Fritz expands operations in India.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Effective Oct. 1, Fritz Companies Inc. expands its Indian operations with wholly owned Fritz offices in Bombay, Banglore, Madras Madras. 1 State and former province, India: see Tamil Nadu. 2 City, India: see Chennai. and Delhi. Seamless integrated logistics services are now available from these vital Indian locations. Fritz's global network will benefit from a fully and truly committed Fritz team of professionals who will focus on meeting and exceeding the requirements of customers. "Fritz ocean and air products will be strengthened with this expansion, and new opportunities will be created with warehousing and distribution," commented Al Benki, managing director, Asia, for Fritz Companies Inc. "Our initiative in India reaffirms Fritz's commitment to continue the development of a fully integrated logistics service through a network of fully dedicated, strong Fritz-owned operations throughout the Asia Pacific region. The developing import/export market that India represents for many of our global clients fueled the recognition and the determination for us to move forward with this very important strategic growth," said Benki. Mukesh Shah has been selected as India's Country Manager for Fritz Companies Inc., and will be domiciled dom·i·cile n. 1. A residence; a home. 2. One's legal residence. v. dom·i·ciled, dom·i·cil·ing, dom·i·ciles v.tr. 1. in Bombay. Prior to opening the Fritz India customer service office two years ago, Shah served as the district manager of the Fritz St. Louis office for five years. Shah is also a licensed U.S. Customs Broker Customs Broker An individual or firm licensed by customs authorities to enter and clear imported goods through customs. The broker represents the importer in dealings with the customs authorities. , a benefit for those customers in the Indian market with U.S. customs requirements. "Retail accounts will benefit from Delhi's new warehouse which is situated near the Delhi International Airport because the facility is convenient to buying houses and serves as a coordination point for shipments moving between Delhi and Northern India," said Shah. "Fritz's investment in its Indian infrastructure is in the Canadian Retail Shippers Association's (CRSA CRSA Chinese Radio Sports Association CRSA Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology CRSA Control Risk Self Assessment CRSA Cap-Rouge/Saint-Augustin (Canada) CRSA Coastal Resource Service Area ) best interest because when we work directly with Fritz, our operations, transportation and information needs are met and exceeded all with a single phone call, not just in India but around the globe," said David Sheath, vice president of Western Assembly, CRSA's contract manager for their logistics program. 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 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 , CA 94103, telephone 415/904-8360 (www.fritz.com/). 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 Kelly Belden Fisher, 415/904-8702 kelly.fisher@fritz.com |
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