COMPANY DEVELOPMENTS SINCE BEING FOUNDED.
History
| 1954 | Company founded by Manfred Werner. Initial business involved transporting building materials. |
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| 1977 |
Son Erich Werner joined the company. |
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| 1983 |
Son Dieter Werner joined the company. |
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| 1997 |
Son Gerd Werner joined the company. |
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| 1998 |
Erich, Dieter and Gerd Werner took over the management of the freight forwarding company at the end of the year and changed the name to "WERNER SPEDITION - Transport & Logistik GmbH". |
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| 2004 |
50-year company anniversary. |
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| 2010 |
Patrick Werner (3rd generation) started his training to become a freight forwarding agent. |
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| 2014 |
60-year company anniversary |
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| 2014 |
Patrick Werner began his studies in Bremen. |
Facts
| 1954 |
Manfred Werner starting transporting building materials within the region with a tractor and trailer. |
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| 1977 |
Expansion of national transport services. |
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| 1978 |
Expansion of France traffic. |
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| 1984 |
Received the first long-distance goods franchise. |
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| 1985 |
Took over the drinks distribution warehouse for Binding Brauerei and its personnel. |
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| 1988 |
Expansion of part and complete load traffic in Germany and across Europe. |
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| 1990 |
Establishing just-in-time shipments in the automobile industry. |
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| 1999 |
The company moved its base to the business park in Appenweier at the beginning of the year and this provided more efficient links to the motorway. |
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| 2001 |
The company was certified for domestic and international freight forwarding, warehousing and picking in line with DIN EN ISO 9001. |
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| 2003 |
The company base in Appenweier was expanded to provide a complete logistics area of two hectares by the purchase of neighbouring sites. |
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| 08|2003 |
Aug. 2003 First trainee began training as a freight forwarding agent. This scheme is also certified in line with DIN EN ISO 9001. |
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| 2005 |
Construction and commissioning of a modern, more environmentally-friendly, fully automatic truck washing facility. |
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| 2006 |
Expansion of special consignments by the purchase of extra wide vehicles. |
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| 2008 |
Inauguration of the new training and instruction centre with social amenity rooms. We train several trainees to become freight forwarding agents or professional truck drivers every year. |
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| 09|2008 |
First trainee starts training as a professional truck driver. |
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| 2009 |
Launch of a modern repair shop with maintenance pit, hoist and Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) test bay. |
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| 2010 | Expansion of the silo and food sector traffic. A small family business developed into a well-established medium-sized logistics enterprise in the sector. |
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| 2011 |
WERNER-SPEDITION certified according to GMP++-Standard B4 for agricultural transport services. |
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| 2014 |
Purchase of the latest EURO-6 vehicles |
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| 2015 |
Silo fleet now comprises 9 vehicles |
