After 17 years of serving various manufacturing customers in Mexico with supply chain and logistics solutions, has established its in-country headquarters office in Saltillo. The company has similar type headquarters offices in the Netherlands, China and Brazil.
βOver the last several years, we have continued to experience growth with manufacturing customers in Mexico that until now we have managed from the U.S.,β said , President of ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics. βOur concentration and volume of business is now significant enough with several leading manufacturers to warrant a more-formalized and centralized leadership structure within Mexico.β
Along with the planned expansion, ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics announced the appointment of Michael Casidy to a newly created position of Managing Director of Mexico. Casidy has been with ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics for 14 years and served in a variety of operational leadership roles. Most recently, he was based in Texas and served as the product line leader in the companyβs Western Region.
βWe see a significant opportunity to grow our business and diversify the kinds of we serve in Mexico beyond the automotive sector,β Althen added. βWeβre pleased to have an experienced operations leader like Mike in this new role.β
In his new role, Casidy is responsible for leading and growing logistics business in Mexico. He will be based in Saltillo, which will function as the Mexico headquarters for ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics. Casidy holds a bachelorβs degree from the University of Kansas. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and holds a Lean Certification from Georgia Tech.
ΜΗΠΔ΄«Γ½ Logistics provides a variety of to shippers in Mexico including: cross-border support for shipments, , distribution center and warehouse management, lead logistics, cross-docking, in-plant material follow-up, and many others.
currently employs approximately 1,100 associates in Mexico at more than a dozen locations and manages 1.2 million square feet of warehousing space in the country.
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By Randy Ryerson