Gosselin news

The assignment: move brand-new furniture from Taiwan onto a big yacht moored in Tuscany without toppling it into the water. Sounds like a job for Gosselin! The owner of the mega yacht, the Vianne, asked the Italian office to handle this move since it was one that required a lot of expertise.

November 2021 - On October 26, 2021, Marc Smet (CEO of Gosselin Group) and Erik Meys (CEO of Verhuizingen Meys) reached an agreement in principle for the acquisition of Verhuizingen Meys and Meys Vastgoed based in Brasschaat by the Gosselin Group (Deurne). The employees and assets will be acquired by Gosselin and will fall under the Gosselin Group’s international moves division.

November, 2021 – Op 26 oktober 2021 sloten Marc Smet (CEO Gosselin Group) en Erik Meys (CEO Verhuizingen Meys) een principieel akkoord voor de overname van Verhuizingen Meys en Meys Vastgoed uit Brasschaat door de Gosselin Group (Deurne). De werknemers en activa worden opgenomen bij Gosselin en komen onder de internationale verhuisafdeling van de Gosselin Group.

Jessica joined Gosselin as the partner relations manager, but quickly grew withing the company and so did her responsibilities. Not only did she become President of the FIDI 39 Club, she's also headtrainer at Gosselin Academy and part of the Gosselin Go Green Focus Cluster that focuses on environmental sustainability. We talk to her about her plans for the future, recent achievements, and other events!

The Supply Chain Wizard gives a 360° view of all our European and partner opportunities. This way we combine the more traditional way of European groupage with today’s technology and the knowledge and daily encounters of 56 offices across Europe, the Caucasus & Central Asia to come up with the most effective solution for the move of tomorrow.

When he joined Gosselin Switzerland twenty-five years ago, the company was still called Packimpex. Markus was looking for a new challenge, but didn’t think the moving industry had enough work for him on the long run. Despite not knowing anything about moving, he decided to give it a try and applied for a sales function. Now, many years later, he’s part of a big family for one of the main providers for Europe and busier than ever!

Artist Arne Quinze contacted Gosselin to move several large sculptures to the international exposition that is being held in Jebel Ali (Dubai). A total of six containers will be required for the move.

The MS Attila is the first cruise ship to sail on the lakes in Switzerland. The former cargo ship was repurposed as a luxury hotel with the help of nine Gosselin Group storage containers.

Three more Gosselin offices have recently re-obtained their FIDI certification. FIDI is an organization whose membership is restricted to moving companies that have successfully completed a certification procedure. This results in a network of FIDI-certified agents. Seeing as how all three offices passed their recertification audit successfully, we asked branch managers Laurent (Switzerland), Barbara (Italy) and Viktor (Russia) about their experience with this remote process organized using Microsoft Teams.