ALS offers comprehensive logistics and supply chain services. Key features include:
3PL and End-to-End Supply Chain Services: They serve multiple industries, helping clients outsource logistics so they can focus on their core operations.
Transport & Fleet: They handle Full Truck Load (FTL), Part Truck Load (PTL), Milk Run operations, with track & trace capability. Warehousing: Both dedicated and multi-user warehouse facilities.
Dry Ports / Container Freight Stations (CFS) / Inland Container Depots (ICD): They operate several CFSs (e.g. in Panvel, Chennai, Tuticorin), and had an ICD at Kashipur.
Headquarters: Survey No. 59, Somatane Village, Kone-Rasayani Road, Panvel, Raigarh, Maharashtra, India.
Corporate/other offices: Gurgaon / Gurugram (Haryana) etc.
Global linkages: Through acquisitions and joint ventures, ALS has extended its global footprint (e.g. via Clarion Shipping in the UAE, etc.).
Some important business moves:
JV with Singamas Container Holdings for liquid logistics (e.g. chemicals) in India, where ALS holds 70%.
Joint venture for Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Kashipur with India Glycols Ltd.
Acquisition: Controlling stake in Clarion Shipping Services LLC (Dubai-based) for about ₹400 crore.
Fundraising: Raised about ₹485 crore from Piramal Finance in 2017 for expansion and JV consolidation.
Warehousing footprint: ALS manages several million square feet of warehousing; e.g. it has been reported to have ~1.5 million sq ft across ~30 locations.
Fleet size: 600+ vehicles (for various logistics operations).
Specialised capabilities: Liquid logistics (tanker operations), cold chain warehouses, classes of cargo like hazardous, refrigerated etc., containerized import/export operations.
Divested the Kashipur Infrastructure Freight Terminal Pvt Ltd (KIFTPL) for about ₹156 crore in December 2022, saying it was non-core to their future roadmap. They are on a digital transformation journey: implementing warehouse management systems, transport management systems; also building control towers to improve visibility of the supply chain.
In 2017, they raised ₹485 crore from Piramal Finance.
Plans / talks in 2017 to raise further ~₹300 crore for expansion (warehousing, acquisitions) from private equity.