Kuehne+Nagel Poland signs agreement with Michelin for warehouse activities

Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Kuehne + Nagel Poland has recently signed an agreement with Michelin, one of the largest tyre manufacturers in the world, to manage Michelin’s warehouse activities in Poland. It is the first new business under a global master agreement for contract logistics which the Kuehne + Nagel Group and Michelin recently have signed.

In the scope of the local contract Kuehne + Nagel will be responsible for the management of warehousing activities in Poland. Operations haves already started in the Michelin owned Logistics Centre in the Warsaw area. Kuehne + Nagel will be responsible for the facility maintenance, administrative operations and the handling services. The activities range from receipt of Michelin products from manufacture, quality control, stock management to final order picking. The site acts as Distribution Centre delivering products to Michelin`s customers in Poland and other countries. Kuehne + Nagel will implement a new warehouse management system provided by Michelin.

Michelin and Kuehne + Nagel look back on a partnership of nearly 10 years and this strategic relationship has now been formalised in a global master agreement for worldwide contract logistics services. Kuehne + Nagel also manages Michelin warehouses in the United States of America, Mexico and Thailand.