Lamprecht Transport
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Logistics service provider |
| Founded | January 1945 April 1948(incorporated) |
| Founder | Adolf Lamprecht |
| Headquarters | Basel,Switzerland |
Key people | Thomas Lamprecht (CEO and Vice President) |
| Website | Lamprecht Transport |
Lamprecht Transportis a Swiss transport andlogistics companyheadquartered inBasel,Switzerland. There are 6 branches inSwitzerlandand 9 branches in theUnited Statesunder its American subsidiaryAmerican Lamprecht Transport.As one of the main logistics companies in Switzerland, it has been in existence for more than 70 years.
Lamprecht Transport has been run by theLamprechtfamily inSwitzerlandfor three generations.[1]
History[edit]
Lamprecht Transport was founded in1945byAdolf Lamprechtright afterWorld War II,which was documented in a 1945 article by the Swiss newspaperBasellandschaftliche Zeitung.Its first transport was a cargo of 90 tons of fresh fish fromDenmarktoSwitzerlandin 1945 that made its way through the destruction of war-tornGermany.[2]From its humble roots in post-war Europe, Lamprecht Transport has since ridden the post-war European economic boom to become a key logistics provider in Europe.[3]
In 1945, Lamprecht Transport opened its branch office atZurich Airport,and focused on booming air freight coming in and out of there.[1]In 1955, the company got into the transit traffic business betweenGermanyandItaly.In the 1950s, it also gained a foothold in other European countries. A German subsidiary was later founded inSingen,a southern German town on the border with northern Switzerland. In 1965, further offices were opened inGeneva.Astrans-Atlantic air freightgreatly expanded during the 1960s, Lamprecht Transport expanded into the United States and founded its subsidiaryAmerican Lamprecht Transport,Inc.
After the death of Adolf Lamprecht Sr. his son Adolf Lamprecht Jr. took over corporate management. In 1991, Thomas Lamprecht took over management of the company.[1]Under Thomas Lamprecht's leadership, Lamprecht Transport continued to steadily expand, and has gone into new areas including trade fair and event logistics and pharmaceutical logistics.
Lamprecht Museum[edit]
Lamprecht Transport also runs and maintains Lamprecht Museum, a history museum inBaselthat is open to the public. The museum is located close to theBasel SBB railway stationin downtown Basel. There are many exhibits on the history of transport and logistics in Europe starting from the end ofWorld War II.[4]The museum provides a fascinating insight into the evolution of freight transport during Europe's post-war economic miracle.
Services[edit]
Lamprecht Transport internationally transports diverse goods, including chemicals and pharmaceutical products, machinery, food products, and electronics. Within Europe, the goods are transported by road and rail, and by air and sea to other continents. Lamprecht runs group transport to and from all major commercial and industry centers inEurope.[5]Lamprecht Transport also offers many different logistics and warehousing services, including packing, repacking, labeling, marking, and neutralization. It also offers administrative services (such as creating dispatch documents) and product warehousing.[5]The company is a partner ofSystem Alliance Europe.[6]
In August 2018, Lamprecht opened a new logistics center inPratteln,northern Switzerland.[7]
US subsidiary[edit]
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Logistics service provider |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Chicago,United States |
Key people | Gary Warnecke (CEO) |
Number of employees | 100+ |
| Website | American Lamprecht Transport |
Lamprecht Transport has a subsidiary in the United States calledAmerican Lamprecht Transport,Inc., with major commercial centers located throughout the United States.[1]Other than its head office inChicago,American Lamprecht Transport also has offices inDenver,[8]New York,Baltimore,Greenville,Miami,Houston,Los Angeles,andSan Francisco.[9]
American Lamprecht Transport was founded during the 1960s in the US by its parent Swiss company Lamprecht Transport due to rapidly increasing trans-Atlantic air freight traffic during the post-war years. Its parent company was founded in 1945 at the end ofWorld War IIand is a key Swiss logistics provider.[10]
Like its Swiss parent company, American Lamprecht Transport transports diverse goods internationally, ranging from electronics to machinery to food products, and providesfreight forwardingservices.[5][11]In 2016, AmCar Freight merged with American Lamprecht Transport and changed its name to Amcar-Lamprecht.[12]
References[edit]
- ^abcdLamprecht Transport timeline.
- ^Lamprecht Transport AG - ein Begriff im Skandinavien-Verkehr.No. 43: 26 October 1990.
- ^Lamprecht Museum exhibit
- ^Lamprecht Museum
- ^abcBloomberg profile.Bloomberg.
- ^"All Our Partners".System Alliance Europe eG.Retrieved17 February2024.
- ^More space for Lamprecht Transport.International Transport Journal.13 August 2018.
- ^International Transport Journal(2016).
- ^American Lamprecht Transport US locations.
- ^The Boy from Basel.
- ^"American Lamprecht Transport".
- ^AmCar Freight
