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Mar 23, 2012 (newstodate): Established in February 2010, the Estonian freight forwarder Aerogistica has been gradually building up its business through 2011 - and with satisfactory results.
-It is certainly a highly competitive market, but we have managed to grow our business at a satisfactory pace. Of course, statistics lend little meaning when you start out from a flat zero, says Meelis Koitmae, Aerogistica managing director and owner.
-We have launched business with the full pallet of services to get a foothold in the market prior to identifying specific niches where we may add further focus. This process is still ongoing, and it remains too early to say that we have managed this. But the intentions are clear: We must grow specialized services in order to connect to specific segments in the market.
-We started out modestly with 2.5 staff but have now grown to 3.5 staff, and if the current rather positive trends continue through 2012 I am convinced that we will remain on a steady growth note.
-So far the economy and trade of Estonia has been rather closely connected to Finland and Sweden as many Estonian companies have served as sub-suppliers to exporting and manufacturing companies in these countries. This situation may be changing, however, as a growing number of these partners take back their production now due to rising production costs in Estonia.
-This will require us all to monitor the situation closely in order to identify new market opportunities to compensate for lost Nordic volumes. In the end, the process will hinge on a sustained improvement in the global economic and financial situation which is hopefully underway, says Mr Koitmae.
Aerogistica, based at Tallinn, is working with a global network of agents, primarily through membership of the Global Logistics Network.
-It is certainly a highly competitive market, but we have managed to grow our business at a satisfactory pace. Of course, statistics lend little meaning when you start out from a flat zero, says Meelis Koitmae, Aerogistica managing director and owner.
-We have launched business with the full pallet of services to get a foothold in the market prior to identifying specific niches where we may add further focus. This process is still ongoing, and it remains too early to say that we have managed this. But the intentions are clear: We must grow specialized services in order to connect to specific segments in the market.
-We started out modestly with 2.5 staff but have now grown to 3.5 staff, and if the current rather positive trends continue through 2012 I am convinced that we will remain on a steady growth note.
-So far the economy and trade of Estonia has been rather closely connected to Finland and Sweden as many Estonian companies have served as sub-suppliers to exporting and manufacturing companies in these countries. This situation may be changing, however, as a growing number of these partners take back their production now due to rising production costs in Estonia.
-This will require us all to monitor the situation closely in order to identify new market opportunities to compensate for lost Nordic volumes. In the end, the process will hinge on a sustained improvement in the global economic and financial situation which is hopefully underway, says Mr Koitmae.
Aerogistica, based at Tallinn, is working with a global network of agents, primarily through membership of the Global Logistics Network.