Thomas Dachser [SEP] place of death
Thomas Dachser
Thomas Dachser (13 March 1906 in Haldenwang (near Günzburg) - 11 April 1979 in Munich) was a German businessman. In 1930, he founded the forwarding agency Dachser in Kempten in the Allgäu. Today the business, still owned by the family, is one of the largest logistics service providers in Europe. In 1977, Thomas Dachser was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit by the then prime minister of Bavaria Alfons Goppel.
then taken up by other manufacturers and transport companies and became an industry standard.
1972 – 1989: Logistics as a core function
Following the death of the founder, Thomas Dachser, in 1979, the company was inherited by his daughters, Christa Rohde-Dachser and Annemarie Simon.
In 1982, the company started to offer its customers warehousing and transport of temperature-sensitive food products, which was handled by the newly established Fresh Produce (now Food Logistics) division.
1990 – 1999: Logistics optimizes process