Dachser

DACHSER Group SE & Co. KG is a German logistics 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 and DACHSER is one of the world market leaders in system logistics.History of the company1930 – 1938: Conventional transportDACHSER started in 1930 during the Great Depression, transporting Allgäu cheese to the Rhineland region and opened the company’s first subsidiary in Memmingen in 1934. This was followed, four years later, by the opening of a branch in Neuss in the Rhineland, at that time DACHSER had become the leading transport company in the Allgäu region.1939 – 1950: The war and post-war yearsIn the Second World War, practically the entire vehicle fleet was requisitioned and the drivers enlisted by the state. All of the 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