Foundation of the company “Ernst Pape Obstgroßhandel” by Ernst Pape
Construction of a fruit sorting hall with loading and unloading ramp at truck level
Reinhard Pape takes over the business from his father with the first long-distance freight transport permit and 3000 square meters of premises
Change of name to "Pape Obstgroßversand und Spedition GmbH & Co. KG". Additional orders can be taken on - including transportation to Italy for the chemical industry
Company I.Lappessen is taken over. AKZO transports are taken over. Warehouse of 2500 square meters is built.
Fruit trading is discontinued. The company is renamed “Pape GmbH & Co KG internationale Spedition”.
Fruit sorting hall replaced by modern high-bay warehouse for hazardous substances with 1600 square meters
Truck wash is built. Another long-distance haulage company is acquired.
Storage capacity is expanded to include another high-bay warehouse.
Another high-bay warehouse for hazardous substances is built.
Personnel services with employee leasing license and work contract services are offered. Pape's range of services is expanded to include in-house logistics.
Warehouse 10, another hazardous materials warehouse with a capacity of 10,000 tons, is built. Barcode-based goods handling is introduced. Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Pape company in November 2012
The company is renamed “Pape Logistics GmbH & Co KG”. Total capacity of all halls is now approx. 25,000 tons. Company premises grow to approx. 60,000 square meters
Storage capacity for storage class 3 materials is expanded to 2,600 tons. Storage class 4.1B is also added to the service portfolio. The company premises are extended by 20,000m to a total of 80,000m.
The company moves into a new administration building on the company premises. State-of-the-art workplaces are now set up on 550 square meters and all departments are under one roof.
Powerful PV system (450KwP) with electricity storage is put into operation
