Roche, one of the world's leading health care providers, has named Danzas as the exclusive logistics provider of Roche's Latin American transportation requirements.Under the agreement, Danzas AEI Intercontinental, a Business Unit of the Danzas Group, will manage all air and ocean freight traffic linking Roche's production plants in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, with its customers throughout Latin America. Roche has facilities in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Toluca and Cuernavaca, Mexico.

The agreement expands the relationship between the two companies in Latin America and also strengthens the global relationship between Roche and the Danzas Group. Until now, Danzas had managed approximately one-half of Roche's intra-Latin transportation needs and the worldwide distribution for Roche Pharma Switzerland.

"We are grateful that Roche has entrusted us with all of its intra-Latin transportation business. Roche's decision validates the soundness of our expansion strategy in Latin America, and affirms the value of the Danzas network for one-stop global logistics solutions," said Samuel Israel, head of Latin America for Danzas.

Roche delivers health care solutions in the fields of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, vitamins and fine chemicals and its products are sold in 150 countries.

Logistics. Worldwide. With a strong presence on every continent, the Danzas Group is the world's leading provider of logistics solutions. Its 43,000 employees worldwide generated net sales of USD 7.8 billion in 2.000. Danzas is based in Basel, Switzerland, and belongs to Deutsche Post World Net.