Röhlig Logistics
| Röhlig Logistics GmbH & Co. KG
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| legal form | Limited partnership ( GmbH & Co. KG ) |
| founding | May 1, 1852 |
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Bremen , Germany
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| Number of employees | 2,398 (2019) |
| sales | 874.0 million euros (2019) |
| Branch | Logistics (international) |
| Website | www.rohlig.com |
| As of May 27, 2020 | |
Röhlig Logistics is an owner-managed logistics service provider with its core business in intercontinental sea and air freight.
For its customers, Röhlig also develops individual transport solutions and tailor-made services in the areas of project logistics and contract logistics. With its subsidiary Röhlig Blue-net, the internationally active logistics service provider provides its customers with individual interfaces and digital web solutions.
With over 150 offices in 35 countries and more than 2,300 employees on all continents, Röhlig has a dense network that enables it to meet customer needs all over the world. In addition, Röhlig supplements its own network with local partners, so-called agents, for a nationwide presence.
The headquarters of the company has been the "House on the River" on the Weser in Bremen's Überseestadt since 2009.
Corporate governance
Röhlig Logistics is managed by the managing partner Philip W. Herwig in the sixth generation. The Global Executive Board also includes the following people:
- Hylton Gray, CEO Air Freight, Sea Freight, Contract Logistics & Projects (Chicago / USA)
- Ulrike Baum, Chief Human Resource Officer (Bremen / Germany)
- Robert Gutsche, Chief Financial Officer (Bremen / Germany)
history
On May 1, 1852, the businessman Carl Röhlig founded the Röhlig company in Bremen as a tobacco trading company and agency for insurance and it was not until 1859 that the forwarding and freight business began. The company grew during the period of industrialization, free trade and the up-and-coming steamship industry. After the death of Carl Röhlig in 1886, his sons Oskar and Eduard Röhlig ran the company and founded branches in Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Übersee. From 1913, Karl Herwig, Oskar Röhlig's son-in-law and great-uncle of the current owner, ran the company in the third generation. The shipping business was changing rapidly. The industry brought large-volume goods on the way. Karl Herwig and his partner Adolf Backhus formed the company into one of the leading German overseas shipping companies in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1956 there was another generation change: The sons Consul Oscar Herwig and Walther Backhus took over the management of the company together with Hans H. Schackow and expanded the business. The company advanced into new business areas: Parallel to the expansion of sea freight transport, Röhlig strengthened the area of international air freight, the company's second largest business area. This accelerated the worldwide expansion of Röhlig, including with new representative offices in Johannesburg and Sydney. 1985 Thomas W. Herwig took over the business in the fifth generation. The company established branches in Poland, Hong Kong and Singapore, among others, as well as offices in France, Italy and Spain. In the following years, new locations in India, North and South America as well as in Asia expanded the global network. In 2011 Röhlig strengthened its presence in Latin America by taking over its long-term agent Procargo.
In January 2015, Thomas W. Herwig handed over management of the company to his son Philip W. Herwig.
Ownership
The Herwig family (Bremen) holds 85.2% of the shares in the company. 14.8% of the company shares are owned by Gabriele Belz (née Schackow).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian Reimann: Röhlig wants to catch up with the big ones. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Sebastian Krüger: Röhlig wants to grow with the help of "Sirius". Retrieved February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Management. October 16, 2018, accessed February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Röhlig story. August 4, 2016, accessed February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Susanne Spotz: Röhlig Logistics: Philip W. Herwig is the new managing director. January 22, 2015, accessed February 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Shareholder structure. April 3, 2017, accessed February 8, 2019 .
literature
- Florian Langenscheidt, Peter May (ed.): German standards: From the best family. 2nd, revised edition, German Standards Editions, Cologne 2011.
Web links
Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 54.8 " N , 8 ° 47 ′ 13.9" E