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EMO Trans has announced that its chair, Joachim Frigger, died unexpectedly on Monday.

Mr Frigger founded EMO Trans USA nearly 50 years ago, going on to hold a variety of positions including chief executive and president.

Under his tenure, said the company, EMA Trans USA had grown to 33 branches across the US, with nearly 400 staff.

Mr Frigger was born in Germany in 1940, moving to the US in 1966 with Deugro freight forwarding company, going on to found EMO Trans USA ...

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  • Sal DeLuca

    April 22, 2021 at 8:01 pm

    Saddened to hear this. I knew Jo for many years at Flying Tigers and FedEx as Emo’s worldwide account manager, with the utmost respect for how he ran the company. My condolences to the family and employees. – Sal DeLuca