Warehouses in Central Switzerland
| Warehouses of Centralschweiz AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1873 |
| Seat | Aarau , Switzerland |
| management | Stéphane Meyer ( President and Delegate of the Board of Directors ) Markus Letsch ( Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 700 (2006) |
| sales | 975 million CHF (2005/2006) |
| Branch | Logistics, mineral oil trade |
| Website | [1] |
The Warehouses of Centralschweiz AG , based in Buchs, is a Swiss group of companies operating internationally in the areas of logistics and mineral oil trading. It employs around 700 people and generated sales of 2 billion Swiss francs in the 2012/2013 financial year.
Field of activity
The group of companies includes the subsidiaries Lagerhäuser Aarau , Giezendanner Transport AG , Cotra Autotransport AG , Oel-Pool AG and Aarau wineries .
The logistical activities of the warehouses in Central Switzerland include international forwarding of sea and air freight as well as transports in European freight traffic . In addition, the company also offers complete logistical solutions in the areas of storage , distribution , furniture transport and services in the areas of price labeling , co-packing and order picking .
Giezendanner Transport specializes in tank and silo transport , international transport as well as hazardous goods logistics and distribution.
The subsidiary Cotra Autotransport is active in vehicle transport within Switzerland and also carries out special transports of sports cars, show cars and vintage cars for exhibitions and PR events. In addition, the company also offers services in the areas of new vehicle preparation , high-gloss polishing and storage space rental.
With the subsidiary Oel-Pool , the group is also active in the heating and mineral oil trade. Oel-Pool has a fleet of more than twenty tankers and operates its own filling station network under the Ruedi Rüssel brand .
The Aarau wineries are active in the international wine business. She is responsible for direct purchase from the winemakers, storage and delivery.
history
The Warehouses of Central Switzerland was founded in 1873 by the Riggenbach brothers in Aarau, initially as a pure transport and storage company. At that time, the company received approval for a "Federal Alcohol Depot" from the Federal Customs Administration. The contract storage branch has been retained to this day and has been supplemented with other logistics services over time.
In 1963, the warehouses of Central Switzerland founded the car transport company Universal Express . In 1965, this was merged with the Swiss branch of Züst-Ambrosetti , from which Cotra Autotransport AG emerged. In the same year, Cotra was able to secure contracts with Ford and Fiat for vehicle distribution in Switzerland. In 1970, the vehicle distribution in Switzerland for the AMAG Group was added. By taking over the transport company Oretra AG in 1971, Cotra expanded its vehicle distribution in Switzerland to include the Renault and Alfa Romeo brands. Two years later, the contract was signed with General Motors for the vehicle distribution of GM and Opel products in Switzerland. In the years that followed, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Hyundai were added.
The warehouses of Central Switzerland expanded over the years in other areas through various takeovers and mergers. Giezendanner Transport AG, managed by Ulrich Giezendanner , joined the group in July 1999. In 2002 Oel-Pool AG was created from the merger of a number of long-established oil traders.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the commercial register of the Canton of Aargau