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Dachser
DACHSER Group SE & Co. KG is a German freight company, founded by Thomas Dachser in 1930, with its headquarters in Kempten in the Allgäu region. In January 2005, Thomas Dachser's grandson, Bernhard Simon, took over as Head of the Management Board. DACHSER is involved in the European Logistics, Air & Sea Logistics and Food Logistics business segments. In contract logistics, the group provides transport, warehousing and value-added services.
History of the company.
1930 – 1938: Conventional transport
company's sites were destroyed during the war. Shortly after the end of the war, DACHSER started trading again and, in 1949, “Thomas Dachser Spedition” was added to the commercial registry.
1951 – 1971: Conventional transport company
Growth of the company took off in the 1950s, with a large number of new branches opening in Germany and the addition of international overland, air and sea freight services. DACHSER opened its first air-freight office at Munich Airport in 1951 and, by the end of the