IN D U ST RY N EW S Santa Fe Group sells to Lazarus Santa Fe Group has sold its moving and relocation business to Lazarus Equity Partners, which is now held by Lazarus in a new Swedish private company, Santa Fe Intressenter AB, with support from Santa Fe Groups previous nance partner, Proventus Capital. Santa Fe Chairman Henning Kruse Petersen said: We have looked into all options for renancing. We have found that it was simply not possible under terms where it would at the same time be feasible to run the business under acceptable conditions. Therefore, we are very pleased with the agreement we have entered into with Lazarus Equity Partners. I am pleased that Santa Fe Relocation has been retained as a continuing company, with 1,800 jobs, that will continue to serve the companys customers and creditors. In a letter, the company has assured the industry that service delivery would not be adversely affected by the changes, and that current Santa Fe employees would continue to support the business. We are thrilled to assume the operational responsibility and ownership of Santa Fe Relocation. We believe that the business has great potential. Our main focus will remain on exceeding customer and assignee satisfaction, said Yann Blandy, incoming Chief Executive Ofcer of Santa Fe Relocation. NEWS IN BRIEF JK AND YEMBO LAUNCH AI MOVE SURVEYS JK Moving Services has partnered with Yembo to offer its government and residential customers real-time virtual surveys of their household goods and office moves. The technology, which has been in use since the beginning of the year, is based on artificial intelligence (AI) and aims to speed the moving process, decreasing the time it takes to take inventories and give estimates. It is the latest in a series of modernisations at JK Moving, which include the introduction of an app that allows clients to receive and review estimates, and the addition of dashcam technology across JKs fleet of vehicles. Being able to survey a house or office by simply pointing and clicking a smartphone using the Yembo interface helps us instantly develop an inventory and estimate, said David Cox, Executive Vice-President of JK. According to Yembo, the visual inventory gives move coordinators, dispatchers, and managers a greater ability to visualise and plan moves. It has increased the number of visual surveys the JK team can complete in a day by up to 50 per cent. SECURITY RISKS FIDI TO SPONSOR MOBILITY CONFERENCE FIDI is proud to sponsor the International Mobility Alliance 2020 Conference, which will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 28 February to 3 March 2020. If you want to schedule a meeting at the event, contact Lydia Cope at Lydia.cope@fidi.org Siem Reap, in Cambodia, will be the setting for the International Mobility Alliance 2020 After 39 bodies were discovered in a trailer at the Purfleet ferry terminal in October, the UKs Road Haulage Association (RHA) has highlighted the security risks of smaller European ports. The risk has increased because of more stringent measures at larger ports and immigration services lacking inspection resources. AUSTRALIA REVISES GUIDELINES The Australian International Moving Association has given further guidelines to moving companies about the increased risk of fumigation of household goods and personal effects when they arrive in Australia. The guidelines affect highrisk countries and high-risk goods arriving in shipments up until 31 May 2020. JOHNSONS CHARITY DRIVE Johnson Storage & Moving has announced the formation of a Johnson Cares charitable giving initiative. At Johnsons, we are passionate about community service and sponsor more than a dozen charities across the Western US, said Johnsons President and COO, Don Hindman. GIULIANA MIROTTA Giuliana Mirotta, wife of the former Managing Director of Bolliger Enrico Frigo, died in September. She was well known among FIDI Affiliates and attended many FIDI meetings. 10 FF294 DecJan20 pp08-13 Industry News.indd 10 WWW. F I D I . OR G 20/11/2019 12:44