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COMPANY Welkom bij DISTRICO

Management & organization DISTRICO Head-Quarters , located in Antwerp (Belgium), is since

2 years ago headed by Mark STEIER, an authority in the

transportation industry. Mr. STEIER has been able to successfully

implement a new management and organization structure. He is

also the visionary behind the “Act Global, Think Local” strategy.

The current Management Team also introduced the “WARR”-

principle and most recently updated it to the “eWARR” principle

of logistic process management.

DISTRICO’s Management team members are: - STEIER, Mark: Managing Director & Distribution Director (a.i.)

- OIRE, Linda: HR Director

- ORDO, Bert: Facilities Director

- RANDY, Burt: Sales Director

- ROLLE, Catherine: Finance Director

Financial information DISTRICO’s vision is to create a sound financial structure for the

company to assure a stable partnership with our clients. Mss.

ROLLE has been instrumental the last years to establish such a

financially stable structure.

DISTRICO’s management team believes that financial stability in

combination with a growth scenario assures future success. For

the fifth year in a row, DISTRICO was able to realise significant

growth in revenues as is shown in the graph below:

Historic overview 02.10.1946 After WW II, Karel RACHTEN started a local transportation company in Belgium with 1 small van. 01.07.1955 Karel’s son, Jozef RACHTEN, joins the company and two additional second hand trucks were acquired. 27.05.1956 RACHTEN & ZOON bvba was established and in that year 10 employees were hired. 09.11.1967 RACHTEN & ZOON and TRANSHESS NATIE joined forces into a new company DISTRICO. 01.01.1983 DISTRICO becomes listed on the Belgian stock market. The RACHTEN family remains the largest shareholder with 45% of the shares. 15.08.1989 YAMAHASHA Ltd, a Hong- Kong based logistic is acquired and becomes the 3rd branch of DISTRICO. 01.05.1995 DISTRICO is the 1st transport enterprise in Belgium to launch a Corporate Project Office.