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30 People & News<br />
<strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong><br />
wins Swiss<br />
innovation prize<br />
A. T. Kearney, one of the <strong>world</strong>’s leading<br />
management consultancies, each year<br />
awards the innovation prize “Best<br />
Innovator”. In 2006, the Swiss overall<br />
winner is <strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong>. Outstanding<br />
scores were achieved in all areas of innovation<br />
management.<br />
“Swiss companies have made substantial<br />
advances in the field of innovation<br />
management.” This was the unanimous<br />
tenor of the discussion by a panel of<br />
experts chaired by TV journalist Stephan<br />
Klapproth following the award of the<br />
prize. This makes it all the more gratifying<br />
that <strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong> undisputedly<br />
heads the list of 30 competing Swiss companies. Following an in-depth evaluation,<br />
the global logistics provider convinced the specialists of A. T. Kearney of its excellent<br />
innovation strategy as well as its first-class implementation of the innovation<br />
process throughout the organisation. Commenting on the award, Manfred Tuerks,<br />
Managing Director of A. T. Kearney, said: “It is decisive to go all the way, from<br />
generating ideas to market success. At <strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong>, the innovation chain is<br />
firmly and sustainably embedded within the organisation.”<br />
Innovation has a strong tradition at <strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong>. Ongoing improvement and<br />
adaptation to new market developments have been a characteristic of the company’s<br />
spirit since its foundation 116 years ago.<br />
Best-ever DAV graduate joins<br />
<strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong> Luxembourg<br />
Lufthansa Cargo confers Planet<br />
Award of Partner Excellence on<br />
<strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong><br />
Under the Global Partnership Programme, Lufthansa Cargo<br />
confers the Planet Award of Partner Excellence on top customers<br />
who distinguish themselves in particular by their profitability,<br />
professionalism and loyalty in their business relations.<br />
The Deutsche Aussenhandels- und Verkehrs-Akademie (DAV)<br />
in Bremen has trained logistics specialists since 1960. 3,700<br />
students have passed through its compact course of study<br />
with a strictly practical orientation.<br />
In April 2006, Katharina Weber achieved something that nobody<br />
had done before: she passed the examination with the best<br />
possible mark of 1.0. Katharina Weber has clear plans for<br />
the future: to support the Lead Logistics Solutions team of<br />
<strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong> in Luxembourg and to apply the knowledge<br />
she acquired during her training in the provision of first-class<br />
logistics services.<br />
At a ceremonial event, Stefan Lauer, Executive Board Chairman<br />
of Lufthansa Cargo AG, presented the award to <strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong><br />
COO Reinhard Lange. Stefan Lauer and Dr. Andreas Otto,<br />
Lufthansa Cargo Executive Board Member for Marketing and<br />
Sales, emphasised the excellent collaboration with <strong>Kuehne</strong> +<br />
<strong>Nagel</strong> over the past years and thanked the whole <strong>Kuehne</strong> +<br />
<strong>Nagel</strong> organisation for its confidence in Lufthansa Cargo.<br />
<strong>Kuehne</strong> + <strong>Nagel</strong> World No. 1/2006
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