Rieck Logistics Group implements full Homtrans takeover

Homtrans, which celebrates their 25-year anniversary in March, is owned by Rieck Logistics Group (Berlin) since the beginning of the year

Die forwarding company Homtrans Service GmbH & Co. KG (Kavelstorf/Rostock) has been a 100 percent subsidiary of the Rieck Logistics Group since the beginning of the year. In 2008 Rieck took over 35 percent of the company and has expanded their share step by step since then. Now they took over the remaining 30 percent of the shares. The founder of the company, Gerold Claus, continues to be responsible for the management of the forwarding company Homtrans that also has a subsidiary in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

With this strategic expansion, Rieck continues to expand their activities in distribution and contract logistics. The Homtrans terminal in Kavelstorf near Rostock that was opened in 2012 is the largest logistics facility in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 14.000 m². Besides handling space for general cargo and cross docking the facility has a storage area for hazardous goods which meets the strictest requirements – also for explosives.

The Rieck Logistics Group is a full-service logistician with headquarters in Großbeeren near Berlin. About 700 employees work in nine national locations in the Czech city of Mikulov, in St. Petersburg (Russia, Fracht-Trans) as well as in 16 locations of the Chinese subsidiary Rieck Henco. The service range comprises contract logistics, systemised general cargo transports, global sea- and airfreight services, waste disposal logistics, furniture- and trade fair logistics, consulting services and eCommerce solutions. In the business year 2013 the group turnover amounted to about 153 million Euros.

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