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BYBREST
1998 год – formation
MINSK BY UAKIEV
RUMOSCOW
Cooperation with the company SDS Partners (Belarus) and first transportations from Belarus to Europe. The customer – Ameropa Company(Switzerland).
1995 – a small company
AsstrA is reorganized into a group of transportation and freight forwarding companies.Implementation of risk management processes is begun; the freight forwarder’s liabilityis insured by the mutual insurance company TT Club (London, England).
Zurich, Switzerland
New divisions are established to service the freight flow transported by road from
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Benelux,Italy, France, The CIS and EU (the export freight flow).
STA
RT
1997 год – expansion in the CIS. Registration of AsstrA AG representa-
tive office
1999
1993
1998 – AsstrA Group
1993–1999Beginning
CHELYABINSK
airport BORISPOL
MAGDEBURG
RU
GER
UA
2004 – expansion within Europe and Asia
RUYEKATERINBURG
2003 – expansionto East and West SZCZECIN PL
ST. PETERSBURG RU
2001 год – intermodal services, expansion in Russia and Poland
BERGAMO
VILNIUS
ITA
LT
2000
WARSAW
SMOLENSK
KOROSZCZYN
PL
PL
RU
2002 – year of high quality, new services, and new markets
ServicesIntermodal transportationsGroupage cargo deliveriesShipment by airContainer and general cargo carriages
Customs Clearance
AssociationsAsstrA enters FIATA, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and becomes its individual member.
2000 - network expansion and own fleet
ReceivedSGS certificate
2004
2000 –2004Formation
AsstrA Polska Sp.z.o.o. starts offering customs clearance services at theborder terminal in Koroszczyn, Poland. In 2003 a Customs Agency wasopened at the border terminal in Kuznitsa, Poland.
In 2004 AsstrA Weisrussland was included into the Belarussian CustomsAgent register.
PERM RUSHENZHEN China
ALMATY
POZNAN
KZ
PL
Cargo 2006
AssosiationsSubsidiary companies entered national professional associations:
AsstrA Weisrussland became a member of BAME, Belarusian Association of International
Forwarders and Logistics, an individual FIATA member.
AsstrA Ukraine — an associate member of AMEU, Association of International Forwarders of
Ukraine; AsstrA Russland — a full-fledged member of
ASMAP, Association of International Road Transporters.
The first experience of contract logistics for the Red Bull company in the Russian
market.
2005
2007
2005–2007
A representative office in Poznan (Poland) specialized in heavy and bulk cargo deliveries. Transportation of passenger cars was introduced as a new service.
Figures
In 2005 the volume of services sale made up 100 million, the customer portfolio exceeded 3000
.clients
2005 – year of integratedservices
2006 – year of customer’s values
AsstrA chose a platform to build a new corporate information system. It was Oracle.
2007 –year of logistics solutions
Development
2009 – year of AsstrA opportunities
2008 – year of efficiency improvement
2008
2008–2009 Complexity
The beginning of the world financial crisis.It was a real test ofAsstrA’s abilitiesto react to market fluctuationsquickly and efficiently.At the end of the year the volume of servicessale reached 150 million EuroOwn fleet made up72 items.
The company EBS Partners AG was registered in 2008, the main business target of which is to implement products of ORACLE corporation in AsstrA.
In 2009 AsstrA was actively preparing to perform reorganization of the Holding.
AsstrA Polska Sp.zo.o.,a representative officein Warsaw confirmedit`s management systemwith SQAS (Safety QualityAssessment Systems)requirements, which enabled AsstrA Groupto cooperate with major chemical trusts.
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Event
Fact
2010–2011
AssstrAForwarding
AssstrALogistics
EBSPartners
AssstrATransport
2010 – year of AsstrA partnership relations
In 2011 AsstrA Weisrussland fulfilled the requirements of the customs code of the Customs Union and was included into a new register of the Belarusian Customs Agent which enabled AsstrA to render a full range of logistic services to customers.
2011 – year of AsstrA new horizons
Figures
The most impressive financial results in the history of AsstrA were reached in 2011 – the volume of sales totaled 175 million Euro. The process of fleet modernization and expansion started. By the end of 2011 the company owned more than 90 cars.
In 2011 a new corporate information system, based on Oracle software products (ОТМ, ОеBS, Bi), was introduced in Zurich, Minsk and Brest branches.
In 2010 AsstrA successfully passed the audit on compliancewith the new version ofISO 9001:2008 standards.
AsstrA Polska successfully confirmed the 2-nd stage of the certification of its management system with SQAS.
Now We arethe Holding
AsstrA is an international transport and logistics holding, operating in European and Asian markets with the Head Office in Zurich (Switzerland).800 company representatives are working in 20 offices, located in 10 countries.
international road, railroad,sea and air transportationscustoms servicecargo insuranceproject and contract logisticsIT-integrationlogistics consulting
2012 – year of harmony in AsstrAThe key idea for development in 2012 is harmony. Harmonious relations with key customers, harmonious personal and professional development, harmonious business development, of the holding. Living in harmony means to be in harmony with oneself, with a family, colleagues and partners. This year is devoted to the values embodied in the corporate culture, which create a favorable atmosphere and understanding of the overall result. The holding builds harmonious relationships with customers focusing on their constant development. The holding sets its goals and objectives clearly and always fulfills them perfectly! It moves forward without stopping on the achieved!
Branches
FMCG Machine Engineering Automotive Chemicals and dangerouscargo (ADR)
2012
AsstrA is expanding it’s range of servicesby the acquisition of the Polish freight
forwarding company “SpedKampania”.
Opening offices in Dusseldorf and Prague
2013 — The year of innovations
2013:
2013:
2013:
The «Sovetskaya Rodina»
The pilot project on time-charter vesselwith the characteristics of river-sea wasstarted in the company for the first time.
Facts:
Holding management systemis certified according to:
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22 000
In May, the AsstrA holding once againwas certified for meeting the internationalISO 22000:2005 standard, which definesthe requirements for the organizationsparticipating in the chain of production,storing and transport of food products.
In July 2013 the Gas Logistics projectwas launched
Events:
In March the second Office of thecustoms clearance point Kolyadichi
in Minsk was opened.
In August 2013 the internationaltransport-logistics holding AsstrA
opened its branch office«AsstrA Almaty» in Astana.
The AsstrA holding announces theavailability of the service of the generalT1 transit procedure registration on theterritory of the Republic of Lithuania.
In December 2013 theAsstrA Pharma Logistics
project was launched
2022 2030
AsstrA Vision
Sales – 2 000 000 000 EuroM&A Policy5 PL + 5 ContinentsIPO 2018 (Western Europe)
AsstrA is among the best TOP 10logistics companies in Europe