Expo Freight receives award for Export Brand of the year at SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2013
Thursday, 7 November 2013 00:19
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Colombo. 5th November, 2013. Expo Freight (EFL) honoured at the glittering SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2013 when it won Bronze for Export Brand of the Year.
Expolanka Freight (EFL) a leader among his peers and is known for his Out-of-the-Box thinking commands a global footprint today with a 1200+ staff strength across 17 countries and 45 cities and a strong presence in the Indian sub continent. EFL is a prominent IATA agent in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan and has representation in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the USA.
Its tailor-made flexible solutions, strategic reach and reliability coupled with its multi-modal transportation and logistics with ocean and air transportation have positioned EFL as one of the largest air and ocean freight forwarders, especially in the South Asian region.
“Having roots in Sri Lanka and then spreading our wings globally to as many as 17 countries, we are happy that we have been able to not only make a mark as a brand in the Global Market but also earn valuable foreign exchange from our international operations. Our team is both elated and deeply honoured with this national recognition and would like to credit our customers who have supported us over the years. In fact it inspires us to out-better ourselves in the years to come” said Senthilnathan Shanmugam, COO, Expo Freight International.
While engaged in regular handling of perishables, commodities, telecom and medical equipment, project cargo, machinery and pharmaceuticals, the Company primarily focuses on servicing the apparel industry as fashion logistics specialists.
With an unmatched quality of service category in Freight and Logistics, it provides end-to-end supply chain management solution, through understanding and simplifying the customer’s logistics requirements. It also initiated a range of industry-first products enabling customers to get tailor made freight and logistics solutions which are not on the standard menu. Among them are Garments on Hanger, Pick-n-Pack, and its Quality Assurance Centre at which customer can do a check on their products. Head of Marketing, Corporate Communication & CSR, Expolanka Holdings PLC, Paddy Weerasekera hailed this accolade as an unequivocal endorsement of the Company’s efforts in brand building activities. “We’re proud to be recognised for the strength and value of the Expo Freight (EFL) Brand. This we attribute to our unmatched brand propositions; the unmatched quality of our service and the creation of greater value by constant investment in process improvements, IT and brand building”, he said.
The fourteen GSAs Expolanka represents reveals an impressive and long roll-call of top international airlines. This also enables the company to leverage on its pricing strategy and become more competitive.
