time:matters receives Supplier Excellence Award from Texas Instruments

Neu-Isenburg, April 6th 2010 – time:matters, the expert for Special Speed Solutions of Lufthansa Cargo group has been presented with the Texas Instruments (TI) 2009 Supplier Excellence Award. Texas Instruments thereby recognizes the outstanding performance of time:matters in the Sameday-Logistics sector.

The award, given annually, honors companies whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI's high standards for excellence. Recipients are an elite group of suppliers chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality. The Neu-Isenburg-based Special Service Provider receives the prestigious award together with 16 other TI suppliers.

Due to its international multimodal transport network – consisting of air, road, and rail – time:matters has access to a wide range of transport options, which are combined according to the individual needs of the customer. “time:matters is extremely reliable and flexible, delivering time-critical shipments on a sameday basis when required,” said Rob Simpson, Vice President of Worldwide Procurement and Logistics at TI. “By leveraging all modes of transportation and determining the fastest delivery routes, time:matters not only provides the dependable services, but also demonstrates responsible environmental behavior.”

A presentation to time:matters personnel was made by a management team from TI . The TI Supplier Excellence Award is a public recognition of the dedicated efforts time:matters has made in performance improvement over the past years”, said Franz-Joseph Miller, CEO of time:matters.

time:matters GmbH

The expert for courier, sameday and emergency logistics as well as for time-critical international spare parts logistics, offers each of its clients customized logistics solutions for particularly urgent or complex special logistics assignments, enabling worldwide delivery within just a few hours. The Special Speed Solutions provided by time:matters worldwide are based on high-speed and reliable transport by air, rail and road, as well as a tight international network consisting of more than 500 exclusive transportation partners. time:matters generally has access to all available airlines and can therefore utilize a wide range of flight routes: over 3,000 flights per day, to some 500 destinations in 90 countries. time:matters operates its own courier terminal for express and courier shipments at Frankfurt Airport. In keeping with its internationalization strategy, time:matters has operated foreign offices since 2006 and currently maintains Service Desks at 16 international locations. Capital funds of growth investor Aheim Capital GmbH, time:matters’ management and Lufthansa Cargo AG are shareholders of the logistics company. The annual revenue in 2008 amounted to approximately 60 million.