EFM are proud to have been entrusted by Rammstein’s management, since opening our doors for business over 12 years ago, to handle the international transportation of their elaborate stage show including their pyrotechnics and backline. Rammstein is one of the most successful German acts of all time, with an ever-growing worldwide fan base and sell-out tours across several continents. The band are kicking off their 2012 tour in Florida and so EFM have been busy once again in planning and organising their freight.

The 2012 Rammstein Tour looks set to exceed previous tours and EFM have risen to the logistical challenge again. Half a football pitch of staging, lighting, audio, backline, set and special effects totaling 229,000 kgs was loaded into 23 x 40ft shipping containers, overseen by two EFM Germany project managers on-site and shipped over to Fort Lauderdale ready for the band’s 21 date North American Tour, that started on the 20th April at the Bank Atlantic Center.

A Kraftwerk performance of a more unusual kind has taken place over 8 consecutive nights, between 10th – 17th April 2012 at MoMA in New York. One can pose the question “Is that art?” whilst others might ask “Is it an art to ship a sea container and 15 tons of airfreight across the Atlantic Ocean?”. The world famous German artists, Kraftwerk chose a reliable and experienced freight partner for this task, assigning EFM to look after their shipping, following a long-standing tradition of working with EFM on their more “regular” music touring circuit.

EFM ensured the safe and on-time delivery by air and sea freight from Germany to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, of the legendary robot figures, which partly replace the band members on the stage, in addition to costumes, keyboards, stage equipment, light, sound, video and projection equipment.

All performances at MoMA were sold out, with each evening consisting of a live performance and 3D visualisation of one of Kraftwerk’s studio albums – Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991), and Tour de France (2003)—in the order of their release. Kraftwerk followed each evening’s album performance with additional compositions from their catalogue, all adapted specifically for this exhibition. This reinterpretation showcased Kraftwerk’s historical contributions to and contemporary influence on global sound and image culture.

A presentation of Krafwerk’s historic audio and visual material was also on display at MoMA from 12th April – 14th May 2012. In recent years Kraftwerk have been involved in similar projects, including the 2005 Venice Biennale, and an exhibition at the Munich Lenbachhaus, cementing Kraftwerk’s position in popular culture and now in contemporary art.

EFM demonstrated behind the stage the same logistical precision as Kraftwerk on the stage. We are proud once again to provide the electrical artists with the necessary logistical support.

Kraftwerk – New York –  April 2012

The Civic appointed exhibition freighting specialists EFM to handle the door to door transportation by sea of the exhibits for a new Brazilian show. Throughout the summer of 2011, the EFM team were responsible for collecting a diverse range of works from 14 different exhibitors, originating from the furthest corners of Brazil. From Curitiba, close to the Colombian border, through Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro to Puerto Alegre on the South East Brazilian coast.

The items were carefully transported from each of the lenders to our local Sao Paolo warehouse, where they were packed into shipping cases and shipped in a container by sea freight to EFM’s London warehouse. On arrival in UK, they were sorted, checked and held before being safely delivered to The Civic in Barnsley, via a specialist air-ride suspension fine art truck, ready for the exhibition launch in September 2011.

Curated and hosted by The Gallery @ The Civic, Barnsley, +(55) Brazil is a celebration of the best in contemporary Brazilian craft and design. The exhibition presents work from a diverse array of fields including furniture, lighting, ceramics, jewellery and fashion, created by native Brazilians, as well as those who have chosen to make Brazil their home.

The Civic Barnsley – +(55) Brazil

2012 is gearing up to be a busy year for EFM’s ever-expanding music team. Carnets are being raised by EFM, shipping containers loaded up and flight cases of backline strapped onto airline pallets ready to fly off into the sunset.

From established stadium-filling artists to crowd-pleasing festival performers, EFM is regularly entrusted, to freight time-sensitive shipments of backline, elaborate set, costumes, pyrotechnics and staging worldwide. So far this year, EFM offices have been on-site making deliveries that included shipments for private VIP performances in Mexico and St Barts, and for the Australian music festival circuit. With the European summer season rapidly approaching and promotional tours starting to ramp up, EFM staff have been hands on.

Our EFM Germany team loaded 24 ocean containers out of Antwerp to Miami to kick start the 2012 Rammstein tour; EFM Middle East handled a cargo charter aircraft into Dubai from South Africa for The Eagles; EFM UK has air freighted M83′s equipment out to the Ultra Music and Coachella Festivals; EFM USA were down in Mexico attending to Santana and Enrique at a VIP birthday celebration; and the EFM Australia team spent their Summer out on the Australia and New Zealand festival circuit, freighting on behalf of a vast array of homegrown talent and international artists, including The Butterfly Effect, The Temper Trap, Angus & Julia Stone, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Bon Iver and Mastodon.

Other artists recently on tour with EFM include Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Whitesnake, Guns N’ Roses, Drake, Two Door Cinema Club, Noah and The Whale and Enter Shikari.

