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I have been in the business thirty-five years. Twenty-five years previously with a competitor
of Humboldt. Now I have been with Humboldt ten years; managing the international business
assisting in growing the company. What makes Humboldt different, from the competition,
is that we have a totally separate international division, from our domestic division. We have
international customer service, global-move managers, international sales staff, international
crews that are specifically trained and only perform international relocations. So, they
know all the intricacies on how to assist the customer, prepare the job for proper packing,
crating and shipping. We handle approximately 1,500 international
relocations a year; relocating families around the world. That is approximately a 10% increase
in 2008 in over 2007. We are anticipating a 5 to 10% increase in 2009 going forward,
even though the economy is not as strong as it could be. We have experienced tremendous
growth internationally at Humboldt over the past few years. Currently, Humboldt is ranked
number four in the world for UniGroup Worldwide. UniGroup Worldwide is the parent company United
Van Lines and Mayflower transit; 850 offices throughout the world. We are currently the
fourth largest agent for UniGroup Worldwide. Many corporations,as they been moving globally,
expanding globally, need to have a relocation policy, or they should have a relocation policy.
We can assist them in developing a relocation policy for the international relocations.
It is very important that they have a policy in place, so they know and the transferee
knows what services would be provided and what limitations may be put upon them during
the course of relocation. We can assist them with that.
My proudest moment at Humboldt was shortly after I joined the company in 1998. In 2000,
we opened our brand new facility that we had specifically built for our business. That
was a great time because we opened up a brand new facility that was new, vibrant and to
this day I have clients that come in from around that world and we are proud to bring
them into our facility.