KPMG operates as an international network of member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services. We work closely with our clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. Our firms' clients include business corporations, governments and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations. They look to KPMG for a consistent standard of service based on high order professional capabilities, industry insight and local knowledge.
KPMG member firms can be found in over 140 countries. Collectively they employ more than 135,000 people across a range of disciplines.
Contact: Tom Goudreau
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.
Merrill Lynch is one of the leading U.S. firms in providing wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch employs more than 60,000 professionals in over 40 countries to provide a global wealth of resources combined with local market expertise to its clients, which range from corporations to governments to pensions to endowments. In 2008 Bank of America purchased Merrill Lynch, making Bank of America the largest brokerage in the world with $2.5 trillion in client assets. Bank of America operates in 150 countries and has relationships with 99 percent of U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500.
Contact: Erik Puskar
MobileNOW! is a provider of digital permit and mobile payment solutions. It is the sole U.S. distributor for technology developed by NOW! Innovations, which is one of the world’s leading mobile payment solutions providers. MobileNOW! offers a convenient way to pay by cell phone for: 1) On-and-off-street parking, 2) Tickets for public transportation, movies, museums, and sporting events. It also provides solutions for traffic management, automated metering and SMS based communications which can be used for emergency and other situations, and so much more!
Contact: Robert Dodge (robert.dodge@ci-pinkerton.com)
Pinkerton is a leading firm in security consulting and investigations. It provides comprehensive solutions to security issues in supply chains, personnel management, crisis management, intellectual property protection, corporate investigations, cyber security, and homeland security. With offices all over the U.S. as well as in Canada, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, England, and Dubai, Pinkerton is able to meet the security needs of local and multinational corporations.
Contact: Chris Lombardi (chris.lombardi@raytheon.com)
Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.
Securitas Group has operations in more than 30 countries, primarily in Europe and North America. We are a world leader in security, with annual sales of approximately $7 billion. Every day, more than 200,000 employees work to carry out our mission of protecting homes, work places, and community. We provide security services in close cooperation with customers. To this end, business areas have been added and the service content has been specialized and developed. Our business areas are: Guard Services, Alarm Systems, and Cash Handling.
Baltic Forum Participants
Contact: Andrus Joasaar, Manager (Andrus@balkan.ee)
Balkan Transport, LLC is an Estonian forwarding company engaged in the business of cargo forwarding, warehousing, customs brokerage services, and insurance. Its main traffic is routed through Finland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland, and the other Baltic States.
Contact: Aidas Kavaliauskas
(aidas.kavaliauskas@bss.biz)
Baltic Software Solutions designs and implements tailor-made software for financial service companies. It currently seeks to expand its operations in supply chain management processes. Baltic Software Solutions was created in 2001 and is headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania, with an English-, German-, and Russian-speaking staff of over 70 IT professionals.
Freeport of Riga Authority
Contacts: Mr. Vladimirs Makarovs, Director of Strategic Planning;
Ms. Anita Valle, Legal Department
The Freeport of Riga Authority is the highest authority governing transactions within and the movement of cargo in and out of the Free Port of Riga. The Authority determines and collects port fees and tariffs and ensures that all regulations are met by all participatory firms for efficiency and safety.
Contact: Mr. Guntis Drunka (guntis.drunka@vzp.lv)
The Freeport of Ventspils Authority is the highest authority regarding operations, compliance of regulations, safety, and collection of fees for the Freeport of Ventspils. Current utilization of the port hovers at around 50 percent, and coupled with a favorable investment climate and various incentives, there is great room for growth and opportunity for investment at the Freeport of Ventspils.
LR Satiksmes Ministrija- Latvian Ministry of Transport
The Latvian Ministry of Transport devises and implements state policy on railway, road, maritime, and aviation transportation.
Liepaja Special Economic Zone Authority
Contact: Mr. Janis Lapins (janis@lsez.lv)
The Liepaja Special Economic Zone Authority is an institution jointly created by the state and the Liepaja municipality to manage the port inside the Liepaja Special Economic Zone and negotiations with firms operating inside the LSEZ.
