BAX Global appointed as Finmeccanica’s worldwide transportation provider

MILAN, Italy– BAX Global Inc. has been appointed as Italian high-tech company Finmeccanica’s global provider for worldwide transportation services. BAX Global is providing freight forwarding services, supporting fulfilment of spare parts and finished product from manufacturing locations in Italy and Western Europe to a worldwide customer base.

Finmeccanica designs and manufactures helicopters, aerostructures, satellites, space infrastructure, missiles and defence electronics.

Services for Finmeccanica include freight transportation, charter services, customs brokerage, 24-hour aircraft-on-ground (AOG) support, dangerous goods handling, temperature controlled distribution and rotables repair management.

BAX Global established a dedicated customer service centre in Milan for Finmeccanica. Additionally, BAX is leveraging its resources from its existing service support infrastructure in US, UK and Asia Pacific.

“One of the benefits of using BAX Global, is our ability to optimise a customer’s transportation spend using our tremendous resources. And, with our world-class information systems, customers such as Finmeccanica have increased visibility of their supply chain through BAX’s advanced technology,” said Walter Crescioli, managing director for BAX Global’s Italian operations.