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Transportation forms the foundation on which Oldenburger|Fritom is built. What started with a horse-drawn vehicle in 1917, has now evolved into solutions for road transportation, air freight, sea freight and intermodal transportation. Over the past 105 years, Oldenburger|Fritom has developed in line with fundamental changes in the field of transportation. Above all, however, it has been customer demand that has led our company to continuously strive for flexibility and innovation.

In 2012, Metsä Board and Oldenburger|Fritom entered into a partnership. Within this partnership, Oldenburger|Fritom works closely with Dirk van Roeyen, who has worked at Metsä Board in Mechelen (Belgium) for over twenty years. Since 2017, he holds the position of Logistics Director Western Europe and UK. We recently asked him how he experiences our partnership and what role flexibility plays in this.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to severe shortages of raw materials. This is still the case today, causing a steep increase in raw material prices. In addition, the problems in international container shipping seem to continue for the time being. The resulting supply and demand imbalance is forcing many companies to rethink the design of traditional supply chains. In order to cope with future crises, a high degree of flexibility is now demanded from all chain partners.

Last week, care and welfare organization De Zijlen paid a visit to Oldenburger|Fritom to reinforce our partnership. We discussed with Eric Zwennis, chairman of the board of De Zijlen, and PR employee Bas Scholte-Aalbes why we decided to work together.

The Lean Six Sigma method is anchored in Oldenburger|Fritom's business operations. That is why we offer all our colleagues the opportunity to follow a Lean Six Sigma training. Amongst others Marienus van der Laan, commercial manager at our company, makes grateful use of this.

The Fritom Group continuously focuses on process optimization and sustainable innovative solutions. With the Lean Six Sigma method, optimal implementation hereof is ensured. Oldenburger|Fritom guides the Fritom organization in this method.