A minority owned global company that helps businesses move products between point A and point B expanded its ability to support customer growth in the Midwest through a new facility and service located near Lansing's
Capital Region International Airport.
In June,
TOC Logistics will start importing container freight from Europe on a bi-weekly basis at a multi-tenant warehouse at 2350 Port Lansing Road. Weekly service will begin within six months. The service leverages the 12,000-square foot Container Freight Station TOC established in 2013 within the 48,000-square foot facility.
"We originally expanded in Lansing to be closer to automotive headquarters," says Brent Case, Global Development Executive with TOC Logistics. "The other was to diversify since we knew Lansing wasn't solely about automotive. Being in the Lansing market gives TOC a little more reach in being centralized."
The CFS is adjacent to TOC's Foreign Trade Zone and domestic warehouse space, and adds to the company's growing presence in Michigan. The new Europe to Midwest service will simplify imports and exports of international container freight. Freight can be warehoused in Lansing, or distributed throughout the Midwest or Canada.
Case says that the launch of the new facility and services in Lansing is a key part of the long-term strategy for supporting existing customers and fostering growth. The service, Case says, could be a model for similar services launched in other regions worldwide.
"Lansing is a small part of what TOC does," says Case. "But so many things we bring in go through Lansing. This new service will bring a lot more through, and we expect to add more customers as the service is available."
Based in Indianapolis, Ind., with operations in Lansing and Mexico, TOC Logistics specializes in supply chain solutions for international customers. In Lansing, TOC imports and exports products from Europe for more than a half dozen customers, including
Roberts Sinto Corp., Aurora Specialty Chemistries and
Executive Fan Tape. TOC recently secured four anchor clients to use the new service to import and process automotive goods, with the first containers scheduled to arrive the last week June.
TOC Logistics employs one full-time and one part-time person in the Lansing warehouse, with plans to create an additional full-time job in the coming year.
Source: Brent Case, Global Development Executive, TOC Logistics
Writer: Ann Kammerer, News Editor
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