Panattoni establishes partnership with ELVIS

Panattoni Germany has been accepted into the European Transport Network ELVIS. The partnership was documented in a framework agreement and will allow ELVIS’ 250 network partners and Panattoni to exchange information in the future about finding and developing properties. At the most recent ELVIS partner meeting in Stockstadt, the undisclosed agreement was finally announced.

The multi-year framework agreement between Panattoni Germany and the ELVIS Network will hopefully have multiple benefits for the member companies. Adding Panattoni as a partner lead to a regular exchange on topics like rental prices, sustainability or even empty inventory at technical lectures. ELVIS partners receive fast consultation and support from Germany’s most active property developers when searching for properties and is always up-to-date on available sites because of system integration. The partner network also benefits across Germany from purchasing advantages when renting out and providing industrial and logistics properties.

ELVIS AG and its affiliated subsidiaries are a cooperative network of medium-sized loader freight forwarder and independent freight carrier with its own fleet of lorries. Combined, it owns more than 19,000 vehicles. The primary objective of the network is to generate purchasing advantages by bundling the order volume of all the partners. In addition, ELVIS acts as an umbrella network and representative of the industry’s interests towards policymakers and administrators. The network represents 250 affiliated companies at 350 locations in Germany and in 30 European countries.

“We are excellently networked in the industry and have the expertise to competently accompany the companies in the ELVIS Network in their search for properties,” explains Fred-Markus Bohne, Managing Partner at Panattoni Germany and Austria. “The partnership with the large network of lorry-based freight forwarders and freight carriers provides us an additional distribution channel with many options.”

Nikolja Grabowski, Managing Director at ELVIS AG is also pleased about the multi-year framework agreement: “We want to optimally support our network partners in searching for and developing properties,” he says. “Thanks to the partnership with Panattoni, we can now offer our members the services of the leading property developer in Europe. That will be an advantage for everyone involved.”

About ELVIS

ELVIS AG (European Loading Network of International Freight Forwarders) is the leading network of lorry-based freight forwarders and freight carriers in Europe and represents the interests of more than 250 partner companies. The network is represented at 350 locations in Germany and in more than 30 countries in Europe. ELVIS AG’s primary goal is to realise advantages for the affiliated companies that develop as a result of scaling effects and mutual cooperation.

The network’s range of services includes the central purchasing of goods and services, its own online shop “ELVIS Truckstar” and consulting solutions. ELVIS informs its partners early on about all market and industry changes and about relevant political developments and their impacts.

As an umbrella organisation, the network acts as a central point of contact and represents the interests of its partners towards policymakers and administrators. With the objective of generating practical additional value and advantages for the affiliated companies, ELVIS AG also regularly initiates and manages pilot projects and collaborations with universities and scientific institutions.

In addition, various operative networks are under the ELVIS AG umbrella: one part load network, one full load network, one volume load network, a construction materials network and a palette portal. Moreover, the network is a co-shareholder in the ABC Business Network transport and logistics network.

ELVIS AG was founded in 2006 and, via its partners, has a fleet of more than 19,000 lorries.