History
The international freight forwarder Karl Heinz Dietrich (KHD) was founded in Ingenried near Kaufbeuren in 1945, now looking back on close to 70 years of experience in the logistics business and, having been an IATA agent since 1950, more than 60 years of experience in the air freight business.
With more than 600 employees, the family business KHD operates worldwide and runs branch offices outside of Germany among others in Romania, Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey and Mexico. Apart from these, we work in close partnership with businesses in North- and South America as well as in Asia.
A brief history of our company
| 2014 | Logistics company Karl Heinz Dietrich opens the logistic center (10.000 m²) in Jucu / Cluj Napocaj, Romania |
| 2014 | Opening of the distribution center's extension to 30.000 m² by Dietrich-Honold in cooperation with Heraeus-Kulzer-Dental in Sacalaz/Timisoara, Romania |
| 2013 | Extension of the distribution centre in Sacalaz/Timisoara, Romania, by another 10.000 m² in cooperation with Honold Logistic |
| 2013 | Six month after establishment of Karl Heinz Dietrich International kft in Hungary the compnay starts its packaging and cleaning service |
| 2009 | Extenstion of storage capacity in Bucharest by another 10,500 m² |
| 2009 | Opening of a second distribution center in Biala Rawska, Poland |
| 2008 | Extension of the logistics center in Bucharest to over 38,000 m² of storage space |
| 2007 | Extension of the logistics center in Bucharest to 32,000 m² |
| 2007 | KHD is No.1 airfreight forwarder between Germany and Brazil and No. 2 to Mexico |
| 2006 | Expansion of KHDs network in East Asia through a new branch office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / PAL |
| 2006 | Completion of a new warehouse (5,600 m²) in Sibiu, Romania |
| 2006 | Construction and opening of the 10,000 m² distribution centre in Sacalaz/Timisoara, Romania |
| 2005 | Opening of branch office in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2005 | Commencement of consolidated transport service between Italy and Romania |
| 2005 | Opening of branch office in Munich, Germany |
| 2004 | Opening of three new branch offices in Brazil: Curitiba, Chapada/Manaus and Tatuape/Sao Paulo |
| 2004 | Opening of branch office in Maiquetia/Caracas, Venezuela |
| 2004 | KHD is among the 10 largest airfreight forwarders in Germany, placing 8th |
| 2004 | Further expansion in Romania: opening of two new offices in Sibiu and Arad |
| 2003 | Opening of branch office in Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2003 | Expansion of our contract logistics services |
| 2002 | Opening of branch office in Nürnberg, Germany |
| 2002 | Opening of branch office in Miami, USA |
| 2001 | Opening ceremony of a new logistics building (7,000 m²) in Germaringen, Germany |
| 2001 | Construction of a new distribution center in Brasov (Romania) |
| 2000 | Opening of branch office in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) |
| 1999 | One year after the Polish company was established, KHD took a further step into the Polish logistics market and opened a distribution centre in Swiebodzice (Poland). |
| 1999 | Opening of branch offices in Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico |
| 1999 | Construction of a logistics center in Bucharest, Romania |
| 1998 | Establishment of the Polish company Karl Heinz Dietrich Sp. z o.o. and opening of the first Polish branch office in Warsaw |
| 1996 | Expansion of logistics center in Kaiserslautern |
| 1996 | First heavy air transport by cargo plane Antonov 124 (Stuttgart - Sao Paulo) |
| 1994 | Representative office in Romania turned into a separate company |
| 1993 | Opening of branch office in Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 1991 | Relocation of the branch office Neugablonz to the new logistics center in Germaringen |
| 1990 | Opening of branch office in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 1, 1990 |
| 1989 | Awarded with "Agent Of The Year" by Federal Express |
| 1985-1988 | Awarded with Pan Am's "Million Dollar Award" |
| 1985 | Commencement of cooperation with Delmar in Canada and USA |
| 1984 | Opening of a representative office in Romania |
| 1984 | Opening of the new logistics center in Kaiserslautern |
| 1982 | Awarded with Pan Am's "Million Dollar Award" |
| 1973 | First transports to COMECON states |
| 1973 | Extension and development of the branch office in Hamburg |
| 1969 | Relocation of the branch office in Hamburg into new office and warehouse space |
| 1962/1963 | New construction of a warehouse and office bulding in Neugablonz |
| 1957-1960 | Expansion of the KHD-network in Germany: new branches in Mannheim, Worms and Idar Oberstein |
| 1956 | Commencement of seafreight operations |
| 1956 | Opening of two additional branches in Germany: in Schwäbisch Gmünd on April 12, 1956, and in Hamburg on June 1, 1956 |
| 1955/1956 | Construction of a warehouse and office building in Kaiserslautern |
| 1950 | Commencement of airfreight operations and appointment as IATA Agent |
| 1949-1965 | Establishment and expansion of an international agent network |
| 1949 | KHD forwarding becomes an agent of the German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn) |
| 1949 | Opening of a new branch in Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| 1948 | Relocation of the company to Neugablonz |
| 1945 | Commencement of truck transports througout Germany |
| 1945 | On June 5, 1945, the Spedition Karl Heinz Dietrich (KHD) is founded by Karl Heinz Dietrich and his wife Margarethe Dietrich in Ingenried, Germany |