LogiMAT Exhibition 2 – 4 March 2010, Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre

LogiMAT Exhibition

2 – 4 March 2010, Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre

Cowin Global will be exhibiting in the 8th International Trade Fair for Distribution, Materials Handling and Information Flow (LogiMAT).

LogiMAT offers a complete review of the market in everything to do with intralogistics. International exhibitors will be presenting innovative technologies, products, systems and solutions for rationalisation and cost-optimisation of in-company logistics processes. LogiMAT provides the trade audience with a comprehensive review of all the main themes in the sector, from procurement to production and deliveries. For International logistics professionals.

It is a must be to visit this trade show.

LogiMAT sets new standards as the biggest annual intralogistics exhibition in Europe.

Please visit us in Stuttgart. Landesmesse, Showroom 3, Booth Nr. 303

5th Annual China Airport Summit

4-5 March 2010 Kai Wah Plaza International Hotel, Kunming, China.

Cowin Global will be attending the 5th Annual China Airport Summit.

China has announced investments of RMB 400 billion in airport construction and expansion. With this investment, China will increase its number of civilian airports from 160 to 244 over the next two years.

The 2010 event will feature the most prominent industry leaders and government officials from across the globe providing informative and inspiring discussions. It will allow both speakers and attendees to hear and exchange the best solutions to problems addressing airports with top experts and discover new strategies that can be taken away and applied to individual airports across the world.

Hope to see you there.

Newly appointed positions to Carico Cowin Global LLC

Carico Cowin is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Lori Graves to the position of Vice President. Ms. Graves joined the Carico Systems team in 2000 and has 10 years of experience in the material handling industry. Ms. Graves feels that the merger between Carico Systems and Cowin Global has made both companies more diverse and opens many opportunities for future growth and expansion. Ms. Graves is responsible for the total Fort Wayne, Indiana operations.

Leading the Marketing effort for the new Carico Cowin Global group will be Travis Ferguson in the newly created position of Vice President/Marketing. Travis brings 20 plus years experience of marketing expertise in capital equipment, material handling and cart distribution systems in the Americas. Travis recently held North America Sales Management positions for Cannon Equipment cart distribution products as well as Director of Commercial Print Technologies.

Ms. Barbara Park joined the team on October 1, 2009 as Field Marketing Manager. Barbara has 15 plus years experience specializing in the nursery, dairy and distribution center markets. She held key sales positions with Cannon Equipment for 14 years and more recently with Schur Packaging Systems.

CARICO SYSTEMS AND COWIN GLOBAL COMBINE FORCES TO CREATE CARICO COWIN GLOBAL LLC.

CARICO SYSTEMS, an Indiana based material handling wire roll cart and container company and COWIN GLOBAL, a privately owned, western founded and China based company specializing in shopping, airport, postal, retail, dairy carts and material handling equipment for the automotive industry have combined expertise and resources to establish an exciting new venture, Carico Cowin Global LLC. The new company will increase their manufacturing capabilities and allow them to expand their product lines while becoming more cost effective. This partnership will provide competitive, quality products to their customers.

Carico Systems, founded in 1983, provides wire roll carts and containers for material handling to a variety of industries including; warehouse/ distribution, retail, pharmaceutical and manufacturing. They are well known in the industry for their customer service and quality products for customers such as Adidas, Lands’ End, Keihin IPT Mfg., IBM, Mattel Toys, C&H Distributors, Target, Ryobi Die Casting, Goodwill Industries, and Harley Davidson. Cowin Global was founded in 2002 by a team of Swedish entrepreneurs who wanted to compete in the global manufacturing world and be able to reduce manufacturing costs without compromising quality. Cowin opened a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in 2006 in China to produce their products. This facility is designed for optimized production, efficiency, safety, and respect of the environment. This 400,000 square foot facility is western managed, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS18001 certified. It includes prototyping, manufacturing, engineering, R&D and a highly automated surface treatment facility. Cowin Global has its own customer service and warehouse/assembly operations in the UK, Germany and Sweden and services customers such as Tesco, British Airports Association (BAA), Autoliv, Volvo, DHL, Sweden Post, Post Denmark and Arla Foods.

By joining forces, Carico Cowin, will now have the capabilities to manufacture not only their existing product lines but also expand into other industries where there is a demand for low cost, high quality steel wire mesh products. With over 30 years of experience between the two companies and the engineering department on staff at Cowin Global, Carico Cowin will now be able to provide customers with the highest quality products at a competitive price.

Leading the Marketing effort for the new Carico Cowin Global group will be Travis Ferguson in the newly created position of Vice President/Marketing. Travis brings 20 plus years of marketing expertise in capital equipment, material handling and cart distribution systems in the Americas. Travis recently held North America Sales Management positions for Cannon Equipment cart distribution products as well as Director of Commercial Print Technologies.

In his new role Ferguson stated… “Combining the long standing, highly respectable operations of Carico Systems in the USA along with the UN matched and highly advanced Cowin Global engineering and manufacturing capabilities will now offer this market a true partner in distribution products manufactured in China. With a sharp focus on delivering high quality designed and manufactured products at a value driven price, coupled with social and environmental responsive practices is the core of the new organization and I am very proud to be a part of the team.”

Jon Marler, President of Carico Cowin Global LLC, commented on this announcement, stating, “Carico Systems has always provided our customers with high quality products while keeping costs down. By creating this new corporation with Cowin Global, our capabilities will increase dramatically while our prices will decrease. I am excited to expand our product line and increase our market value in North America and beyond.”

Jesper Jos Olsson, Chairman and CEO of Cowin Global, stated “We are very excited about this opportunity to join forces with Carico Systems in the US market. The combination of our production facilities and Carico Systems’ long term customer relationships in the USA market will be a key factor in creating success in the largest material handling market in the world. We look forward to creating a new leader in this industry.”

Carico Cowin has a new website, www.caricocowin.com, which showcases the new company and all of the product capabilities. Carico Cowin will continue to operate from its headquartered location in Fort Wayne, Indiana. An additional west coast distribution center will also be added for the convenience and cost savings of their valued customers located in the western United States, Canada and Mexico.

For further information about Carico Cowin Global LLC, please visit www.caricocowin.com.

COWIN GLOBAL opens offices in Germany July 1

After many months of preparation and market analysis COWIN GLOBAL is proud to open up a German office to service the German speaking markets in Europe.

Starting July 1st, 2009 our office and warehouse facility close to Düsseldorf will be open enabling us to deliver our top quality products, services and special solutions to customers with logistics equipment needs.

Heading up our German office is Mrs Bettina Schüller who has many years of experience from the German, Austrian and Swiss logistics equipment industry. Mrs Schüller together with her colleagues look forward to offering our customers superior service.

To contact Mrs. Schüller please write to Bettina.Schueller@cowinglobal.com