Logistics company Panalpina said Wednesday it will integrate its longtime forwarding partner, Apollo Forwarding, in southwest Australia, following a similar move in Adelaide last year.
Panalpina and Apollo Perth have traded under the same name since starting a partnership in 1997, but the two companies have never been related to each other, Panalpina said in a statement.
Integrating Apollo's business into Panalpina's will expand the Swiss company's portfolio in the region, said J'rg Granzow, Panalpina's area managing director for Oceania.
'Our existing office in Perth focuses on industrial project forwarding and services for the oil and gas industry,' Granzow said. 'By adding Apollo to our organization, we can now offer the entire forwarding and logistics product portfolio under one roof and as one Panalpina unit. This refers particularly to local services such as customs clearance and distribution.'
