Company Report: PST Ostrava
Your logistics partner Established in 1991, PST Ostrava is looking to the future with its original founder at the helm and a development strategy guiding further growth within a new era

PST Ostrava was established in 1991

PST Ostrava is looking to the future with its original found

The company has a development strategy guiding further growt

PST Ostrava’s founder, current General Director and Chairman, Miroslav Bradna, began the business in the early 90s with a view to creating a quality-focused, prosperous and “truly Czech” provider of complex logistics, distribution, transport, and customs services. And he may have achieved it.

Today, the company – which is renowned for its modern logistics services – has an extensive network of strategically placed large-capacity transport and logistics centres, dispatch offices and customs declaration offices, linking key cities like Prague, Brno, Melnik, Ostrava and many others.

“A role of PST Ostrava company is flexibility and on the highest professional level, satisfy all the needs of the clients on the field of logistic, forwarding and customs services and, therefore, to procure constant growth of the value of company,” the firm’s website proudly boasts.

INNOVATIVE DRIVE
Logistics is a tough market – any provider will tell you that. To succeed, you need to be innovative. PST Ostrava is exactly that, constantly adapting its services to the needs of the market and the client. The firm says that through the application of creativity, internal know-how and conceptual solutions, it has strengthened its reputation and developed its portfolio of services. The business’ primary activities can be split into four distinctive areas; logistics, forwarding and distribution, customs services, and logistics outsourcing.

“Philosophy of the company is to fully focus to satisfaction of current and future needs of the client, improve quality of the job done and to extend our servicing portfolio,” the company’s website says. Impressive.

We can’t stress enough just how extensive PST Ostrava’s services are. Its comprehensive logistics services arm operates warehousing premises in several tactically important cities. This area of the business offers bonded or non-bonded warehousing; manipulation of goods; consolidation and sorting of consignment, homogenous and heterogeneous pallets; value-added services, including labeling, packing, folio wrapping, palletisation and promotion events; distribution to final end user; and on-line access to SW information.

Its forwarding and distribution service is just as impressive. Indeed, within the field of forwarding and distribution, the firm offers freight forwarding consulting services by road, sea, air or rail, all of which are carried out in an extremely professional manner. Furthermore, its customs services are considered to be amongst the best in the Czech Republic. Currently, this sector offers the high standard of services utilised at its own branches, as well as partner’s in-house worksites. Finally, the firm’s fourth sector, logistics outsourcing, responds to the following reasoning: “Do not do things others will do for you better and cheaper.” This allows the company to focus on its major business activities, while also allowing it to partner with experts and share risk.

THE LOGISTICS HUB OF EUROPE
After joining the EU in 2004 and removing certain barriers to enterprise, the Czech Republic created an opportunity to become the logistics hub of central Europe. The accession became an important impulse for change in the transport sector, and was a huge industry change PST Ostrava was well prepared for.

The company’s management team prepared a strategy of further development, establishing warehousing logistics, followed by cargo distribution services, providing comprehensive forwarding and customs services pre-requested by the European economic area. More specifically, in 2003, a customs and logistics centre was opened in Brno, followed by the expansion of the volume of logistics operations in Ostrava in 2005. Since then, further centres have been opened and the company’s portfolio of services has continued to expand.

“A new and quite cardinal actuality event, which noticeably enhanced credit of our company, is acquisition of an Authorized Economic Operator certification (AEO) in its highest grade F, both from viewpoint of application of simplified procedures, as well as security and safety standards to comprehensive supply logistics chain expected. Following that, PST Ostrava became provider of customs services competent to offer to its clients gain of eminent advantages during customs procedures related to import and export of goods,” the company’s website says.

FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH
The dynamic development of the logistics services market in the Czech Republic, reflected in the building of a modern infrastructure, has created a perfect foundation for the company’s future growth strategy. Yet the move to enhance the company’s presence and services in such quick succession may still seem like a bold one.

However, when you consider that PST Ostrava’s experience and expertise stems back to nearly 20 years ago, and with the Czech Republic set to establish itself as a European logistics junction, it seems a safer bet. Add to that an ambitious figurehead who has stayed with the business since he began it, plans to further expand in existing territories, and break into new ones, seem more than attainable.

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