Our history
From 1933 to today
1933
Inception of the transport company through the brothers Erich and Karl Werther
1946
After the war, each brother built their own transport company. These focused mostly on the transport for the sugar factories in Lehrte and Sehnde.
1955
The sons Manfred and Hans-Henning joined their fathers’ businesses as truck drivers.
1973
The first trucks specialised for the transport of liquid sugar were rolled out.
1975
Establishment of Werter GmbH. The proprietors were Walter Kliebisch, Manfred Werther and Hans-Henning Werther.
1983
The 50th anniversary saw the inauguration of a new plant in Dieselstr., Sehnde. The company now has 24 employees and 18 trucks.
1992
The grand opening interior tank cleaning facilities. In the years to come, these facilities will have been upgraded and modernised several times.
1995
First reception of the quality management system certificate DIN EN ISO 9002.
1996
Induction of the warehouse. The start of our storage and commissioning services.
1998
The Inception of the NALOG GmbH & Co. KG cooperation in Braunschweig. Werther is one of the four founding members.
1999
Acquisition of the Werther GmbH by Stefan Werther and Thomas Werther.
2001
Foundation of Werther Logistik GmbH & Co. KG.
The 1st of October saw the takeover of the works transport by tanker trains from Uelzena eG, Uelzen.
2002
For the first time we started an apprenticeship for forwarding merchants.
2007
The consortium Werther now has 80 employees in the industrial and commercial sector, including one apprentice wishing to become a merchant for forwarding and logistics services. We have 56 units that are used to fulfil the logistic needs of well-known clients in the food industry.
2012
Takeover of a subdivision of Langhorst GmbH & Co. KG in Wunstorf, including the associated warehouse, workshop and vehicle fleet.
2013
Certification of the whole company by the newest standard of IFS Logistics as well as GMP+ B4.
2014
Reconstruction of the tank interior cleaning facility.
SQAS Assessment of the tank interior cleaning facility.
2015
EFTCO Food Assessment of the tank interior cleaning facility.
2016
Takeover of a new warehouse location with 16.500 m² storage area in Sehnde. We expand our storage and logistics activities.
Purchase of the logistics centre Schnedebruch 12, Sehnde
2017
Takeover of a part of the company Kobernuss from Uelzen with vehicle fleet and employees.
2018
The Werther Logistik GmbH & Co. KG has 240 employees and serves well-known customers in the food industry in the areas of storage, pallet, silo, tank and refrigerated transport.
2019
The Werther Logistik GmbH & Co. KG, with around 250 employees, 120 trucks and four warehouses with a total area of 26,000 m², is now one of the largest companies in this branch of industry
2020
Signing of the contract to take over the forwarding agency Kobernuss Uelzen