wholly owned subsidiary of kintetsu world express inc. kwe a japan based freight forwarding and transportation company . 1 as a global supply chain specialist apl logistics offers a comprehensive range of origin and destination services in more than 60 countries 2 serving the automotive consumer industrials and retail verticals as well as providing transportation as a service . 3 headquartered in singapore apl logistics has locations across the globe . apl logistics formerly called american consolidation services industry global supply chain specialist headquarters singapore areas served worldwide key people beat simon president kurt breinlinger cco danny goh coo revenue us 1.6 b 2014 net income us 67m 2014 number of employees 7 000 website www.apllogistics.com contents 1 history 1.1 pre merger 1.2 acquisition and incorporation 1.3 early expansion acquisitions and innovation 1.4 india 1.5 north america 1.6 asia 1.7 sale to kwe 2 current joint ventures 2.1 vascor ltd 2.2 changan minsheng apll logistics cmal 2.3 apl logistics vascor automotive 2.4 apl logistics cfr ad holdings ltd. 3 global infrastructure 4 major industries served 5 services and solutions 5.1 automotive 5.2 industrials 5.3 consumer 5.4 retail 5.5 comprehensive services 6 leadership 7 references 8 external links history edit pre merger edit in 1980 in response to the increasing importance of asian imports u.s. based container transportation and shipping company apl created american consolidation services acs to meet the needs of importers who wanted help in managing the flow of their asian goods . as with similar such services acs was responsible for monitoring the movement of goods to consolidation points and managing the consolidation of goods and shipping according to the specifications of buyers . 4 in 1996 acs obtained a domestic distribution services license in china . trying to take advantage of the burgeoning internet in 1999 it introduced one of the industry s first web based ordering and shipment tracking systems . it was during this period that apl rebranded the service as apl logistics . acquisition and incorporation edit in 1997 singapore based neptune orient lines ltd. nol acquired apl in a merger for us 825 million a move that placed it within the top five of its industry . 5 6 as the smaller and less established of the two entities nol adopted apl as its public brand name following the merger . previously nol had been carrying out logistics services under its orient container & warehousing services ocws brand . to better focus on managing global supply chains in 2000 nol rebranded and incorporated its logistics service as apl logistics and it commenced operations as a standalone sister company to apl . 7 early expansion acquisitions and innovation edit the following year in 2001 apl logistics acquired gatx logistics for us 210 million to add warehouse services 8 to its offerings and increase its u.s. footprint in contract logistics a move that it anticipated would increase its revenues by 70 percent or approximately us 300 million . 9 the acquisition gave it access to 21 million square feet of warehouse space in north and south america . to expand its presence in europe later that year apl logistics acquired 51 percent of german freight forwarding company mare logistik & spedition gmbh which gave it a retail logistics platform in the german market and access to the rapidly expanding asia europe trade market . 10 in 2005 it formed holistica solutions 11 a now defunct joint venture 12 with uk based distribution group christian salvesen to create an integrated supply chain with an end to end transport service using apl s sea freight and salvensen s land transport assets . in keeping with a philosophy of harnessing emerging technology for greater efficiency in an attempt to find additional practical applications for radio frequency identification rfid technology in logistics nol and apl logistics teamed up with sun microsystems in 2005 to establish a test center in singapore . 13 the center provided a live supply chain environment to evaluate rfid technology and application . apl logistics achieved two firsts in 2006 when it became the first foreign logistics firm to obtain a license to operate in taiwan s kaohsiung free trade zone ftz 14 and when it teamed up with con way freight and introduced oceanguaranteed the industry s first guaranteed less than container load lcl less than truckload ltl service offering door to door day definite delivery from key ports in asia to the u.s. 15 two thousand and six also saw apl logistics open offices in spain and turkey . 16 india edit that same year 2006 parent company nol won approval to operate freight rail services in india . 17 in a move designed to tap into the vast potential of india s transportation market sister company apl set up a joint venture between apl india and hipe hindustan infrastructure projects & engineering private limited which was eventually placed under apl logistics . named india infrastructure and logistics private limited iilpl the joint venture provides rail based container transportation and logistics services in india and is marketed under the apl indialinx brand . to improve efficiency apl indialinx introduced its first double stack container train service in india in 2011 . 18 in 2014 iilpl became a wholly owned subsidiary of apl logistics when the latter acquired the remaining 24 percent of hipe s shares for us 10 million . 19 in 2012 to take advantage of favorable changes made by the indian government regarding private rail transportation 20 apl logistics formed a joint venture with vascor called apl logistics vascor automotive . 21 it was formed to support the need for improved domestic transportation of finished vehicles within india which had been dependent on less efficient and more damage prone road based vehicle haulers navigating india s problematic road system . north america edit in 2008 apl logistics began guaranteeing day definite delivery of full container loads fcl to the u.s. 22 it also introduced the first 1 000 containers dedicated to u.s. domestic transportation in 2011 becoming an asset based player in the logistics space for the first time . 