The Logistics Hall of Fame members have made outstanding efforts to promote the further development of logistics and supply chain management. Future generations of logisticians shall not forget the efforts and commitment of those who went before them.
The circle of supporters of the Logistics Hall of Fame is growing further. CHEP Deutschland GmbH joined the group in June.
"Without the inventions of logistics, our world would be chaos. The Logistics Hall of Fame impressively demonstrates to all of us what logistics does for humanity every day. CHEP is more than willing to support this," says Kai Derda, Managing Director of CHEP Deutschland GmbH, explaining the company's commitment.
In July, Humbaur joined the Logistics Hall of Fame supporters' circle. With the Gersthofen-based family owned company, one of the world' s largest manufacturers of trailers and vehicle bodies supports the logistics pantheon.
Steffen Bilger, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, is the new juror of the Logistics Hall of Fame. In future, the parliamentarian will once a year cast his vote during the election of the new member.
The finalists for the World´s Logistics Hall of Fame selection have now been selected. Last Wednesday, Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer invited the Logistics Hall of Fame Council to the ministry, where in a first ballot the committee nominated a total of seven personalities. Prior to this, 25 valid entries from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Serbia, Switzerland and the USA reached the hall.
Bernhard Mattes, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Berlin, has accepted the invitation to the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame.
Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, has assumed patronage of the Logistics Hall of Fame. In addition, as a member of the jury, he will future determine who will be inducted to the world´s pantheon of logistics.
