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6 million masks, 250 thousand gloves, 100 thousand suits, medical goggles and visors each, as well as 51 ventilators, more than 12 thousand ready-to-eat meals transported to hospitals and welfare centres free of charge, plus 300 pallets for Food Banks - this is a summary of how Raben Group supports the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

On April 9, 2020, representatives of the Beremytske Nature Park in Chernihiv region planted 300 trees for Raben Ukraine. Due to the epidemiological threat, the volunteers of Raben Ukraine and their families, unfortunately, were not able to participate in the action. The help was offered and provided by the Beremytske Nature Park. Tree planting was carried out with strict observance of all safety measures by the park staff, including the recommended by the Ministry of Health distance between them. This is an initiative carried out as part of the e-invoice = higher culture campaign promoting electronic invoices.

At the end of March Raben Ukraine together with the provider of electronic document circulation EDIN executed delivery using an electronic consignment note. The operation was completed with a positive review from Ukrtrans Security Inspector.

In the last week of March, employees of the Wielkopolski National Park planted 1800 trees near Mosina near Poznań on behalf of Raben Group customers. This is an initiative carried out as part of the e-invoice = higher culture campaign promoting electronic invoices.

We want to assure that despite the dynamically changing situation, we are ready to handle shipments. All our drivers, our warehouse workers, dispatchers, Customer Service Department and our entire team are doing their best to ensure that the logistics does not stop and to support our customers and help them deliver the necessary products.

On March 11, 2020, Raben Ukraine together with partners sent the first truck with 20 tons of batteries for recycling to the GreenWEEE processing plant that is located in Romania as part of the “Batteries, Hand in!” project. Before none of the collected batteries has been recycled as there is no recycling plant in Ukraine.

According to the VI National Rating of Corporate Reputation Management Quality “Reputation ACTIVists”, Raben Ukraine has been recognized as the best company providing complex logistics services in terms of reputation management. The overall rating took into account the following components: reputation stability, media activity, innovative approach, CSR image capital, crisis resilience*.

The year 2019 brought many challenges to the logistics industry. Nevertheless, Raben Group closed it with an increase in revenue, with the bottom line exceeding 1.2 billion euros, and the list of successes includes the development of the European logistics network and expanding the connections with Germany. The business achievements have been crowned by numerous awards presented to both the company and its representatives.

Begin november 2019 opende Raben Group zijn eerste depot in de hoofdstad van Bulgarije - Sofia. De beslissing om uit te breiden naar deze markt is een nieuwe stap in de internationale strategie van het bedrijf die verdere ontwikkelingsmogelijkheden biedt in het zuidoostelijke deel van Europa.

Op 5 november 2019 ondertekende Raben Group een koopovereenkomst met Family Ehrig om 50% van hun aandelen in Fenthol & Sandtmann over te nemen, inclusief FKL & Kraftverkehr Ehrig. Door deze transactie wordt Raben de enige aandeelhouder van het Duitse bedrijf. De transactie zal worden afgerond na goedkeuring van de antitrustautoriteiten.