Crown Jakarta Held the Grand Opening of its New State-of-the-Art Facility
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 13 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Crown Worldwide Group, a worldwide leader of global mobility, relocation services, transportation, storage and logistics, announced the opening of its new office and warehouse facility in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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A grand opening ceremony was on held April 22nd at the facility.
The new building is 7,000 square meters (75,000 square feet) in size. It houses three floors of office space, in 1,500 square meters (16,150 square feet), a warehouse of 5,500 square meters (59,200 square feet), a high-value vault and an electronic media storage center. Onsite security provides 24-hour service, assisted by state-of-the-art technology which includes biometric access control, motion/heat detectors and closed-circuit television (CCTV).
On Wednesday, April 22nd, the Crown Jakarta team hosted corporate guests along with managers from Crown's Asia Pacific and European operations at a grand opening ceremony. Special guests included representatives from Standard Chartered Bank, APL, Shell, Siemens, Amcham and Jim Thompson, Crown Worldwide Group's Chairman. Guests enjoyed a tour of the facilities as well as a cocktail party and celebration toast.
Mike Arnold, Country Manager, Indonesia, who has worked with Crown since 1997 said, "On behalf of the employees of Crown Indonesia, I am extremely pleased to announce the opening of our newly completed Jakarta facility. This multi-million US dollar investment is not only a testament to Crown Worldwide Group's commitment to the Asia Pacific region, but to setting a new standard of quality and the framework for the continued growth of our local operations.
We are now even better positioned to provide world-class service solutions to our valued customers and can look forward to expanding our service lines and operations across the archipelago."
Before taking on the role of country manager, Mike served Crown in a variety of roles in Indonesia, China and most recently Hong Kong where he worked as the general manager for the relocations division.
Crown Jakarta -- the fourth branch of the Crown Group-was established in 1973 and has since proudly served the local expatriate and business community. With the re-opening of its office in Balikpapan in 2008 and with its new facility in Jakarta, Crown is seeking to expand into the specialized energy logistics and warehousing areas whilst continuing to focus on its core business lines assisting multinationals, governments and private customers through its Relocations and Records management services.
Crown Worldwide Group
Crown Worldwide ( http://www.crownworldwide.com ), serves over 10,000 customers from over 250 locations in over 50 countries, providing governments, corporations, diplomats and private customers with global mobility, transportation of household goods and fine arts, departure and destination services, business information storage, high value warehousing, freight forwarding and third-party logistics. Crown Worldwide Group's divisions are Crown Relocations, Crown Fine Arts, Crown Records Management, Crown Logistics and Crown Wine Cellars. Established in 1965, the Crown Worldwide Group is a privately held company with global headquarters in Hong Kong.
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