E. van Wijk Logistics B.V. : a healthy company with robust ambitions

E. van Wijk Logistics B.V. is an international haulage company that offers a wide range of logistic services. Our core business is haulage, particularly covered lorry transport and conditioned transport. The combination of fast-growing warehousing with Value Added Logistics activities makes our company an extremely interesting option for demanding clients.

E. van Wijk was established by Ewout van Wijk (1922) in 1949. The current owner is Ewout’s son Ad van Wijk (1949), though the operations of E. van Wijk Nederland are steered by a management team headed by Anton Stam (1968). The company owes its success to approximately 600 employees in the Netherlands, Romania and the Ukraine, including 300 drivers in its own employment.
The E. van Wijk branches in Romania and the Ukraine are entirely independent. For more information see www.evwholding.ro

E. van Wijk is a family business that is open to innovation and developments. The facilities in Giessen have been ‘built for growth’ with spacious shunting yards, garages and offices. The warehouse was extended in 2006 and now covers 10,000 m² and 18 docks.
A modern workplace with its own truckwash – including tank cleaning – completes the facilities at headquarters.

E. van Wijk also has a strong market position in Romania with five branches – two with warehousing facilities – and various transport-related importerships, including the official importership for DAF Trucks NV. The success in Romania has all the hallmarks of ‘predestination’. After the fall of the dictator Ceaucescu in 1989, the current owner Ad van Wijk was asked to transport relief goods to Romania and was surprised to find that his efforts led to a business deal. A haulage company was established in Cluj-Napoca with the local contact person as early as 1992. The same Romanian pioneers now run five regionally spread businesses.

E. van Wijk intends to use this strong starting position to develop the Dutch-Romanian axis in the future. This is how a new branch was opened in the Ukraine in 2004 – getting off to a flying start with 7 vehicles.

All in all, E. van Wijk is undergoing a steadily accelerating development, undeniably the result of the trust it places in people, be they employees, customers or suppliers.