Gebrüder Weiss becomes a funding partner of the DAV in Bremen

The international transport and logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss is the new official sponsor of the German Academy of Foreign Trade and Transport (DAV) in Bremen. The partnership, initially set for three years, was sealed on November 2 at the DAV campus. As an active funding partner, Gebrüder Weiss will participate in the DAV’s teaching program with practical topics and support students with their semester and final theses.

(Lauterach/Bremen) As part of the partnership, experts from Gebrüder Weiss will come into contact with young people who have already gained work experience before starting their studies and wish to deepen their logistics knowledge. “We want to inspire these individuals to join our company by showing them through practical tasks how versatile the logistics business is,” explains Lothar Thoma, Managing Director Air & Sea at Gebrüder Weiss. He mentioned core topics of the company such as supply chain management, digitalization of supply chains, and sustainability in logistics as examples.

“We warmly welcome Gebrüder Weiss to the DAV’s funding circle. Thanks to our partner companies, our teaching content remains up-to-date, and our students can ideally prepare for their further professional careers,” says Thomas Zink, program director of the DAV.

Kick-off event on the topic of ‘Mobility of the Future’

For the kick-off event in a seminar room designed by Gebrüder Weiss on the topic of ‘Mobility of the Future’, high-ranking company representatives traveled to Bremen. Among them were Lothar Thoma, Johannes Trautmann, Country Manager Air & Sea Germany, and Werner Dettenthaler, Managing Director Land Transport Germany. For Gebrüder Weiss, the funding partnership is also a home game. The Bremen location, with 68 employees, plays an important role in the global Air & Sea network.

Photo: © DAV/Jan Meier / Image caption: At the start of the funding partnership, representatives of the DAV and Gebrüder Weiss meet in a newly designed classroom at the DAV campus (from l. to r.): Werner Dettenthaler, Managing Director Land Transport Germany at Gebrüder Weiss, DAV program director Thomas Zink, Lothar Thoma, Managing Director Air & Sea at Gebrüder Weiss, and Johannes Trautmann, Country Manager Air & Sea Germany at Gebrüder Weiss