US based xpedx and European headquartered Geodis, two major providers of third party logistics services, have announced they have formed a global strategic alliance that enables both companies to expand their service and geographic reach for customers worldwide.

The new alliance will offer a full range of logistics services including air, sea, multi-modal transport, asset and inventory management, reverse logistics, demand planning and web-based custom reporting.

"Thanks to the Geodis network, this alliance allows xpedx to serve its customers wherever they have operations or local logistics needs," said Dan Watkoske, vice president of sales for xpedx. "We will provide Geodis comprehensive geographical coverage and extended logistics service for their customers throughout the U.S. They, in turn, will provide the same for our customers with operations outside the U.S."

"This alliance complements our recent acquisition of TNT Freight Management now re-branded to Geodis Wilson where we have a number of freight forwarding activities in the U.S. The Geodis Group is now able to extend its global offer all over the U.S.," said Jean Louis Demeulenaere, executive vice president of strategy and development for Geodis. "As well, we are happy to extend our relationship with xpedx giving them the opportunity to propose to their clients an offer."