Hoyer group
| HOYER Group
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| management | Ortwin Nast (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 6,476 |
| sales | 1,203 million |
| Branch | Transport, logistics |
| Website | www.hoyer-group.com |
The Hoyer Group is a transport and logistics company with headquarters in Hamburg .
history
In 1946 Walter Hoyer founded the international specialist haulage company Hoyer and named it "Bruno Hoyer Internationale Fachspedition" after his father. Two years later, the first vehicle was purchased for the transport of milk, which was used to drive transports from Hamburg to Berlin . The first foreign branch, Hoyer Nederland, was founded in Rotterdam in 1960. In 1980, Hoyer USA was added as the first overseas subsidiary in New York . The first vehicles with mobile terminals followed ten years later . From July 1, 1991, Walter Hoyer was the new chairman of the advisory board and his son Thomas Hoyer became managing partner . Hoyer started the IBC business in 1994 and offers not only rental but also customer-specific transport and logistics solutions. Walter Hoyer, founder of the HOYER Group, died on December 17, 2002 at the age of 87. Thomas Hoyer assumed the position of management. In 2005 a new combined terminal went into operation in Schkopau . In October 2006, Ortwin Nast, for the first time, a non-family CEO took over responsibility for the Hoyer Group. From 2007 Thomas Hoyer was chairman of the advisory board. A newly developed beer tank container was used from 2012. The HOYER Group published its social commitment in 2013 with the “HOYER Sustainability Report”, which presents key figures on sustainability and profitability.
Companies
In European and global bulk goods logistics, the Hoyer Group employs 6,476 people in 115 countries. The company has 2,369 tractors , 2,656 tank trailers , 43,128 IBCs , 39,156 tank containers ( also known as Hoyer-tainers in German ) and numerous logistics facilities with depots, cleaning systems and workshops (as of 2017).
Divisions
The Hoyer Group offers transport and logistics solutions in the following areas:
- chemistry
- Food
- gas
- mineral oil
- Overseas traffic
- Supply Chain Solutions
- Fleet management & rental
Friedel and Walter Hoyer Foundation
On the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary in 1996, Walter and Friedel Hoyer set up the foundation for the promotion of art and culture as well as charitable and social institutions in the field of youth and elderly care. With the establishment of the foundation, the entrepreneur couple realized their great wish to give back part of their entrepreneurial success to the community.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Company Report 2017. (PDF) Hoyer, accessed on April 15, 2018 .
- ^ Section History 1990–2001 on the company website. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Hoyer builds a new combination terminal in Schkopau. Retrieved February 9, 2016 .
- ↑ HOYER publishes third sustainability report. Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Foundation - HOYER. Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
