TDG Limited

The company was formed in 1922 as The General Lighterage Co Ltd.[1] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1950, and changed its name to Transport Development Group in 1957.[1] It started to expand into Europe in 1963, and acquired Van Straaten in the Netherlands in August 1999.[2] The name changed to TDG plc in 2000.[1]

The company acquired IWT Holdings, an Irish logistics business, in August 2001,[3] Mond & Cie, a Belgian logistics business, in March 2006[4] and Doman S.A., a Spanish logistics business, in February 2007.[5] 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 London Stock Exchange.[6]

On 26 November 2010, Norbert Dentressangle 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 European Commission.[7][8]

The company is organised into four sectors; Transport and Distribution, Warehousing and Storage, International Services and Support Services [9] and offers the following services:[10]

• 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.

• Official site
• Catalogue of the TDG archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick