SHANGHAI, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, is participating in this year's Automotive Logistics Conference in China from 18-20 April, 2011. This is one of the major annual conferences for automotive logistics and CEVA has been a key participant for a number of years.
In its 8th year now, the event will be held in Shanghai, at the Intercontinental Shanghai Pudong. The theme of this year's conference is "Releasing the chains on growth: how to enable world-class logistics in China". The conference aims to address key challenges facing logistics especially in the automotive sector, covering topics on production deliveries for the mammoth market, overcoming infrastructure restrictions, operational challenges like multi-modal logistics, integrated services, handling of vehicle imports, amongst others.
CEVA is participating as a Gold Sponsor at this event and will feature two speakers at the three-day conference:
1) 19 April, 14:00-15:15 Session 3 - Rising to World Class Logistics
Speaker: David Dudek, Director-Automotive, Asia Pacific, CEVA
2) 20 April, 09:00-10:15 Stream 1 - Service Parts Logistics
Speaker: Jim Barnett, Chief Operating Officer, Anji-CEVA
CEVA is a market leader in automotive logistics in China, providing integrated end-to-end solutions for the industry. Anji-CEVA, our JV with SAIC, has grown to be the largest automotive contract logistics provider in China today, and the company will continue to look at growth opportunities in the market.
We have more than 20 years of industry experience having worked with 19 of the top 20 global automotive suppliers, and 14 of the top 15 manufacturers. CEVA's strategic competitive advantage is the unique combination of our strong global sector knowledge with local expertise and reach.
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CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain companies, designs and implements industry leading solutions for large and medium-size national and multinational companies. Approximately 50,000 employees are dedicated to delivering effective and robust supply chain solutions across a variety of sectors and CEVA applies its operational expertise to provide best-in-class services across its integrated network, with a presence in over 170 countries. For the year ending 31 December 2010, the Group reported revenues of €6.8 billion. For more information, please visit www.cevalogistics.com
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For more information contact:
Felix Lo
+852 2942 0236
Felix.lo@cevalogistics.com
