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1928
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Heinrich
Siepmann founded the company as a taxi and omnibus business
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1934
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The
purchase of the first tipper enabled the start of mass transit
operations
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1939
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Compulsory
recruitment of Mr Heinrich Siepmann and his tipper
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1946
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Resumption
of business activities with one tipper (mainly slag and cement
operations)
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1952
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Aloys
Siepmann, son of the founder, entered the employment of the company
at the age of 18. Commencement of international transport. Our truck
fleet comprised of two tippers.
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1954
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A
truck tractor with trailer was put into operation as the first tank
vehicle. Transport of fuel oil.
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1963
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Mrs
Margret Siepmann (maiden surname Broden) started work for the company
and took over administrative duties. The first transport contracts
for the chemical industry were carried out. The truck fleet comprised
of 6 vehicles (tank vehicles, truck tractors & trailers)
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1972
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Following
the death of the company´s founder, Aloys Siepmann took over the
company and its management. The company now operates under the name
Aloys Siepmann GmbH & Co. KG. 10 vehicles form the truck
fleet.
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1986
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Ms
Gabriele Rohte (daughter) is employed as administrative
assistant.
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1987
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Ms
Gabriele Rohte founded in sole proprietorship the company "Gabriele
Rohte Transporte". She was granted a long-distance haulage licence,
commencement of national long-distance haulage for the Siepmann
company.
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1988
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Change of name in "Chemikalien und
Flüssigkeitstransporte A. Siepmann GmbH". First licence for international
long-distance haulage. Truck fleet: 17 vehicles.
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1991
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Mr
Wolfgang Siepmann is employed as administrative assistant. (Released
from his employment from October ´91 until October ´93 in order to
study at the DAV, Bremen).
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1992
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Transport
licence for transporting waste materials and commencement of waste
haulage.
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1994
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Wolfgang
Siepmann, working for the company since 1991, is appointed Managing
Director at his father´s side.
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1995
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July,
start of building up a quality management system in accordance with
DIN EN ISO 9002
September, Mrs Margret Siepmann leaves the employment of the company.
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1996
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Certification
of the quality management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9002
(July)
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1997
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Certification
as specialist company for waste disposal in accordance with the
specialist company for waste disposal ordinance
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1998
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June
- Appraisal in accordance with the Safety and Quality Assessment
System (SQAS).
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1999
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Further
expansion of business activities. Increase in turnover by approx. 25
percent
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2000
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Further
expansion of business activities and increase in turnover by more
than 35 percent
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2001
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Test
phase for the introduction of board computers, consolidation and a
further increase in turnover by 13 percent
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2002
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Change-over
to a purely EDP-supported dispatch. Conclusion of test phase and
introduction of board computers
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2003
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Recertification
of the management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001
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2004
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Introduction
of a tracking and tracing systems. Customers can pursue the course of
transport of their orders via internet.
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2005
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Our
first silo trailer is put into operation
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2006
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Introduction
of driver training in accordance with Behaviour Based Safety (BBS)
Commencement of our first multimodal operations Recertification of
the management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 and as
specialist company for waste disposal in accordance with the
specialist company for waste disposal ordinance.
Renewed assessment in accordance with the Safety and Quality
Assessment System (SQAS)
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2007
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Further
expansion of business activities, capacity and increase in turnover
by 25 % respectively. Further development of the tracking and tracing
system. Our customers receive information about weight, planned
arrival schedules etc. in real time from the vehicle.
Olaf Fügemann, who has been working for our
company since 2003, is promoted to freight forwarding manager and is
now registered manager.
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2008
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Establishment of AdBlue-Transport. For this,
7 vehicles were purchased which are used only for AdBlue. They are
deployed throughout Germany. In order to ensure maximum safety levels,
all vehicles are purchased with state-of-the-art safety technology.
This includes in particular lane guard assistance systems and
adaptive cruise control. By the end of 2008, 30% of our fleet had
already been accordingly equipped.
At the end of 2008, the individual company
Rohte was taken over by A Siepmann GmbH.
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2009
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Further expansion of Air1 business to a
total of 9 vehicles.
Introduction of a new generation of
telematic equipment to which digital tachometers are also linked so
that the driver can provide the dispatcher with driving times etc. in
real-time.
At the end of 2009 45 % of all our vehicles
are equipped with optimum safety technology.
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