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BLG LOGISTICS: Axel Bantel to steer Automobile division

02.02.2023

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BREMEN. The BLG Group has reorganised sales in its Automobile division to further optimise contact with its customers and the market. Responsibility for this development lies with Axel Bantel, who, in early February, took over the recently created post of President Sales at BLG Automobile Logistics. Bantel has more than 30 years’ experience, having held different posts at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, including periods spent in Bangkok, Shanghai, Tokyo and Stockholm. He had been Vice President Sales in Bremen since 2017.

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