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The Extended Supply Chain conference 2010, takes place from 24th – 25th March, will focus on the concept of flexibility and meeting customer needs by responding efficiently to constantly changing market conditions

Kuehne + Nagel has posted a 13.2 per cent drop in EBITDA to £545.8 million (CHF 885 million) for the year ended 31st December 2009 compared to the previous year.

TV pundits got terribly excited the other day when it was announced that the headline GDP growth rate for the last quarter of 2009 was 0.3 per cent rather than the 0.1 per cent that the government originally estimated.

TDG has acquired Hungarian transport business RRS Logistics in a move that enables the group to extend its full range of services in Central and Eastern Europe.

Over the past few years the growth of globalisation has challenged logisticians to deal with the massive changes of moving from local to international supply chains.

The big retailers are waking up to the challenge of more environmentally friendly packaging and that it is beginning to have an impact right across the supply chain. Malory Davies reports on the trends.