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Linfox

Type	Private
Founded	1956
Headquarters	Essendon Fields, Victoria,  Australia
Area served	Australia  New Zealand  China  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Malaysia  Singapore  Thailand  Vietnam
Key people	Lindsay Fox, founder Peter Fox, Chairman Michael Byrne, CEO
Industry	Air transport, Supply Chain and Logistics
Owner(s)	Lindsay Fox
Employees	15,000
Divisions	Linfox Logistics, Armaguard, Airports, Linfox Property Group
Subsidiaries	Armaguard
Website	www.linfox.com

Linfox is a logistics and supply chain company established in Australia by Lindsay Fox in 1956.

Linfox Logistics began with one truck operated by Lindsay Fox delivering soft drinks in the summer months and solid fuel in winter. Now Linfox is the largest privately owned supply chain solutions company in the Asia Pacific region.

Linfox Logistics operates more than 1.8 million square metres of warehousing and nearly 5,000 vehicles across 11 countries, and employees more than 15,000 people in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Across the Asia Pacific region, Linfox Logistics provides logistics services to the world’s largest miner, delivers more than 4.5 billion litres of fuels, more than 15 million pallets of goods to retailers and serves nine of the Asia Pacific region's top ten Fast Moving Consumer Goods producers.

Linfox Logistics specialises in complex supply chain design, IT systems integration, distribution operations, linehaul, freight forwarding, and warehouse management.

Contents 1 Industry associations 2 Safety and environment policies 3 Growth in Asia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Industry associations

Linfox is involved with a number of key industry associations, including the Australian Logistics Council, the Australian Trucking Association, the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation, the Australian Steel Institute, the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association.

[edit] Safety and environment policies

Linfox is committed to workplace safety with the Vision Zero safety target. Linfox has also committed to reducingits rate of carbon emissions by 15 per cent by 2010 based on its 2006-2007 emissions. Linfox has introduced a program called Green Fox to encourage employees to reduce their environmental impact in the workplace. In 2008 Linfox signed the Poznań Communiqué to call on world leaders to take decisive action on climate change.

[edit] Growth in Asia

Linfox operates in many countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and India. With the acquisition of Armaguard from Mayne Logistics in 2003 and FCL in 2006, Linfox became the largest privately owned logistics and supply chain solutions provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Linfox is the second-largest road freight company in Australia (after Toll Holdings).^[1]

Linfox also operates Avalon and Essendon airports, both near Melbourne.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Linfox
• Linfox feature on the Superbrands website
• Video of the success of Linfox and HSBC Commercial Banking