About DGM-USA
Where We Came From and Are Headed
Our Foundation
DGM was established in 1987 in The Netherlands by founding father Frank Petillon. Frank saw an opportunity to offer professional expertise to the industry due to the complex and conflicting regulations for the transport of dangerous goods. His career began in the airline industry where he served with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He later left KLM Royal and began working in the freight forwarding industry where he would eventually start his own forwarding company, Air Cargo Express, based in Amsterdam. Once ACE was well established he began to concentrate full-time on the development of Dangerous Goods initiatives.
DGM started as a division of Frank Petillon’s forwarding company ACE – Air Cargo Express. In 1988 DGM broke away from ACE and became its own entity. DGM has expanded its scope of services over the years to assist air carriers: for technical assistance, cargo inspections, repack and re-document shipments in transit, or to prepare new sets of Shipper’s Declarations for Dangerous Goods by Air, under DGM’s responsibility. DGM also arranged ADR or IMDG paperwork for dangerous goods which were shipped as air cargo, but then were to be carried by road on airline air waybill, or which connected to ferry services (IATA/ICAO rules, versus ADR road, versus the IMO/IMDG maritime rules and regulations).
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Our Story Continues
In 1990, Frank established DGM Support to provide the technical, marketing, and other supportive functions to the growing DGM Global Network.
DGM Support also acts as the umbrella organization for the global network. Using the franchise model for expansion and growth, DGM Support established the DGM brand in more than 31 countries. Today, DGM has over 50 independent network offices operating in different countries, using the same brand name, operating principles, and standards.
In October, 2006, founder Frank Pétillon, passed away. However, his vision continues to guide the growth and development of the DGM network around the world.
Established in 1997, DGM Services, Inc. was founded by Jean Pétillon and Marc Pétillon in Houston, Texas. To better serve their customers, DGM expanded the scope of services to accommodate any and all types of product lines; General Cargo, Project Cargo and On-Site Packing. Today, there are 5 locations in the U.S.; Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and New York.
“Possibly the only specialized network of it’s kind”
DGM strives to be the most reliable service provider in the industry, which is proactively dedicated to serving our customers. While we are proficient in offering hazardous goods services, other packing services, training and consulting, we endeavor to promote trade and we are committed advisors to our customers, partners, and authorities.
The DGM staff is an innovative and dynamic group that works with the most reputable organizations in our industry. All of our offices are controlled and regulated to provide the same quality of services. We know that our continued success relies on our ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with our customers through innovative solutions and ongoing investments in human resources and procedures. DGM’s staff is professionally trained to achieve the safest and most cost effective solution for each individual shipment. Our regulatory compliance knowledge and employee training requirements keep us ahead of the competition.
Established in 1987
DGM is a global company with locations in over 30 countries to strategically help serve our clients and deliver the best service effectively and efficiently.
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