TDG Limited

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TDG Limited

Company type| Private
Industry| Supply chain management
Logistics
Founded| 1922
Defunct| March 2011
Headquarters| London, England, United Kingdom

Key people

| Mike Branigan, CEO
Revenue| £662.1 million (2009)

Number of employees

| 6,500 (2009)
Parent| Norbert Dentressangle
then
XPO, Inc.
Website| xpo.com

TDG Limited was a goods transportation, distribution, warehousing and supply chain management company based in England with offices also in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary and Germany.

## History

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The company was formed in 1922 as The General Lighterage Co Ltd.[1] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1950, and changed its name to Transport Development Group in 1957.[1] It started to expand into Europe in 1963, and acquired Van Straaten in the Netherlands in August 1999.[2] The name changed to TDG plc in 2000.[1]

The company acquired IWT Holdings, an Irish logistics business, in August 2001,[3] Mond & Cie, a Belgian logistics business, in March 2006[4] and Doman S.A., a Spanish logistics business, in February 2007.[5] In July 2008, TDG was taken private by the Laxey Investment Trust (later renamed Douglas Bay Capital) through Laxey Logistics and was subsequently removed from London Stock Exchange.[6]

On 26 November 2010, Norbert Dentressangle reached an agreement to buy Laxey Logistics Ltd (which owns 100% of TDG Ltd and all its subsidiaries) from Douglas Bay Capital. The transaction was completed on 29 March 2011, following approval from the European Commission.[7][8] TDG Limited became a subsidiary of XPO, Inc. after Norbert Dentressangle was acquired by XPO, Inc. in 2015.[9]

## Activities

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The company is organised into four sectors; Transport and Distribution, Warehousing and Storage, International Services and Support Services[10] and offers the following services:[11]

* Logistics warehousing and shared user warehousing
* Transport logistics, hazardous goods transport, bulk and packed chemical transport
* Distribution logistics, 3PL, High-Cube transport network
* Flexible end to end supply chain management
* Bulk chemical storage and hazardous goods warehousing
* Temperature controlled warehousing and distribution
* International freight forwarding by air, sea or road
* 4PL services that maximise efficiency and reduce costs
* Customs brokerage services
* Value added services including: tank cleaning, drumming, blending, mixing, contract packing and IBC cleaning and management.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "TDG: History". Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
2. ^ Transport Development Group buys Van Straaten from WM Holdings GmbH Mergers & Acquisitions, 25 August 1999
3. ^ TDG plc acquires IWT Worldwide Logistics Mergers & Acquisitions, 1 August 2001
4. ^ TDG plc acquires Mond & Cie Mergers & Acquisitions, 1 March 2006
5. ^ TDG plc acquires Doman S.A. Mergers & Acquisitions, 28 February 2007
6. ^ Laxey agrees to buy UK's TDG for $403 m Reuters, 4 July 2008
7. ^ Norbert Dentressangle buys TDG Retail Gazette
8. ^ Norbert Dentressangle completes acquisition of TDG
9. ^ "US logistics group XPO buying France's Dentressangle". Business Insider. 28 April 2014.
10. ^ TDG - Sectors[usurped]
11. ^ TDG - Capabilities[usurped]

## External links

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* Official site[usurped]
* Catalogue of the TDG archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States