Contact: Rainer Miltop, Managing Partner (rainer.miltop@multimarger.ee)
Multi Marger, Ltd. is an Estonian manufacturing and merchandising company specializing in timbered products and textile products, including protective clothing for construction work. Since its inception in 1992, Multi Marger has expanded to Sweden and Finland as well, and has grown five-fold in the number of people it employs.
Contact: Mr. Sven Ratassepp, PR Manager (s.ratassepp@ts.ee)
The Port of Tallinn is the biggest port in both Estonia and the Baltics, accounting for both cargo and passenger loads. All operations of the port are run privately, and Port of Tallinn, Ltd. manages the leases to those private operations as a state-owned company. The Port of Tallinn, Ltd.’s strategic goals for the near future include increasing cargo-handling capabilities, maximizing the use of existing port infrastructure, and increasing revenues from passenger transport.
Contact: Illimar Paul, Chairman of the Board (illimar.paul@prolog.ee)
This association plays a vital role in connecting logistics firms and professionals both in Estonia and worldwide through its contacts with logistics associations in other countries. PROLOG maintains a close relationship with the Estonian government in elaborating logistics and transport policies. Its current strategic goals include the creation of an Estonian supply chain cluster and the promotion of Estonian investment and export competitiveness strategy. It also seeks to develop its cooperation with other logistics associations, firms, and professionals.
Riga Central Terminals, LLC
Contact: Mr. Valdis Andersons (Valdis.Andersons@rigact.lv)
Riga Central Terminals, LLC is one of the largest stevedoring firms in Latvia, providing port management and cargo handling services since 1996. It manages 13 of the 21 berths in the port, has 158,000 square meters of open storage space, and utilizes 19.5 km of the railway access road to complete the distribution process of a variety of bulk goods. It is a member of the Riga Commercial Port Group.
Riga Commercial Port, LLC
Riga Commercial Port, LLC negotiates conditions for companies wishing to operate in the Free Port of Latvia, which was designated a free zone in 1996 in order to attract foreign investment and promote the development of trade, manufacturing, and services in the area. Riga Commercial Port, LLC is currently seeking to expand its investor base in order to create new opportunities in the Baltic States, Scandinavia, Western Russia, and the CIS.
Riga International Airport
Contact: Mr. Krisjanis Peters, Chairman of the Board
Riga International Airport is a joint-stock company with all shares owned by the Republic of Latvia. It initiated flights outside of the USSR starting in 1991 with SAS and Lufthansa and has since become the hub for the Baltic States. Since 1993 the number of passengers flying through Riga has increased six-fold. It seeks to sustain the modernization of airport amenities, development of airport infrastructure, and expansion process in the coming years.
Contact: Mr. Aivars Taurins, Director (aivars.taurins@dbschenker.com)
Schenker is the logistics arm of Deutsche Bahn, providing supply chain management and logistics services in about 130 countries. It is one of the leading logistic service providers in Latvia and accommodates international and domestic land, air and sea transportation and assists transportation and cargo-handling firms with customs clearances.
Contact: Jako Tsäko, CEO (Jako@soojustuskeskus.ee)
The Estonian Insulation Center, LLC, consults on and delivers results for any-size insulation project, including thermal and sound insulation. It offers a broad range of products and ensures quick delivery and installation. The Estonian Insulation Center has offices in Tallinn and Tartu and has been very successful in the Estonian market for the last ten years.
Contact: Julia Vasilkova (marketing@sungate.lv)
SIA Sungate specializes in the multimodal transport of otherwise hard-to-transport goods via railway, sea, and road. It offers a variety of services associated with cargo forwarding including customs paperwork, preparation of other documentation, provision of containers and storage, and unloading and reloading every step of the way. SIA Sungate has offices in Riga, Moscow, and Tashkent.
Contact: Ms. Nataly Rostova, Head of International Affairs Department (RostovaNV@trcont.ru)
Transcontainer was created in 2003 as the container-transport branch of JSC Russian Railways and became independent in 2006. It transports some 1.3 million TEU of cargo each year both domestically and internationally. Transcontainer has offices all over Russia as well as in Belarus, Germany, China, Latvia, Mongolia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Finland, Czech Republic, South Korea, and Japan.