CEVA LOGISTICS has signed a two-year contract extension with Renault in Brazil for the receipt, storage and consolidation of auto parts for export to France, Argentina, Mexico, Romania, Colombia and South America.
    Operations will be conducted in a dedicated 4,000-square metre area of the logistics firm's site in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, a city in Parana, Brazil, with 17 employees shipping 240,000 cubic metres of parts a year.
    The two companies have been working together since 2002 in Brazil, where the logistics operator provides a range of different supply chain solutions for the automotive giant, with key partnerships also in France, Spain, Italy and Argentina.
    Mauricio Leonel, Business Development manager for CEVA's automotive sector in Brazil said: "Our ability to offer Renault a solution that has the potential to increase their productivity has helped reinforce CEVA's leadership in the automotive sector in Brazil."
    CEVA said in a statement that it is the only Renault provider to receive the UET certification-Unity Station of Work. This document certifies that the logistics provider has implemented a management tool that standardises the operation of a particular activity in relation to the production of goods and services, and was granted by Renault after an extensive audit.
    "The handling and storage of the products requires special care and expertise, and this is why we have entrusted CEVA to continue running our operations, as well as awarding the logistics operator the UET certification for excellence in quality service provision," said Renault Brazil operations manager Claudemir Bozza.

(source:shipping online)