Newark, UK: Thermotraffic UK has taken a half share of Kevin Hancock.
Both companies provide temperature-controlled logistics. The investment will give Thermotraffic, part of Japan’s Nichirei Group, access to coldstorage.
“In combining the logistics expertise, specialised knowledge, and business ideas of both our companies, we are convinced that this partnership will be of great value to our customers. We both strongly believe in the “one stop solution”, leading to an even higher service level for our customers and are convinced this is only the first step towards greater things and a bright common future”, says Rob Haesakkers, managing director, Thermotraffic.
Kevin Hancock, managing director, Kevin Hancock Ltd, said: “Joining Thermotraffic and the Nichirei Group is great news for us. Now we have an excellent opportunity to take the company into a new and exciting era.”
Kevin Hancock was set up in 2018 by Kevin Hancock who was previously managing director of Rick Bestwick. The business provides blast freezing, up-tempering, co packing, date coding, container loading / unloading, multi-temperature storage and UK and European distribution.
The Thermotraffic Group is part of the Nichirei Corporation in Tokyo. Thermotraffic UK is based in Rainham, Essex and is a branch of Thermotraffic Holland.