With concert touring and music festivals now a major revenue stream for the music industry, artists are under increasing pressure to squeeze as many shows as possible into their international tour schedules. The logistical challenges presented by back to back shows in different cities and often different countries are becoming greater, but the EFM team’s years of experience in managing live event logistics and transportation for artists of all sizes, has meant that we have a proven track record in reliable and on-time freight services to the industry.

Missing a show is not an option and critical to a successful logistical operation is the advance planning, preparation and negotiation undertaken by the EFM teams globally.

Taking place from 23rd September – 2nd October 2011, thousands of fans descended on Rio de Janeiro to attend the legendary music festival “Rock in Rio”. Four stages hosted top acts that included Rihanna, Coldplay, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Whilst the fans were enjoying the live performances, the EFM team were on-site and busy behind the scenes, moving equipment in and out of the Festival grounds, not only for many of the main acts, including Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Guns N’ Roses, Evanescence and Justin Bieber, but also for suppliers and sponsors of the Festival.

EFM successfully transported over 120 tons of backline and production equipment in and out of Brazil from around the world. Via air freight, truck and sea freight and on privately chartered cargo aircraft, shipments arrived into Rio from around the world, including Europe, USA and South America.

Working on behalf of Philips, we also transported their “Living Shapes” interactive lighting installation, which was moved from Europe to Rio by EFM within 48 hours door to door for its world premiere at the Festival in Brazil.

EFM is well-known for handling special effects and particularly pyrotechnic shipments, safely and on time around the world and negotiating through complex paperwork and red tape. For Slipknot’s live performance in Rio, the EFM Germany pyrotechnic freight experts, flew 2 tons of material and equipment out to Brazil on behalf of FFP, the Berlin-based special effects team. In spite of the stringent customs regulations in Brazil, through careful planning and preparation, EFM managed to work with the FFP crew to secure customs clearance in a record breaking single working day from the freight arrival at the airport in Rio!

Another successful music festival complete, we are looking forward to Rock in Rio 2012 in Europe!

Rock In Rio – Lisbon – 2012

After 10 happy years in our quirky water mill in Cobham, due to expansion, we have taken the bold move to relocate our UK operation and Global Head Office to brand new premises, incorporating a newly fitted-out 17,000 sq ft modern warehouse, close to Heathrow.

We moved in on 30th April 2012, so please make a note of our new address and contact information.

EFM Management Limited

Unit 3 Alpha Way

Thorpe Industrial Park

Egham

Surrey TW20 8RZ

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 1784 223960

Fax: +44 1784 223990

Email: info@efm-worldwide.com

EFM’s is extremely proud of its long-standing sporting pedigree with a client base that includes many international sporting teams, who EFM assist with their freighting and logistical arrangements for tours, competitions and major championships and events – EFM is the team behind the team.

One particular sector with which EFM has enjoyed a close association over the years is the rugby community – providing door to door freighting services via air, road and sea, in addition to value added services that include baggage handling, arranging private aircraft charters, meet and greet services, baggage trucks and coach transfers. In fact, EFM is fortunate to count most of the international rugby teams – the All Blacks, the Wallabies and England to name but a few – amongst the company’s most frequent and loyal clients.

It is EFM’s high service levels, experience and professionalism that have resulted in strong partnerships with the winning England team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and with the England, Scotland, New Zealand and Australian teams at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, with the company also heavily involved in moving equipment over to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup for teams, broadcasters, media and sponsors.

On an ongoing basis, EFM handles the freighting for many rugby teams, including New Zealand, England and Australia for their overseas tours, Tri Nations, IRB Rugby Sevens Tournaments, and training camps, through countries including UK, Italy, France, Ireland, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Samoa, Fiji, Japan, Hong Kong, USA and Canada. EFM is also proud to have been associated with the prestigious British and Irish Lions Rugby team tours through Australia in 2001, New Zealand in 2005, and South Africa in 2009 looking after the team’s international and domestic logistical arrangements. Planning is now already underway for the 2013 Australia Tour!

Some challenges that are overcome by EFM on a regular basis in this sector include:

• Moving equipment from hotel to hotel and training ground to training ground in extremely tight timeframes, allowing the teams the maximum amount of time for training and preparation.
• Preparing customs paperwork and ATA carnets on behalf of the teams and arranging fast customs clearances worldwide.
• Arranging the relevant import permissions for the importation of medical supplies, nutritional products and foodstuffs into each country.
• Dangerous goods packing and paperwork for items such as aerosol sprays and oxygen tanks.
• Assisting the players and management to relocate personal effects and baggage and complete the necessary paperwork.
• Transportation of heavy / awkward scrum machines, gym and weight training equipment between training grounds.
• Organising air-side access for meeting and greeting teams at international airports.
• Arranging private charter aircraft for teams, coaches and baggage trucks.
• Ensuring trucks and crew are on standby during major tournaments after pool stages, to transfer the teams’ equipment and baggage to the next venue (or back home).

