History
Success story Klumpp + Müller in Kehl, customer satisfaction since 1953
Company
A sense of achievement.
1954 until today
The Beginning
1954
Paul Klumpp founds the "Kehler Kraftverkehr GmbH" with branches in Wolfach and St. Georgen.
First Steps
1956
Transshipment hall
First Machine
1963
Construction of our own ship handling facility in the Rhine port of Kehl.
Conversion
1966
the fleet is converted to 7 m swap bodies.
Progressive
1968
First container handling in the port of Kehl
Extension
1971
Construction of the Worms transshipment hall
Change
1975
On 30 November, the company founder Paul Klumpp dies. The management is taken over by his sons Bernhard Klumpp (commercial management) and Dieter Klumpp (technical management) take over.
Pioneer
1980
Introduction of IT
Progress
1984
The container crane facility is approved as a piggyback handling facility for the for combined transport
New building
1990
New building Weststr. transhipment facility with high-bay racking and integrated administration section
Cargoline
1997
Klumpp + Müller becomes contractual partner of the nationwide Cargo Line general cargo cooperation
Certification
1998
First certification
Expansion
1998
Expansion of the high rack to 10,000 storage spaces
New building
2000
New construction of the repair workshop
Expansion
2000
Expansion of the Hafenstrasse site to a total of 44,000 sqm with two ship unloading stations and several sidings
ETK
2006
Foundation of ETK (Euro Terminal Kehl) to bundle container activities in the Container activities in the port of Kehl
Rail connection
2007
Commissioning of a further siding in the transshipment operation Harbour road and now also the possibility of block train handling
Executive Director
2011
Michael Klumpp joins the company as a further Executive director
Expansion
2012
Erection of the 3rd gantry crane with siding
Expansion
2013
Acquisition of weight-optimised vehicles for pulp transport
Anniversary
2014
60th anniversary of the company
Expansion
2014
Expansion of the general cargo handling facility to 3500 sqm
Foundation
2018
Due to the death of Dieter Klumpp in February 2018, the Lotte and Dieter Klumpp Foundation became the majority shareholder of Klumpp + Müller. In this capacity, the foundation is committed to the deceased's of the deceased to continue his life's work as a high-performance, modern logistics company into the future.
Expansion
2019
Construction of a new warehouse on Weststraße with an area of 1,800 m
Executive Director
2022
Alexander Münscher joins the company as a further executive director
Expansion
2022
We are doubling our capacities: Groundbreaking ceremony for second container crane facility.
Anniversary
2023
Klumpp+Müller celebrates its 70th anniversary with customers, business partners and employees
General Manager
2023
Michael Klumpp will retire from the operating business as a shareholder on December 31, 2023.
Shaping the future
today
The current management team consisting of (from left to right) Michael Klumpp, Alexander Münscher, Michael Reichenecker, Armin Grob, Winfried Reimer is already developing Klumpp & Müller for the forwarding business of the future. The focus here is on ecological transport solutions.