Europe's Leading Logistics Location

There's no better way to access Europe than through its front door - the Netherlands.  Its strategic location, highly developed transportation and IT infrastructure, efficient customs authorities, and logistics professionals will help expedite your company's success.

Whether you're a Fortune 500 giant or a small company going to Europe for the first time, the Netherlands is the "Gateway to Europe" when it comes to logistics.  Time and again, independent studies comparing European locations for logistics operations have come to this same conclusion.  For example:

• A 2006 study by Capgemini, a global consulting company, and Prologis, a global real estate consultant, ranked the Netherlands as Europe's "most desirable" location for European Distribution Centers (EDCs).
• A 2007 study conducted by Buck Consultants International, a renowned European site location firm, benchmarked 22 competitive locations for an EDC in terms of both cost and qualitative factors. The Netherlands scored "best" on both criteria.
• Yet another study, this one conducted by the World Bank, ranked the Netherlands #1 in all of Europe in terms of its total Logistics Performance Index, which measures the quality of infrastructure, logistics services, security of property, transparency of government procedures and macroeconomic conditions.

This same organization also found the Netherlands to have a competitive advantage in terms of Logistics Competence and Timelines.

Based on this kind of track record, it's no wonder that thousands of North American Companies -- from Coca Cola, IBM and Foot Locker to FedEx Supply Chain Services, Panduit and Cisco Systems -- access Europe via the Netherlands.

Click on the links at the left to learn more about the advantages of trusting your European logistics needs to the Netherlands.

For case histories from world-class companies revealing why they chose the Netherlands for their distribution needs, be sure to see our Companies Here page.