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In 1880, Richard Militzer and Werner M\u00fcnch merged their forwarding companies and founded the Militzer & M\u00fcnch rail forwarding company in Hof, Bavaria. In the course of the years, the company developed into a worldwide operating logistics services provider with about 2,100 employees today. On 1 April 2020, Militzer & M\u00fcnch celebrate their 140-year anniversary.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe look back on 140 eventful and successful years\u201d, says Michael Albert, President of the Board of Directors of M&M Militzer & M\u00fcnch International Holding AG. \u201cOver the decades, we have again and again opened up new fields of logistics, with our pioneering spirit, with plenty of courage and of course with lots of committed employees.\u201d
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\nFrom Horse and Cart to the Truck Fleet<\/b><\/p>\n

It all began with Richard Militzer and Werner M\u00fcnch founding a joint company at Neuer Bahnhof [engl. New Station] in Hof. With the Bavarian and Saxonian railway lines now joined, new long-distance railway connections were available to the young company far beyond the operating range of horse and cart. The limited range of the horse-drawn vehicles required creating a tight branch network, connected by the railway. The first regional branch offices were founded. For the local porcelain, glass and textile industries, Militzer & M\u00fcnch opened up markets in Europe, for instance in Italy and England.<\/p>\n

The first M&M truck did regular traffic between Hof and Oelsnitz, a 30-kilometer distance, at the beginning of the 20th century. \u201cFor us today, it is difficult to imagine, but the purchase of the first truck and thus the switch-over from horse to motorized vehicle must have been something really special at that time\u201d, Michael Albert says. \u201cNowadays, we have hundreds of trucks and trailers, from our own fleet or chartered, running for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Venturing into New Markets<\/b><\/p>\n

Militzer & M\u00fcnch continued growing steadily. At the time of the 50-year anniversary in 1930, the company counted 40 commercial employees and 17 blue collar workers. After World War II, Militzer & M\u00fcnch added sea and airfreight to its portfolio and opened a branch in Hamburg plus the first airfreight office Frankfurt Airport. In 1951, the first M&M unit abroad was founded in Athens, Greece. In the countries of Eastern Europe, in the Middle East, in Central Asia and China, Militzer & M\u00fcnch was a trailblazer in developing international forwarding and logistics business. Decades of robust growth began. In 1980, the individual country units were united under the umbrella of a holding in St. Gallen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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