EUROPE - DB Schenker Rail

EUROPE
DB Schenker Rail in the
eyes of its customers
How do major international customers assess the performance and
quality of DB Schenker Rail? In the run-up to the transport logistic
trade fair railways asked three managers of leading companies from the
forestry, steel and chemical industries to comment.
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Bert-Jan Westerik
Logistics Manager at Tata Steel
in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands
“Tata Steel produces 7 million tonnes
of steel per year at its plant in the
Dutch town of Ijmuiden. As an international
group I expect us to be as
highly valued as German customers.
DB Schenker Rail’s strengths include
its excellent technical equipment, and
at an operational level its highly qualified
and motivated staff. If I were to
imagine DB Schenker Rail as an animal
it would be an elephant – because
an elephant has no natural enemies.”
With the takeover of the British-Dutch group Corus in
2007, Tata Steel rose to a top ten ranking among the
world’s biggest steel producers and to the number two
position in Europe. The company based in Mumbai, India, employs
80,000 people on four continents. Tata Steel operates three
integrated steel plants in Europe: in Ijmuiden in the Netherlands,
and in Scunthorpe and Port Talbot in the UK. The Tata Group is
a conglomerate with 350,000 employees, which is active in many
sectors including energy, chemicals, tourism and, not least, vehicle
manufacture. Its portfolio now includes the Jaguar and Land
Rover brands. The company made headlines with the launch of
its micro-car, the Tata Nano. www.tatasteel.com
Photos: PR (3); Pertti Puranen; DB AG; iStockphoto