“I have a huge amount of trust in the ability of this company to deliver as planned. In the period we have worked with them (since 2004), they have consistently managed to meet all the challenges put before them. I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending EFM Management Ltd to other professional sporting organisations.”
All Blacks Rugby Team Management

Christine Deschanel has joined EFM, as General Manager of our Australian operation and heads up our expanding local team.

Based in the brand new EFM Australia office in Sydney, Christine joins EFM from a previous role heading up project logistics for a major specialised project forwarding company, and brings with her over 10 years of events and project logistics experience, including on-site roles at major events such as the Olympic Games. EFM moved offices earlier this month to Unit 20, 36 O’Riordan Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9669 2687.

We have enjoyed a busy first couple of years’ trading in Australia, transporting acts through the region that have included Guns N’ Roses, Linkin Park and The Temper Trap, as well as touring the props, set and costumes for Kevin Spacey’s Richard III theatre show, the Merchants of Bollywood, Circus Oz, Eddie Izzard and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Following the appointment of EFM as the logistics provider to Australian production company, David Atkins Enterprises for the Opening Ceremony of the Arab Games, in December 2011 in Qatar, EFM are pleased to be working closely once again with the Wallabies and All Blacks rugby teams for their 2012 tour logistics, and are already involved in advance planning for the upcoming 2013 British & Irish Lions Rugby Tour to Australia.

EFM and International Rugby: Tackling Logistics Head On

Für das EFM Team Standort Wiesbaden suchen wir, ab sofort eine(n) Kaufmann/-frau für Spedition und Logistikdienstleistung mit Berufserfahrung, Fachbereich Luftfracht.

Ihre Aufgaben:

Budgetierung, Planung, Kontrolle und Umsetzung internationaler Luftfrachtsendungen für Veranstaltungen, Musikkonzerte und Sportevents weltweit.

•Abwicklung der Import und Export Luftfrachtsendungen

•Durchführung allgemeiner speditionelle Tätigkeiten

•Telefonischer, schriftlicher und persönlicher Kundenkontakt

Ihre Qualifikation:

•Abgeschlossene speditionelle Berufsausbildung und gute Kenntnisse im Bereich Luftfracht

•Gute Englisch Kenntnisse in Wort und Schrift

•Teamgeist und Organisationsstärke

•Spaß an neuen Herausforderungen

•Sie sind mit dem Umgang der neuen Medien vertraut

Wir freuen uns über Ihre vollständigen Bewerbungsunterlagen.

Ihr EFM Ansprechpartner ist Frau Jutta Umsonst

Per E-Mail an: Jutta@efm-worldwide.de

oder per Post an:

EFM Management Ltd.

z.H. Frau Jutta Umsonst

Wilhelmstr 14

65185 Wiesbaden

Für das EFM Team Standort Wiesbaden suchen wir, ab sofort eine(n) Projektleiter(in) für internationale Event Logistik.

Ihre Aufgaben:

Von Beginn an erhalten Sie Ihren eigenen Verantwortungsbereich in der Planung, Organisation und Durchführung von weltweiten Logistikprojekten für exklusive und namenhafte Events.

Marktrecherchen, Marktentwicklung, Mitarbeiterverantwortung, Präsentation, Kundenberatung, Projektleitung, Budgetierung, Planung, Kontrolle und Umsetzung internationaler Event Logistik für Veranstaltungen, Musikkonzerte, internationale Ausstellungen, Roadshows, Incentives und/oder Sportevents weltweit.

Ihre fachliche und persönliche Qualifikation:

• Abgeschlossene speditionelle Berufsausbildung mit mindestens 6 Jahren Berufserfahrung in der Event Branche oder der internationalen Messelogistik, oder ein abgeschlossenes Studium mit Fachrichtung Logistik/Verkehrsfachwirtschaft mit mindestens 4 Jahren Berufserfahrung.

• Sehr gute Kenntnisse im Bereich internationale Messelogistik oder Eventlogistik.

• Sehr gute Englisch Kenntnisse in Wort und Schrift.

• Sie sind stilsicher in der mündlichen und schriftlichen Kommunikation.

• Sie verfügen über eine hohe Einsatzbereitschaft und einen ausgeprägten Teamgeist.

• Sie sind flexibel einsatzbereit.

• Sie arbeiten verantwortungsbewusst und eigenständig.

• Sie haben eine schnelle Auffassungsgabe.

• Sie haben keine Scheu, Prioritäten zu setzten und agieren auch in hektischen Zeiten souverän und leistungsstark.

• Sie haben Freude an der Arbeit mit Menschen.

Wir freuen uns über Ihre vollständigen Bewerbungsunterlagen inkl. Gehaltsvorstellung und Einstiegstermin.

Bitte wenden Sie sich vertrauensvoll an Ihre EFM Ansprechpartnerin Frau Jutta Umsonst

Per E-Mail an: mailto:jutta@efm-worldwide.de

oder per Post an:

EFM Management Ltd.

z.H. Frau Jutta Umsonst

Wilhelmstr 14

65185 Wiesbaden