1983
COMPANY FOUNDATION
Heinrich Peter Loos founds Thermotraffic GmbH as sole managing director.
1984
BEGINNINGS
The first head office is established in Halle Westfalen. Heinrich Peter Loos starts business operations there.
1987
THERMOTRAFFIC HOLLAND B.V.
Thermotraffic Holland B.V. is founded. Peter Kraan is appointed second managing director.
1989
SALE
Heinrich Peter Loos sells his shares to Nichirei Corporation, Tokyo. He remains CEO of all Thermotraffic companies in Europe until his retirement in June 2009.
1993
HEAD OFFICE IN VERSMOLD
The company’s heart now beats in Versmold (North Rhine-Westphalia): the head office is now based here and is officially opened.
2001
CONTAINER TRUCKING
Thermotraffic Holland establishes a dedicated department to provide container transportation services, encompassing modal options with different transportation modes.
2009
HANDOVER
Heinrich Peter Loos finally retires from the company. He hands over the management of the company to Falko Thomas.
2012
OCEAN FREIGHT
Thermotraffic establishes a new branch for ocean freight operations at the deep-sea port of Wilhelmshaven.
2014
PHARMACEUTICAL LOGISTICS
The future focus in Gelsenkirchen is placed on pharmaceutical logistics, where the Pharma Competence Center is established.
Today
COMPANY ANNIVERSARY
The company celebrates 40 years of Thermotraffic and is proud of how its has grown over the past four decades.
Since 2015: Regular fuel economy checks on our truck fleet supported by assistance systems support
Since August 2018: Company bike scheme for employee
2018: Award Gewinner – Lean and Green
Since 2020: Prevention and, where necessary, reduction of paper waste (sorting of our waste, use of an “Easy” document management system, digital payroll accounting)
Since 2020: Purchase of green electricity
From 2021: ZNU certified