Gondrand

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Gondrand International AG Member of the Nordic Transport Group

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legal form Corporation
founding 1866
Seat Basel , Switzerland
Number of employees 650 (2017)
Branch Logistics , transport company
Website https://www.gondrand-logistics.com

The Gondrand Group, member of the Nordic Transport Group (NTG), a transport company with headquarters in Denmark, is an international logistics service provider for land transport, sea ​​freight , air freight and contract logistics .

Over the past 150 years, Gondrand has developed from a traditional freight forwarder to a global provider of integrated logistics solutions. The Gondrand Group is headquartered in Basel (Switzerland) and, together with NTG, has over 100 offices in 26 countries.

history

The group is one of the oldest forwarding companies in Europe. Gondrand was founded in Milan in 1866 . As the company grew, a public limited company was founded in 1902 with its headquarters in Brig (Switzerland). The company later relocated to Basel, where the headquarters are still today.

Historical data

  • 1866 Foundation of Gondrand in Milan by the Gondrand brothers
  • 1872 Foundation of Gondrand & Mangili in Germany, today ATEGE GmbH
  • 1881 Gondrand has 16 offices in Europe
  • 1890 In Milan, Gondrand has a fleet of over 350 horses
  • 1902 Foundation of Gondrand Switzerland in Brig
  • 1919 The company is renamed Gondrand Frères by the Gondrand brothers
  • 1946 Foundation of Traffic BV in the Netherlands , today Gondrand Traffic BV
  • 1982 Opening of the first office in the USA
  • 1990 After the fall of the "Iron Curtain", companies are founded in the Czech Republic and Hungary
  • 2001 Go-Trans, a subsidiary in Asia, in Hong Kong , China and Taiwan registered
  • 2003 Acquisition of the trade fair forwarding agent Sempex in Basel (Switzerland)
  • 2007 Acquisition of Stella Transport AB in Sweden
  • 2018 Nordic Transport Group A / S takes over the Swiss Gondrand Group

Locations worldwide

  • People's Republic of China
  • Germany
  • Hong Kong
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Czech Republic
  • Switzerland
  • Hungary