Our Industry Solutions - Fr. Meyer's Sohn (GmbH & Co.) KG

We don't do just anything, but we do everything for you.

As a global forwarding company, we are a passionate service provider. Focusing on your industry and utilizing a great deal of knowledge and experience.

Forestry | Agriculture & Food | Metals, Minerals & Chemicals
Consumer Products | Recycling | Mechanical Engineering

Forest

Paper is not resilient, but rather extremely sensitive.

Our regularly trained employees take care of your sensitive goods and offer you tailored logistics concepts for import and export shipments as well as for cross trading worldwide. With 10 million tons of transported shipments per year, we are the world‘s largest expert in forwarding paper and pulp.
Paper is our foundation. Whether paper rolls, pulp bales, lumber, or parquet boards, there‘s nothing we understand better than the challenges of transporting wood and paper products.
Paper - our cornerstone. There is nothing we know better than the challenges of paper transports.
Pulp - with our logistic concepts for pulp, you reduce capital commitment and transport costs.
Wood - with the best ocean carrier connections and sophisticated intermodal concepts, we provide a most desirable solution. Benefit from our expertise.
Timber products - chipboards, wooden flooring and laminates are our business. We know how sensitive your customers react to delays.
Fr. Meyer's Sohn means "one worry less" for you.

Agriculture & Food

Food is our bread and butter.

Large load quantities, cost-sensitive goods, and complex logistical demands – experience, agility, and creativity – are required for the handling of goods in the areas of agricultural products, food, and beverages.
We ship beer from Germany to the USA, wheat and hay from the USA to China, and canned goods from China to Germany – each shipment has its own challenges that we overcome by applying our broad experience and working together with you.

Metals, Minerals & Chemicals

Marble, stone, iron, and many other heavy bulk goods are our specialty.

Metals, minerals, and chemical products have product -specific transport requirements. Through our longstanding contacts in the steel, construction materials, and chemical industry we have gained profound knowledge of their specific requirements. Our packing and loading concepts, as well as our professional handling of dangerous goods, guarantee transport safety and damage prevention in this area. We also coordinate loading and cargo -securing inspections through certified companies.

Consumer Products

With us, nothing is ready-made.

Our logistics solutions for importers and companies with production facilities abroad are tailored to the requirements of the individual customer. We present alternative routes and conditions in order to reduce the logistics costs per unit of the goods.
Our EDP solutions (Cruise Control) for supplier, order, and supply chain management serve to monitor supplier performance through constant contact and monitoring of the planning data that is to be observed. This enables us to act quickly and flexibly in the event of any interruptions in the supply chain. We then develop solution-oriented proposals in order to still meet the final deadline.
Through our knowledge of service providers we can also identify solutions for returns processing, the sale of second-choice goods, or the reprocessing of articles.

Recycling

Waste paper and scrap are not garbage, but rather goods that we are happy to transport.

We have been active in the area of recycling logistics for 25 years and have extensive expertise regarding the statutory provisions for waste shipment. Thanks to regular participation in specialist conferences we are always kept informed on the latest changes to statutory regulations worldwide.
Whether waste paper, scrap metal, or used plastic, specialist employees take care of cost-effective and smooth solutions. Not the least of which is due to our close proximity to customers – we have branches located in the most important dispatch and receiving countries.

Mechanical Engineering

In this industry, the interlocking parts must work together.

Deliveries for the area of mechanical and plant engineering depend on the global coordination of various supply streams. As a logistics partner with a worldwide network we can offer you all-in-one solutions tailored to these requirements. We have many years of experience in the transportation of heavy cargo and oversized cargo.
From individual packing to storage, crane and installation works, to door-to-door delivery – high quality machinery and systems are in safe hands with us. But we are also happy to take care of the professional handling of conventional shipments in the area of mechanical and plant engineering.

This is what our customers say

Windmoeller & Hoelscher

With FMS we have a logistic partner who can provide a continuous and valuable supply chain for all our clients on all 5 continents. The challenges of international transportation of goods require logistical knowledge in all fields and a high level of global networking. FMS has all requirements to be positioned as one of the best shippers in global trade.

SwissKrono

As an internationally active corporate group that exports to more than 90 countries around the globe, we need a dependable logistics partner that is specialised in sea transport. We have been working with FMS for more than five years now and know that we can rely on them to get our eco-friendly engineered wood products to their destinations safely and punctually. We especially appreciate having such a good working relationship with a trustworthy, competent partner that handles the whole process from start to finish while consistently providing us with complete service and advice.

ante Group

Our forestry products are exported in over 40 countries. Most of them are shipped in containers. During the last 10 years FMS has proven to be a reliable and competent partner. Requests and projects are handled quick and trustworthy by our contact persons.

Our supply chain solutions specifically for your industry