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The FTA has appointed Ian Jones, managing director of Mercedes-Benz UK, Graham Roberts, non-executive director of PD Ports, and Ian Veitch, chief executive officer of NYK Logistics to its 2008/09 board.

Contact lens maker CooperVision has hired Meachers Group to provide it with overflow warehousing and local distribution following a period of growth including the acquisition of Ocular Sciences.

Aggregate Industries’ Building Materials division has signed an eight-year partnership deal with TDG worth £50 million annually in a bid to manage its transport operation more efficiently.

Kuehne + Nagel has increased its profit margin by 12.3 per cent during the first half of 2008 despite the economic slowdown, but anticipates a slower growth rate for the second half of the year owing to the “unfavourable economic forecast”.

International logistics forwarder Dachser is set to takeover German chilled goods forwarding company Tank group for an undisclosed sum after acquiring 100 per cent of its shares.