GL Kayser
| GL Kayser forwarding agent since 1787 GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1787 |
| Seat | Mainz-Hechtsheim |
| management | Christian Schmitz |
| Number of employees | > 900 (23 August 2006) |
| Website | www.gl-kayser.de |
The GL Kayser Spedition was in 1787 by Georg Ludwig Kayser founded as banking, trading and forwarding business and the oldest was company in Mainz and by Merck the oldest company in Germany. Until 2007 it was owned by the family for eight generations . With over 900 employees, it was one of the larger companies in the city of Mainz.
history
Until 1930, transports on the Rhine formed the basis of the company. From then on, the construction of truck transports began. In 1960 international freight forwarding began. In-house IT software was developed in 1973. In 1981 the development of warehouse logistics began. The move from the Mainz customs port to the new facility in Mainz-Hechtsheim took place in 1987, as did the cooperation with IDS and German Parcel . Another cooperation was started in 1992 with EAST as a general cargo system for Eastern Europe.
On October 31, 2007, the Swiss logistics group Kuehne + Nagel , which moved its Rhine-Main location to Mainz at the beginning of 2007, took over the company GL Kayser. With effect from July 1, 2010, GL Kayser Spediteur since 1787 GmbH & Co. KG operates under the name Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG, Mainz branch.
Business area
The business area of GL Kayser Spedition for freight traffic was mainly in Germany, but also in Europe but also overseas.
Subsidiaries and investments
- GL Kayser Kontraktlogistik GmbH, head office Mainz-Hechtsheim
- GL Kayser Airfreight Services GmbH, based in Frankfurt am Main Airport
- Xanto (participation)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GL Kayser ( Memento from February 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) onwirtschaftsgeschichte-rlp.de