Fritz Companies Inc. acquires Robinson & Heath.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1995--Fritz Companies Inc. announces the acquisition of Robinson & Heath Ltd., headquartered in Toronto, with offices located throughout Ontario and in Montreal and Vancouver. Founded in 1877, Robinson & Heath is one of the oldest and the most prominent family owned customs brokerage house in Canada. The company provides Canadian customs brokerage and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , international freight forwarding, and warehousing and distribution services. "Robinson & Heath has been one of the premier names in the customs brokerage and forwarding business in Canada for a number of years," said Bob Noonan, senior director, U.S. and Canada Operations for Fritz Companies Inc. "Their client base is top-notch, and our acquisition further enhances the logistic services we can provide to those clients. They also bring some highly talented personnel to our Canadian team. Given the accelerated growth rate Fritz is experiencing in Canada in brokerage and transportation, this new management expertise enables us to keep pace." Richard Gervais, executive vice president of Starber Fritz, said, "Robinson & Heath's niche has been personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. service backed with our strength in Canadian customs. "These assets complement Fritz's full service capabilities, while Fritz's state-of-the-art information systems and air and ocean import and export services offer a tremendous advantage to Robinson & Heath's clients. We are very pleased to offer our clients seamless integrated logistics services from a company that sets the global standard." Fritz Companies Inc. is a leader in global transportation logistics and related information services See Information Systems. for importers and exporters worldwide. The company's principal services include logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet , customs brokerage, international air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, warehousing and distribution, and other value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. for the global movement of goods and logistics information. Fritz Companies Inc. is headquartered at 706 Mission Street, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. 94103, telephone 415/904-8360. The company's shares are traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Exchange under FRTZ. CONTACT: Fritz Companies Inc. Kelly Belden Fisher, 415/904-8702 kelly.fisher@fritz.com |
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