World - GAC

GAC Wrappage 19GAC inks newPhilippines pharma dealGAC Shipping & Cargo SystemsPhilippines has renewed its contractwith the country’s top pharmaceuticaldistributing company, Zuellig PharmaCorp.The new deal extends a 10-yearpartnership between the two companies.During that time GAC has providedcomprehensive customs clearance anddomestic air, sea & land transportationservices throughout the Luzon, Visayasand Mindanao regions.The contract was signed by GACPhilippines’ President and ManagingDirector, Jake Cuerva, and ZuelligPharma’s Vice President for Distribution,John Weston, at a ceremony attended byBill Hill, the GAC Group’s Vice President– Logistics Services.Crucial roleMr Weston said it was a great pleasureto extend the contract with GACPhilippines.“GAC plays a crucial role in oursuccess by providing efficient logisticalsupport to our nationwide network,”he said, “and has proved adept atimplementing logistics initiatives in closecollaboration with us.”Powerful tool“We wanted to promote GAC’s newoffices and services in Kazakhstan in away that would appeal to the growingex-pat community,” he says.“Laughter is a powerfulcommunications tool and a creativealternative to the traditional corporatelaunch.”A fresh approachGAC has served Kazakhstan’s growingenergy sector since June 2008. GeneralManager Matthew Towse says theComedy Tour was a fresh way to connectwith existing and potential clients andto underline the GAC philosophy ofstepping outside the box.“The tour certainly raised ourprofile in the minds of a very specifictargeted audience,” says Matthew. “Wehave already received some serious andpromising business enquiries as a result.”GAC Thailand has signed a three-yeardeal with jewelry exporter JewelsAgent.com Co. Ltd. - thanks to ‘The 3 Cs’:creativity, cooperation and commitmentto success.By proposing a package thatincluded Free Zone warehousing andservices, GAC helped its customerachieve savings of up to 25% on dutiesand 7% on VAT.JewelsAgent produces and exportsjewelry, largely to the United States,where Wal-Mart is one of its majorclients. Under the agreement, GAC’sresponsibilities include handling twice‘The 3 Cs’seal gem of a dealweekly shipments to the US, as well as airimport/export duties, customs clearanceand warehouse rental and management.The deal was driven by GACThailand’s Business DevelopmentManager, Eerez Agmoni.He says: “The client was keen tocut costs so they could reduce the pricesof their finished product. However,competition was fierce on cargo rates, sowe had to get creative. And in the GACtradition, we came up with a solution bytaking advantage of the benefits of FreeZone operations.”