TDG Limited was a goods

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and

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company based in England with offices also in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary and Germany.

History

The company was formed in 1922 as ''The General Lighterage Co Ltd''. It was first listed on the

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in 1950, and changed its name to ''Transport Development Group'' in 1957. It started to expand into

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in 1963, and acquired ''Van Straaten'' in the

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in August 1999. The name changed to ''TDG plc'' in 2000. The company acquired ''IWT Holdings'', an

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business, in August 2001, ''Mond & Cie'', a

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business, in March 2006 and ''Doman S.A.'', a

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business, in February 2007. 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

. On 26 November 2010,

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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

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. TDG Limited became a subsidiary of

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after Norbert Dentressangle was acquired by XPO Logistics in 2015.

Activities

The company is organised into four sectors; Transport and Distribution, Warehousing and Storage, International Services and Support Services and offers the following services:TDG - Capabilities
/ref> * 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

External links

Official site

Catalogue of the TDG archives
held at the

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