TDG plc

Infobox_Company
company_name = TDG
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1922
location = London, United Kingdom
key_people = Charles Mackay, Chairman
David Garman, CEO
revenue = £669.5 million (2007)
operating_income = £20.5 million (2007)
net_income = £14.3 million (2007)
industry = Supply chain management
num_employees = 7,300 (2008)
homepage = [http://www.tdg.eu.com www.tdg.eu.com]

TDG is a goods transportation, distribution, warehousing and supply chain management company based in England with offices also in Benelux and Ireland.

The organisation is divided into 3 divisions

* Contract Logistics (Including Temperature Controlled Services)
* Chemicals
* Group/Plc

History

*1922 The "General Lighterage Co Ltd" is formed. Road transport and warehousing follows.
*1950 The General Lighterage Co Ltd becomes a public limited company.
*1957 Company changes its name to Transport Development Group.
*1963 Expansion into Europe begins.
*1968-74 Businesses acquired in Holland and France.
*1982 Re-registers as a public limited company – Transport Development Group plc.
*Late 1980's Focus on core activities: distribution, storage, transport. Non-core operations are sold, incl. those in USA & Australia.
*1999 David Garman appointed CEO. Van Straaten (Holland) acquired.
*2000 Now known as TDG plc. Safeguard and SDS (UK) and Van den Berg (Holland) acquired.
*2001 Acquire La Fleche (France), TCG (Holland) and IWT (Ireland).
*2002 Dispose of Data Services business.
*2003 Exit French operations. New operations start in Barcelona.
*2006 Mond & Cie (Belgium), Bradship & SCA Transport (UK) acquired. New distribution centre opens in Spain (Fogars).
*2007 Briskair (UK) and Doman S. A. (Spain) acquired. New warehouse opens in Spain.
*2008 New warehouse & distribution facilities open in Spain. TDG becomes a privately owned company by LIT Plc and subsequently removed from London Stock Exchange. [TDG About us http://www.tdg.eu.com/our-history]

Activities

The company is focussed on the following activities: [ [http://www.tdg.eu.com/ourcapabilities.asp TDG - capabilities] ]
* Supply chain re-engineering
* End-to-end supply chain management
* Freight forwarding and management
* Third party logistics

References

External links

* [http://www.tdg.eu.com Official site]
* [http://www.tdgmultiuser.co.uk TDG multi-user]