Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

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• Klaus Hellmann
• Jost Hellmann

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG (until 1999 Gebr Hellmann ) is an internationally -working German transport and logistics company based in Osnabrück ( Lower Saxony).

It is active in the fields of logistics services, freight transport by road, rail, ship and aircraft, IT solutions, warehousing, consulting, and disposal services. The Company Founded in 1871, in 2012 had 10,735 employees. It is in its fourth generation of family ownership. Hellmann Osnabrueck operates in the freight forwarding on a total area of ​​210,000 square meters. On August 30, 2008, in Germany 24 offices. In Osnabrück Hellmann employs 1,263 employees; nationwide Hellmann has 316 trainees. In Bremen, close to 400 employees. The terrain in the Bremen freight village has a size of 100,000 square meters.

History

1871 made ​​Carl Heinrich Hellmann in Osnabruck as a freight forwarder automatically. He transported goods by horse and cart. His sons Heinrich Hellmann and Friedrich Hellmann led the company continued and changed the name in 1906 in " Gebr Hellmann ". The company grew steadily; 1935, it had 60 employees.

After the end of World War II took over with Heinrich Hellmann's son Heinz Hellmann the third generation of the company; him stood Heinrich Hellmann's brother Emil Hellman aside. The company Gebr Hellmann expanded to Hamburg, where in 1949 a branch was established, one more was added in 1953 in Bremen. Already in 1959 put Emil Hellman's son Joachim by founding the " 11er - circle " friendly freight forwarders the foundation for cargo networks. Still considered the " 11er - circle " as the basis for the cooperation network Systems Alliance. 1960 took the cousins ​​Heinz Joachim and a handling facility for groupage freight forwarder at the current headquarters on the same street in Osnabrück in operation. It featured the first -floor chain conveyor in Europe.

Together conduct Jost and Klaus Hellmann since 1983, the company, in 1976 after Klaus Hellmann had occurred in the company. In the same year with another transport company that founded the DPD. He was later sold to the French La Poste. With a branch office in Hong Kong began in 1982, the expansion of a global branch network. Especially one might call here the acquisition of Mitchell Cotts in the UK in 1988, expanding the partner network to Eastern Europe in 1992 and the co-founding of the Night Star Express a year later.

Since 1999, Gebr Hellmann operates under the name " Hellmann Worldwide Logistics ".

Opened in 2001, Hellmann the "Digital Community Center " in Osnabrück. 2002 LH Bundeswehr was founded clothing company in which the "LH clothing company " is involved. At her Lion Apparel GmbH Germany and Hellmann hold equal shares. Along with the consulting firm Mummert Partner received Hellmann in 2001 under the name pilot project 9.2 the order to create a traffic and transport network of the Bundeswehr. The project was completed in 2003. In the same year, officially since 2004, Hellmann also began to train loading and thus reduce road traffic by rail.

In 2003 the company made most of its sales of two billion euros outside Germany.

In November 2005, the Lower Saxony Prime Minister Christian Wulff Klaus Hellmann honored with the Order of Merit of the Lower Saxon Merit. The award -founded Wulff with the various volunteer efforts Hellmann's, the RELATES ethical and sustainable as an entrepreneur.

The value of the total assets of Klaus and Jost Hellmann was estimated according to the manager magazines from the respective years were as follows: In 2005: 650 million euros and in 2008: 1.15 billion euros

Typical Hellmann exchange - bridges followers

Hellmann Long-distance truck

In an attempt of Lower Saxony Hellmann put the Euro Combi, better known as " GigaLiner " a. The one-year exemption but was not renewed after October 31, 2007.

In April 2008, based 160 Hellmann employees for an office building converted granary of 1934 in Osnabrück harbor. The memory III, rebuilt by the architect Norbert horsemen and interior designer Christian Kolde, was honored in October 2008 with the economy of the week and the Koelnmesse awarded "Best Office Award 2008" in the category " National ".

In February 2009, the Company reported on short-time work for six months.

Retroactive to January 1, 2013 Hellmann has taken the forwarding Kunze with all subsidiaries.

Social Commitment

Klaus and Jost Hellmann involved in many social projects. Thus, the Hellmann Worlwide Logistics provided, among other things in 2011 that the exhibition of the United Buddy Bears - The Minis, an "action for peace and tolerance " as it was called by the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony David McAllister, came to Osnabrück. The activities surrounding this exhibition generated donations totaling 120,000 euros, which benefit the Osnabrück Zoo and several children's facilities.