Freight forwarder Logwin has established a new country setup in Slovakia, including the opening of a new office in the capital, Bratislava.

Logwin said the new office moved its closer to its central European customers, with traffic heading to/from Asia and the US set to benefit in particular. Katarina Makova will lead the new office.

"Slovakia has developed into an important centre for products from the automotive, plant and
machinery industries," Logwin said.

"The country organisation in Slovakia has been connected from the beginning to the global Logwin IT
system to ensure smooth flows of information across the network."