In July 2008, a new global brand has been born and along with our new name, a simultaneous
increase of our international expansion started.
Since our group was established in 1981 we have grown from a new German business to an
international logistics network with different companies all over Europe. All companies had
different names and logos despite being part of one single company’s success story.
It is that same passion for logistics, as well as the common vision and level of commitment
that unite all our employees whether in Portugal, Russia, Norway or Italy. This powerful bond
has been further strengthened by renaming all our FSL companies HAVI Logistics, thus
cementing our market position as “The Global Lead Logistics Provider” within Europe and
paving the way to becoming a major global brand.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Frigoscandia Germany and, since April 1978, the Frigoscandia affiliate Frigoropa - with its Managing Director Andreas Rost - have been exclusive suppliers to the German McDonald’s restaurants. While affiliated companies in Austria, Denmark, France, Sweden, and Switzerland at that time deliver frozen, chilled, and dry goods to the restaurants in their respective countries, Frigoropa in Germany is only responsible for frozen goods. |
| 1981 | McDonald’s tenders an application for a ‘Total Distributor Germany’ and is thus looking for a distributor supplying all the goods required in a restaurant - frozen, chilled, and dry - as a one-stop-shopping concept in Germany too. |
| 11/1981 | WLS GmbH Warenhandel + Logistik + Service is established. WLS becomes the exclusive and full-range supplier of McDonald’s in Germany. The shareholders are Frigoscandia GmbH, McDonald’s -including its franchisees, and the Managing Partner Andreas Rost. |
| 1983 | I.T.S. Internationale Transporte & Spedition is established to optimize transport of all products from the McDonald’s suppliers to the existing WLS Distribution Centers. In September, 1986, the company is renamed as S.T.I. International Spedition & Transport. |
| 1986 | WLS moves into its first tailor-made Distribution Center in Ilsfeld near Heilbronn (Germany). |
| 1986 | HLS Logistik in Switzerland is established. This company has exclusive responsibility for supplying all McDonald’s restaurants in Switzerland. |
| 1986 | MLS is established in the Netherlands. |
| 1988 | The entire WLS organization moves within Duisburg from Großenbaum to Rheinhausen, starting operation of the first McDonald’s Food Town in Europe in cooperation with FSB Backwaren GmbH and L+O Fleischwaren GmbH (now Esca Food Solutions). |
| 1988 | SDL Service + Distribution + Logistik is established in Austria. |
| 1988 | McDonald’s sells its share in the company and OSI becomes a new shareholder. |
| 1990 | Four new companies are established: Danlog (Denmark), Hungarorak (Hungary), Italog (Italy), and Serlog (Turkey). |
| 1992 | WLS and its nine affiliates are merged as a group of companies under the umbrella of Alpha Management GmbH, established for this specific purpose. Headquarter is in Duisburg (Germany). |
| 1992 | In the course of the year, the Alpha Group grows quite significantly: The new group members are Ceslog in the Czech Republic, Logpol in Poland, and the ICT company AlphaSoft in the Netherlands. In addition, the Alpha Group acquires the Spanish company DC S.A (later renamed in LINK.). |
| 1993 | ESM Eco Support Management is established in the Netherlands |
| 1993 | Adrilog in Slovenia and DC Bens in Portugal are established. |
| 1994 | Bullog is established in Bulgaria. |
| 1996 | Romdis in Romania and Tatralog in Slovakia are established. |
| 1996 | Baldis in Latvia, Holdis in Croatia, MLS Belgium, Uspot in Ukraine, and Yutral in Yugoslavia are established |
| 1997 | S.T.I. Scandinavia in Sweden and S.T.I. Polska are established. |
| 1999 | IPL is established - responsible for McDonald’s Happy Meal toy distribution. |
| 2000 | S.T.I. Italia is established. In Norway the Alpha Group acquires the Norwegian distribution company serving McDonald’s and renames it into Loginor. |
| 2001 | MDIS Netherlands and amigon in Germany are established. |
| 2002 | Change of ownership within the Alpha Group: The HAVI Group takes the place of the former shareholders Frigoscandia and OSI. This group of companies headquartered in the USA has been responsible for the distribution of food and paper products for McDonald’s in parts of Asia, America, and Europe since 1974. |
| 2003 | Logislita in Lithuania, MD Scand in Finland, and Scandlog in Sweden are established. Until then, the two latter companies were part of McInco and are acquired and renamed by the Alpha Group. |
| 2003 | MDIS Denmark and Rulog in Russia are established. |
| 2004 | FSL (UK) is established in the United Kingdom. |
| 2005 | SCI Europe is established; renamed ISIS in January. |
| 2005 | IPL merges with the HAVI Group company Perseco Europe to form IPLPerseco. |
| 2006 | Baldis Estonia is established. |
| 2006 | Change of leadership within the Alpha Group: After about a quarter-century of service to the company, and 31 years in the service of logistics for McDonald’s, Andreas Rost hands over leadership of the company to the new CEO Luca Gnecco. |
| 2008 | Foundation of S.T.I. Spain. |
| 2008 | Re-branding of the Alpha Group and all affiliated companies in HAVI Logistics. |
| 2009 | HAVI Logistics s.r.o. is established in Slovakia. |
| 2010 | Change of leadership at HAVI Logistics: In November 2010 Haluk Ilkdemirci takes over the European leadership as President HAVI Logistics Europe. |
| 2010 | Foundation of STI Freight Management. The holding company together with its eleven worldwide located STI companies is a subsidiary of HAVI Logistics and Keystone. |
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