Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded a contract to manage the warehousing and distribution activities for Roche Chile. Under the terms of the agreement, Kuehne + Nagel will handle end-products and raw materials. The services also cover the handling of sensitive cargo such as temperature-controlled biotechnological products and psychotropic medicines. Kuehne + Nagel will support Roche Chile in optimizing its distribution processes, improving the performance of the 2,000 sqm logistics warehouse in Macul, Santiago, and will be responsible for the distribution to hospitals, clinics and pharmacy distribution centres throughout the country, the logisticsprovider said.

“Roche is an innovative healthcare company, and this deal is part of our strategy to improve our focus on core activities locally. It will allow us to dedicate more attention to demand generation, without losing the quality of our current distribution in Chile,” said Roche Chile general manager, René Delsin.