Mercedes-Benz in Brazil is renewing contracts with CEVA. CEVA’s services to the car and truck maker are concentrated in the southeast region of Brazil.
Under the renewed contract, in-house logistics services at the customer’s plant in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, will be maintained and renewed for an additional three years.This operation encompasses materials handling, line feeding and external warehousing.
In addition, two new agreements have been reached to extend elements of the contract for three and five years respectively. CEVA will now be responsible for providing interplant transportation at the Juiz de Fora plant and also packaging services at the customer’s spare parts distribution centre at Campinas, São Paulo.
To meet the new and extended contract CEVA will employ an additional team of more than 280 people.
CEVA’s experience over recent years of the existing operation at the Juiz de Fora’s plant, combined with its successful partnerships for other automotive customers alongside a robust engineering process focused on resources optimization and cost reduction were decisive factors in increasing the scope of the partnership.
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