Kate Nedza

New World Van Lines was honored with the Independent Mover of the Year Award from the American Moving & Storage Association for continuing exceptional business growth, strong customer service, and award-winning service.

“On behalf of all of our New World colleagues, we are very honored to receive this prestigious recognition for the second time. Our five core values: Safety – Service – People – Innovation – Profits drive every decision we make as a company, and the Indy Award endorses our commitment to them,” said David Marx, President of New World Van Lines.

New World received the award due to its commitment to outstanding performances through innovative business methods and practices, community involvement, customer service practice, and employee relations.

New World prides itself on creating and utilizing innovative software. In recent years those include Red Alert System, a company-wide service where any New World employee can send an urgent message through the management team, and the designated management can immediately follow up with a resolution. OpsQuad is collaborative operational planning software designed to plan and track the grouping and movement of shipments, crew members, and vehicles.

NWVL continues to engage with corporate citizenship activities and charitable work initiatives through “ACT” Actively Caring Together, a mission for New World employees to address four areas of need: Food and Clothing, Health and Wellness, Education and Support for our Armed Forces.

On Wednesday, December 18th New World employees gathered for the annual Holiday Luncheon.  The Chicago office was decorated to celebrate the season, including the warehouse!  Employees enjoyed a catered lunch and holiday laughs as Santa and his elves stopped by for a visit!

In November, New World dropped off moving boxes at two schools in Wilmette, IL to support their Thanksgiving food drive efforts. After 1,040 pounds of food were collected from the schools, Donald and Brian from New World then picked up the boxes of donated food and delivered them to Connections for the Homeless, in Evanston, IL.

Connections for the Homeless is an organization that has been serving the local Evanston community for more than 34 years with a focus on helping to fight homelessness.

On Thursday, October 31st, New World employees dressed up in their best Halloween attire and costumes to show off their Halloween spirit! During the day, each department took turns trick or treating around the building. Employees were able to show off their costumes to their coworkers while collecting sweet treats! Many areas of the building were decked out for this spooky day!

After lunch, employees at the Chicago headquarters office gathered for the Annual New World Halloween party. While employees displayed their Halloween creativity at the costume contest, they enjoyed juice, popcorn, caramel apples, and plenty of candy!

The costume contest consisted of four categories. The winners of the “Scary” costume were Loreal from our Billing team and Dorian from our Operations team. Both were dressed as Freddy Kruger.  The winners of the “Creative” costume were Katie, from Customer Service and Angela from Human Resources. Katie dressed up in a homemade pineapple costume and Angela was dressed as Flo from Progressive. The winners of the “Funny” category were Melissa and Andres from Billing. They dressed up as an old married couple. Lastly, the winners of the “Group” category were Rosa, Laura, and Ibironke from the Accounting Team. Their costume got a lot of laughs when they showed up as Pizza and Beer

Katie from Customer Service in her homemade pineapple costume and Angela from Human Resources as Flo from progressive!

Dorian from Operations and Loreal from Billing

Rosa, Ibironke, and Laura from Accounting

Andres and Melissa won the Funny Costume contest as an old married couple.

New World Van Lines was honored for its outstanding performance at Cartus Corporation’s 2019 Global Network Conference, held October 14-15, 2019 at The Westin Copley Place, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The Cartus Global Network is Cartus’ industry-leading worldwide service provider network. Each year, Cartus recognizes the companies and individuals in the Network who have provided extraordinary service to its customers and clients worldwide. The theme of this year’s conference was “Synergy.”

New World Van Lines was named winner of the Cartus Masters Cup Award for move-related services. Presented to the top Global Network member each year, the Cartus Masters Cup recognizes the winner’s commitment to Cartus’ vision, values and, specifically, its mission statement: “We come to work every day to help our customers and clients succeed.”

“You are all an integral part of the Cartus Global Network. The dedication by the members of the Global Network to consistently provide remarkable results and excellent service to our customers sets us all apart as a leader in the global relocation industry.” said Katrina Helmkamp, President and CEO of Cartus. “This year we are very happy to award the highest honor, the Cartus Masters Cup Award, to New World Van Lines. Their attentive commitment to our customers and their forward-thinking approach to service has set them apart. We are grateful for their partnership and proud to have them as a valuable member of the Cartus Global Network.”

“Cartus has always maintained rigorous criteria and performance standards for their Network providers, but also for the recipients of the Masters Cup award,” said David Marx, President, New World Van Lines. “We’re proud to be a part of Cartus’ Global Network, and to have received this honor, which recognizes our mutual commitment to quality, superior service and to finding innovative ways to provide that service in the changing face of relocation.”

On June 12th Eddie Marx, Vice President of Global Business Development, represented New World by attending the Corporate Relocation Council of Chicago’s summer meeting at the Grant Thorton Tower.  Throughout the day, discussions of urgency and capacity were a common theme and how they are familiar issues for the relocation industry. The event featured two educational sessions and a panel moderated by Karrie Deblauw from Medline.  The panel represented several aspects of the corporate global mobility industry including:  Pam Jacknick, NEI Global Relocation;  Jim Rybarczyk, Berger Moving & Relocation; Erin Knauss, AECC; and Matt Tobel, Suite Home Chicago

The first educational session called, “Summer Jam – its Crunch Time” focused on the trials and triumphs that the relocation industry encounters during the busy summer season. This impacts more than just van lines but also relocation companies, corporate housing, as well as tax and financial services for the industry.

The second educational session, “Mobility, Business Culture and Brexit Collide” featured keynote speaker, Stephen Bridges. As a political economist, he discussed the economic implications of events such as Brexit. Further he went on to discuss the global economy as a whole and its effects on the United States.