Company Profiles

1. Concor

Established: 1988

Started with 7 Inland Container Depot (ICD) of Indian Railways. Currently

operates with 62 ICDs/CFSs across India. Company’s flagship terminal- ICD,
Tuglakhabad, Delhi. Owns sophisticated equipments such as Rail Mounted Gantry
(RMG) , Rubber Tyre Gantries (RTGs), and Loaded and Empty handling Reach
Stackers, BLC wagons (7200 in numbers)

Online support: Export/Import Terminal Management System (ETMS), Domestic

Terminal Management System (DTMS), Oracle Financials-ERP, HR-Payroll system
etc. which are based on Centralized architecture deployed through Citrix
environment and running over VSAT based hybrid network.

It provides road service as a supplement service to rail services for door to door
service. In addition to providing inland transport by rail for containers, it has also
expanded to cover management of Ports, air cargo complexes and establishing
cold-chain. A primary component of CONCOR's overall business strategy has
been the development of an advanced information system.
 GATI

Established: 1989

Annual turnover: Rs.15,273 Million

GATI offers an integrated Express Distribution and customized Supply Chain

Solutions

Total fleet on road: 3500 vehicles.

Total business partners across India: 3000+

Workforce: 3500

Pickup points in India: 500

Presence apart from India: Asia Pacific region, SAARC countries, China,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal (in terms of office) and coverage of 200
countries.

Services:

 Express Distribution: A JV between GATI and Kintetsu World Express

(Japan). Has a reach of 99.3% covering 667 districts out of 671 districts in
India. Aimed at catering time critical and emergency services. Revenue of
Rs.11 crores.2013-14 witnessed a growth of 21% in business.
 E-commerce/E-tailing: Gati E-connect, the e-Commerce Logistic Solutions
vertical of Gati is India's first integrated e-Commerce logistic solutions
provider. Extensive reach of 672 out of 676 districts in India. Unique to its
service offering Gati E-connect has the Cash on Delivery and Prepaid
facility to more than 5120 direct pin codes and reach to 15,400 remote pin
codes in tier II & III cities.
 GATI International: Trade lanes:

APAC: China – India, Hong Kong – India, Singapore – India, Thailand – India.

SAARC: India – Bangladesh, India – Bhutan, India – Nepal.

 Cold Chain: Gati Kausar, is a subsidiary and cold-chain arm of India’s

logistics giant – Gati Limited. Expected growth at a CAGR of 28.7%
between 2012-2017. Fleet of: 200 refrigerated vehicles equipped with
advanced climate control systems. Service ranges for Consumer foods,
Pharmaceuticals, Retail and Agri - food sectors.
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