Gati Limited is an Indian

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company, headquartered in

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. It offers surface and air express logistics, warehousing and supply chain, air freight and

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services. Gati has offices in all major states of India. Gati was founded in 1989 and first started operations between Madras (now

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) and

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. In 2020, it was acquired by Allcargo Logistics.

Shashi Kiran Shetty Shashi Kiran Shetty (born 7 June 1957) is the founder and chairman of Allcargo Group, which comprises companies Allcargo Logistics, ECU Worldwide, Gati Limited and others. Early life and education Shetty was born on 7 June 1957 in Bantwal, ...

, CMD, Allcargo Logistics Ltd., currently serves as the Chairman. Gati is listed on the National Stock Exchange and

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History

Early history

Gati began in 1989 and started providing same-day courier and distribution services and courier management between

and Madurai. The company expanded to

, Bangalore (now

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), Chennai and

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within the same year. It became the first company in India to start providing the delivery date on the docket and started offering a money back guarantee. The company was incorporated in 1995 as Gati Corporation Ltd.

1996–2000

Introduced 3PL in India Began offering multi-modal services, courier services and international operations to

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countries

2001–2008: Growth and expansion

Launched Vehicle Tracking System, a centralised computer system to manage people, packages and vehicles in real time Created a centralized call centre in

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

2009–2012

Gati signed a joint venture agreement with

Kintetsu World Express , or KWE, is a major Japanese freight forwarding company. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese railway holding company Kintetsu Group Holdings (''近鉄グループホールディングス株式会社 Kintetsu gurūpu hōrudeingusu kabushiki gaish ...

for their express distribution and supply chain business to form Gati–KWE, which is a subsidiary of Gati. Introduced its e-commerce logistics services

2020

The strategic acquisition by , Allcargo Logistics and Gati's transition into An Allcargo Company

GATI-KWE

Gati-Kintetsu Express Private Limited (Gati-KWE) is a Joint Venture between Gati and

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(KWE) where KWE holds 30% stake in Gati-KWE and Gati holds the remaining 70%.

References

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