Chronicle HEGO Group



15.10.1986

Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH (a corporate entity under German law) is founded by Karl-Georg Gorski, Jörg Knehe and Norbert Giese

 

 
  


01.07.1988

The HEGO-Partner Holding GmbH is founded by Juergen HEsper, Karl-Georg GOrski, Rolf Krumbach, Joerg Knehe and Norbert Giese.

     

HEGO-Partner Holding becomes the parent company of Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH & Co., with its headquarters In Bremen alongside the newly founded GTC Global Transport GmbH & Co., with its headquarters in Duesseldorf.

 

 
 


 


 



 

23.11.1990

HEGO acquires Wilh. Loesch GmbH in Hamburg, a long-established company, which was founded in 1884.


 

  


05.12.1990

Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH becomes a shareholder in New York- based Exacta & Co.



01.11.1991

HEGO founds the GLI Global Logistik GmbH & Co. in Duesseldorf together with Peter Jentzsch with HEGO as the majority shareholder.



 

 
 


01.11.1992

HEGO becomes the majority shareholder of the
Hansa Meyer Freight Forwarders Pte. Ltd. in Singapore with Franz Herbst as Managing Director.


 
 


12.09.1994

 Andreas Nell joins the GLI Global Logistik as the third shareholder, HEGO remains the majority shareholder.

 



01.10.1994

Opening of the Stuttgart branch of GTC Global Transport with Johann Peter Knötig as Branch Manager.

  
   

 


 



01.01.1995
Foundation of GTC Eindhoven B.V., together with Ron Martina with HEGO as majority shareholder.


05.08.1996
he Philippine Carrier Aboitiz & Co. and Hansa Meyer Freight Forwarders together found a project forwarder by the name of Aboitiz Projects T.S. Corp. in Manila as a 50:50 Joint Venture.



01.02.1997

Establishment of GTC do Brazil in Sao Paulo together with
Marc Guerra as minority shareholder.

 

 



04.05.1998
Rigoberto Sanchez becomes co-founder of GTC Global Transport de Mexico in Mexico City, main shareholder HEGO. 


01.10.1999

Norbert Giese replaces Jürgen Hesper as Managing Director in Wilh. Loesch GmbH, Hamburg. 


01.01.2000

DThe HEGO shareholder and co-founder Joerg Knehe and Norbert Giese, together with Dirk Roethig, take over the management of Hansa Meyer Transport GmbH and GTC Global Transport GmbH.

 



 


18.08.2000
Opening of Wilh. Loesch India Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai.
Wilhelm Loesch GmbH will later purchasing the majority of the shares.


12.08.2002
  Jürgen Hesper retires as managing director and sells his shares to the remaining shareholders of HEGO Partner Holding GmbH. 
  Norbert Giese replaces Jürgen Hesper as Managing Director of HEGO.


31.12.2002
Dirk Roethig retires as Managing Director of Hansa Meyer and GTC Global Transport and leaves the organisation.

 

 
 
 
 


2003/2004

Opening of the branch GTC Global Transport in Cairo, Egypt with Mohamed Naguib

 

 


2003/2004
Opening of the branch Hansa Meyer Transport in
Shanghai, China


 2003/2004

Opening of the branch  GTC Global Transport in Curitiba, Brasilien with Rudolfo Zillmann

 


 2003/2004 Opening GTC Global Transport  Branch in Moscow with Sergej Melnikov



2003/2004 
Opening Hansa - Meyer Transport branch in
Ho Chi Minh City with Diana Kaufmann
 


01.06.2004

The Hannover Finance Group becomes a minority shareholder of the HEGO-Group.

 

 
 
     
 
 


07.03.2005

Karl Georg Gorski retires as Managing Director of HEGO Partner Holding GmbH and joins the advisory council of the group. He remains shareholder and partner and supports the organisation as an active consultant.

Jörg Knehe replaces him as Managing Director.



16.03.2005
HEGO becomes the majority shareholder of the Spanish project forwarder SLP in Barcelona
 


30.11.2005
Rolf Krumbach dies from a heart attack.  



 01.01.2006 Hansa Meyer Global Transport and GTC Global Transport merge to form Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG. All companies and joint venture majorities, with exception of the Wilhelm Loesch companies and Aboitiz Projects, continue their existance under the ‚branding‘ of Hansa Meyer Global Transport.
 
 
2006

Eröffnung der  Niederlassung  Hansa Meyer Global Transport in Shanghai, China

 

 

2006
 Eröffnung der Niederlassung  Hansa Meyer Global Transport in Damaskus, Syrien mit
Hassan MirAhmad als Niederlassungsleiter
2006
Eröffnung der  Niederlassung  Hansa Meyer Global Transport in Beijing, China
2006

Eröffnung der Niederlassungen Hansa Meyer Global Transport in Bangkok, Thailand

 

 

 




2006
Hansa Meyer Global als Joint Venture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

 

 



02.05.2007
Hansa Meyer Shipway de Chile is founded out of the Joint Venture of HEGO and the Argentinean Shipway.
 
 


13.11.2007
Foundation of Hansa Meyer Global Transport (France) S.A.S., with its headquarters in Paris, together with minority partner Alain Hopchet.  

 

 





2007/2008
Opening of a Hansa Meyer Global Transport branch in Dalian, China with Gary Ju as Branch Manager.

 
2007/2008 Opening of a Hansa Meyer Global Transport branch in Belo Horizonte, Brazil with Julio Cesar Pio Fernandes as Branch Manager

 
 2007/2008 Opening of further Hansa Meyer Global Transport branches in Span -  Aviles and Madrid.


01.01.2008
Armin Schriefer becomes member of the management board.  


23.09.2008
Hansa Meyer Global Transport SRL is founded in Milano and Genoa together with Stefano Comotto as minority partner.


April 2009
Opening of Hansa Meyer Global Transport Bahrain Pvt. Ltd.  with Torben Ottermann as Managing Director.

 


01.07.2009
Armin Schriefer was officially registered as German Managing Director of Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG


01.09.2009 Foundation of Hansa Meyer Global Transport South Africa (Pty) Ltd. with its headquarter in Johannesburg.
The joint venture partners are Manfred Fromberg and Purple Grid Investments (Pty) Ltd.

01.10.2011

 Jürn Schmidt becomes Managing Director of the HEGO Partner Holding GmbH and the
Hansa Meyer Global Transport GmbH & Co. KG

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
31.12.2011

 Norbert Giese retires as Managing Director of HEGO Partner Holding GmbH + Hansa Meyer Global Transport and joins the advisory council of the group. He remains shareholder and partner and supports the organisation as an active consultant.

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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