History
1945 |
Foundation of Spedition Karl Heinz Dietrich (KHD) by Karl Heinz Dietrich and his wife Margarethe Dietrich on June 5 th 1945 in Ingenried (Germany) |
1945 |
Beginning with Road transports in Germany |
1949 |
Opening a new Branch in Kaiserslautern (Germany) |
1949 |
KHD becomes IATA Agent - Starting Airfreight Operations |
1956 |
New Branch opening in Hamburg - Starting Sea freight Operations |
1957 – 1960 |
Expansion of the KHD-Network in Germany by Opening new Branches in Mannheim , Worms and Idar Oberstein |
1973 |
First Transports to “COMECON” States |
1984 |
Opening Representative Office in Romania |
1985 |
Starting Cooperation with Delmar in Canada and USA |
1985 – 1988 |
Million Dollar Award by Pan Am |
1989 |
Agent of the year - awarded by Federal Express |
1990 |
Opening Branch Office in Prague (Czech Republic) |
1993 |
Opening Branch Office in Bratislava (Slovakia) |
1998 |
The Polish company Karl Heinz Dietrich Sp. z o.o. was formed and the first Polish Branch office was opened in Warsaw. |
1999 |
Construction of a Logistic Centre in Bucharest (Romania) |
1999 |
Opening Branch Offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara (Mexico) |
1999 |
One year after the Polish company was created, KHD took one more step into the Polish logistical market and opened a Distribution Center in Swiebodzice (Poland). |
2000 |
Opening Branch Office in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) |
2001 |
Construction of a new Distribution Centre in Brasov (Romania) |
2002 |
Opening Branch Office in Miami (USA) |
2002 |
Opening Branch Office in Nürnberg (Germany) |
2002 |
Joint Venture with Pan Asia Logistics (PAL) - Expanding Air- and Seafreight Operations with Far East |
2003 |
Opening Branch Office in Stuttgart (Germany) |
2004 |
Expansion in Romania: Opening 2 new Offices in Sibiu and Arad |
2004 |
KHD is one of the biggest Airfreight Forwarder in Germany (Rank 8) |
2004 |
Opening Branch Office in Maiquetia/Caracas (Venezuela) |
2005 |
Opening Branch Office in Munich (Germany) |
2005 |
Opening Branch Office in Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
2006 |
New Branch Office in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia / PAL) |
2007 |
KHD is No. 1 for Air Traffic to Brazil and No. 2 to Mexico |
2007 |
Expansion of a 32,000 m² Logistic Center in Bucharest |
2008 |
Expansion in China: Opening of 2 new Offices in Shenyang and Zhuhai |
2008 |
Expansion of a 38,000 m² Logistic Center in Bucharest |
2009 |
Opening of another Distribution Center in Biala Rawska (Poland) |
2009 |
The warehouse capacity was expanded in Bucharest with another 10.500 m² |