23 in a move that linked origin ports in asia to every major north american market apl logistics and its trucking partner con way freight introduced its oceanguaranteed service to mexico in 2009 . 24 determined to strengthen the integration of its supply chain services in 2012 the company acquired u.s. based customs broker and freight forwarder carmichael international services for us 37 million . the acquisition gave apl logistics expanded customs brokerage trade compliance and consultation capabilities . 25 further activity in north america included the 2013 launch of an online sales channel for walmart in mexico 26 and the opening of a customs brokerage office in laredo texas . 27 in early 2015 apl logistics and apl logistics americas incorporated a new company called apl logistics de mexico s.a. de c.v. to carry out transportation logistics operations in mexico with apll owning 99.9 percent of the stock . 28 asia edit with an eye on the emerging chinese automotive logistics market in 2001 apl logistics formed cma logistics cmal a joint venture with changan minsheng . 29 a year later apl logistics established apll zhiqin a joint venture partnership with china s legend holdings ltd. and beijing willway information technology co. ltd. with offices and hub facilities in 30 chinese locations the joint venture had a transportation and distribution network spanning over 2 000 cities and access to a wide range of multinational and local companies . in 2012 apl logistics signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of apll zhiqin from its partners . 30 two thousand and nine saw the launch of apl logistics flow center operations in dubai logistics city s dlc international free trade zone ; the new center was intended to accelerate reliable cargo movement across the middle east and reduce costs . 31 in 2010 apl logistics and japan s sumitomo warehouse co. agreed on a joint marketing arrangement that allowed them to take advantage of a broad international client base to support each other through business leads and joint sales efforts . the deal called for apl logistics to make its global services available to sumitomo customers and in return osaka based sumitomo offered its warehousing and other logistical capabilities in japan to apl logistics customers . 32 in a bid to improve transit time efficiency for shippers and improve costs in 2010 apl logistics opened a 114 000 square foot container freight station located near two special economics zones in chittagong bangladesh s largest and busiest port . 33 the next year to further broaden service offerings to customers in the apparel sector the company opened two quality assurance centers in bangladesh . located in the cities of dhaka and chittagong both centers are located near the majority of the country s garment manufactures . 34 further expanding its services in southeast asia in 2011 apl logistics introduced containerized cross border trucking between cambodia and vietnam to offer shippers a later cutoff time to reduce transit times by several days when production ran late . 35 in 2015 to expand its footprint in indonesia apl logistics announced that it had opened a new container freight station cfs at the tungya collins terminal in cakung north jakarta to handle export consolidation and warehousing services . the facility is a 120 000 square foot storage and distribution facility with yard space with cross docking capabilities and it has an annual handling capacity of 21 million cubic meters . apl logistics has five warehousing services in indonesia that coordinate with 280 factories . 36 the company also announced in 2015 that together with a local investor it had incorporated a new company in vietnam named apl logistics vietnam company limited to handle the provision of goods warehousing storage services and freight transport agency services . apll has a 98 percent stake in the new company . 37 sale to kwe edit in 2015 after parent company nol suffered four consecutive years of loss it sold apl logistics to kwe for us 1.2 billion in order to strengthen its balance sheet and focus on returning apl its container transportation and shipping operation to profitability . the sale was finalized on may 29 after the parties secured all the necessary legal regulatory and shareholder approvals in singapore and japan . 38 current joint ventures edit vascor ltd edit created in 1987 vascor is a joint venture between apl logistics and fujitrans corporation of japan . vascor ltd. is a third party logistics 3pl specialist dedicated to servicing the specific needs of the global automotive industry . 39 changan minsheng apll logistics cmal edit established in 2001 changan minsheng apll logistics cmal is a joint venture between changan minsheng and apl logistics co. ltd. cmal is a third party automobile logistics provider and comprehensive logistics provider in the chinese market . 40 41 apl logistics vascor automotive edit apl logistics vascor automotive is a delhi based 3pl provider serving the automotive sector in india . incorporated in 2012 the company is a joint venture of apl logistics and vascor . 42 it handles end to end bulk transportation of vehicles and parts from the assembly line to destination utilizing specialized railcars with additional services including tracking inspection repair and final mile delivery . in 2014 it invested in high capacity rail rakes to gear up for expanded service through its autolinx service . 43 apl logistics cfr ad holdings ltd. edit in 2015 apl logistics entered into a joint venture with u.s. based car exporter cfr rinkens to transport vehicles by rail within the united states mexico and canada under the autodirect product name . 44 global infrastructure edit operating in more than 110 locations in 60 countries apl logistics manages 200 logistics facilities covering over 20 million square feet globally . it employs more than 6 000 logistics professionals across the world with local market