Lehnkering
| Lehnkering GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1872 |
| Seat | Duisburg , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| management | Henning Bosch Walter Steinig (Management) |
| Number of employees | approx. 2700 (2009) |
| sales | approx. 650 million euros (2009) |
| Branch | logistics |
| Website | www.lehnkering.com |
Lehnkering was a German group of companies in the logistics sector , which was primarily active in the chemical and steel industries. Since the takeover by the South African IMPERIAL Holding in October 2011, the Lehnkering Group has belonged to IMPERIAL Logistics International BV & Co. KG. As of March 31, 2016, Lehnkering GmbH was renamed from IMPERIAL Logistics International to IMPERIAL Chemical Logistics GmbH as part of the standardization of the brand identity.
description
The Lehnkering Group today has around 2,700 employees and generates sales of EUR 650 million. In December 2009 Lehnkering had locations in the USA, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. The group of companies is represented at 34 locations in Germany.
Business areas are inland shipping logistics (especially the transport of bulk goods), road logistics, services for the chemical industry (contract packaging and others), as well as distribution logistics (operation of tank farms and sale of chemical products to customers).
history
The Duisburg company Lehnkering & Cie. was founded by Carl Lehnkering in 1872 and converted into a stock corporation in 1907 , the majority of which was taken over by Metallgesellschaft in 1923 . At least until the outbreak of World War I, the company also acted as a representative of many domestic and foreign shipping companies, including the steam shipping company "Neptun" , the Woermann Line and North German Lloyd as well as Austrian Lloyd , the Russian Society for Steam Shipping and Trade and Det Østasiatiske Kompagni .
The first inland barge made of aluminum started in 1960 , manufactured by Hilgers shipyard for Lehnkering. After the affiliation of other companies, the company, now trading as Lehnkering Montan Transport AG, became majority owned by Vereinigte Tanklager- und Transportmittel GmbH in Hamburg in 1994. After further acquisitions, the company was renamed Lehnkering AG in 1997. In the following year, the merger of the logistics activities of Lehnkering and VTG resulted in VTG-Lehnkering AG as a subsidiary of the Hapag-Lloyd Group within the Preussag Group . In the course of the transformation of Preussag to TUI , Lehnkering GmbH was formed by splitting off the bulk and special logistics division from what is now VTG AG , again with its headquarters in Duisburg. In 2004 Lehnkering Holding GmbH became the property of the European investment company Triton . In October 2011, Lehnkering was sold to the South African logistics giant Imperial for around EUR 270 million . As part of a new growth and brand strategy of the parent company IMPERIAL Logistics International BV & Co. KG, Lehnkering GmbH was renamed IMPERIAL Chemical Logistics GmbH on March 31, 2016 and is now part of the IMPERIAL Supply Chain Solutions division.
Subsidiaries
- Schirm GmbH, which has been represented as a chemical service provider with locations in Lübeck, Wolfenbüttel, Schönebeck and Baar-Ebenhausen in Germany since 1957, has been part of the Lehnkering Group since 1992. The head office is in Schönebeck (Elbe). In 2010, the Schirm GmbH formulated 120,000 tons of chemical products with its 690 employees and achieved a turnover of 106 million euros.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Our history. (No longer available online.) In: www.imperial-international.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016 ; accessed on June 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
