With its integration, Thielmann will
complement its current service portfolio in different container sectors
and CONTek will benefit from access to a broad global customer base
and Thielmann’s expertise in the container industry.”
Kuhn commented: “With Thielmann, we found the best owner for
our life’s work. As initially planned CONTek can grow and expand its
capacity,” while Endtricht added: “I am happy to see CONTek joining
Thielmann. This will lift our company to the next level and supports
our wish to expand the business. Thielmann is the leader in stainless
steel containers and CONTek is the leader in container cleaning. I am
sure, that both parties will profit significantly.”
CONTek is to be renamed Thielmann CONTek to integrate the firm
into Thielmann.
www.thielmann.com
SA-Talke is expanded its portfolio of services for
customers across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries with the completion and opening of a new
dangerous goods warehouse.
The chemical warehouse will accommodate 13,000 pallet
positions, adding to the hub’s current capacity of 1,800 TEU of
tank containers, both approved to store dangerous goods of nearly
all classes.
This marks the next phase in establishing RSA-Talke’s integrated
chemical logistics hub as a one-of-a-kind facility in the region, with
two fully automated liquid filling lines coming in the near future
State-of-the-art cleaning services and workshop facilities for tank
containers means equipment can resume service with almost zero
downtime.
The latest facility is part of the firm’s plan to expand its tank
container terminal in Dubai’s Jebel Ali free zone, thus creating the
only integrated chemical logistics hub of its kind in the region,
approved for storage, handling, cleaning and filling of nearly all
dangerous goods classes.
This is in line with the company’s core purpose to raise, set and
maintain standards for customers. By providing storage, tank
cleaning, maintenance and repair and specialist workshop services
all at the same physical location, the expansion creates a
comprehensive chemical bulk liquid supply chain destination for
the United Arab Emirates, and the wider region.
“Our chemical and petrochemical customers quite rightly attach
great importance to their supply chain being flexible, reliable and
appropriately equipped while meeting the highest standards of
safety,” explained Markus Koepsel, general manager at RSA-Talke.
“By fully integrating storage logistics, filling, cleaning,
maintenance and testing services at one location, we’re able to
reduce downtimes to a minimum, and as a result, enable our
customers to realise demonstrable competitive advantages with
the help of an integrated supply chain solution.”
“We are proud to announce that with our new facility, and with
the steady expansion of our logistics and technical services, we
retain our position in the region as a leader in providing highly
specialised storage and distribution,” commented Abhishek Ajay
Shah, co-founder and group CEO of RSA Global, and board
member of RSA-Talke. “The new chemical facility will provide
further convenience to our existing customer base across the GCC,
as well as an integrated solution for new players in the market.”
With the completion of the warehouse, installation work will
begin on a filling station for transferring chemicals of various
hazard classes into drums and IBCs. RSA-Talke already operates a
tank cleaning station at its container terminal in Dubai. In addition,
the attached workshop is equipped to handle complex repair jobs.
“RSA-Talke’s commitment to innovation and to diversifying our
services solidifies our position in the regional logistics and
warehousing market. We are pleased to offer this, an expanded
chemical hub for distribution, warehousing and in the future for
refilling, with world-class safety, expert knowledge, and
professional standards,” stated Richard Heath, chairman of RSA-
Talke and Talke president and CEO USA.
www.rsatalke.com
ABOUT PTO
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Member) was established with a belief of
bringing dynamic change with most advanced
and finest cleaning services to global tank
operators with complete assistance of world’s
leading manufacturer of cleaning technology
M.s Weidner’s , Germany.
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