HISTORY 1985 - 2015
The commissioning of the forwarding facility in Stuttgart at the end of 1985 marked the end of almost 150 years of company history, which L.W. Cretschmar was able to celebrate in February 1986.
In 1986, the company celebrated 150 years of forwarding history. Kay A. Espey joins the company. The course was set for the future. With a modern logo and the slogan "Performance makes the difference", CretschmarCargo recommended itself to its customers and partners.
The 1990s and beyond the turn of the millennium were characterized by strategic decisions. In 1991, the Leipzig branch was founded as a result of German reunification.
Just two years later, in 1993, CretschmarCargo built its new forwarding center in Düsseldorf-Reisholz, Nürnberger Straße 52, to handle the growing national transports.
The CretschmarCargo Neuss branch, founded in 1895, celebrated its 100th birthday in 1995.
In the same year, CretschmarCargo became a system partner of Night Star Express, expanding its service portfolio to include overnight express shipments.
In 1997, CretschmarCargo took over the management of the high-bay warehouse complex Lagerzentrum Ost in Düsseldorf-Reisholz on behalf of a long-standing major customer from the chemical industry
To promote the sea freight business, Cretschmar - NAVIS Seehafen-Spedition, a joint venture with NAVIS Schifffahrts- und Speditions-AG in Hamburg, was founded in 2000
In 2001, CretschmarCargo became a founding partner of the System Alliance, one of the largest cooperations of medium-sized system transportation companies in Germany.
What began in 1902 with the entry into the trade fair forwarding business could look back on 100 years of service to the trade fair industry in 2002 as Cretschmar MesseCargo.
As part of the ongoing specialization in hazardous goods logistics, a state-of-the-art hazardous goods warehouse complex was opened at the Leipzig site in 2003.
The management and head office moved into their new home at Reisholzer Bahnstraße 33 in Düsseldorf-Reisholz in 2005
In 2006, CretschmarCargo becomes a founding partner of System Alliance Europe, one of the largest general cargo cooperations in Europe.
In 2008, CretschmarCargo takes over the management of the regional detergent warehouse East in Genthin, Saxony-Anhalt, for a major customer.
On February 1, 2011, CretschmarCargo completed 175 years of successful company history. At that time, the service portfolio included system transportation for Germany and Europe, overnight express, contract logistics, trade fair logistics, air and sea freight and port handling.
After extensive planning, the way was cleared at the beginning of May 2011 for the company's most important strategic future orientation.
The new joint forwarding platform for national and European system transports was built by June 2012 on around 40,000 square meters in the immediate vicinity of the previous forwarding center in Düsseldorf-Reisholz in just over a year's construction time.CretschmarCargo is thus equipped for further growth and the future requirements of the market. The Wuppertal branch, which is responsible for European transportation, is closing its doors after 75 years and will be making a new start in Düsseldorf in 2012 for a continued successful future together.
In summer 2012, CretschmarCargo bundled its national and European general cargo business in the new forwarding platform at the Düsseldorf-Reisholz site. Kay A. Espey in an interview.
