History

Foundation of the barth Logistikgruppe – then Kraftverkehr Barth OHG - by Gebhard, Rudolf and Peter Barth. In 1949 the workshop for the company’s own 13 trucks is set up.

Peter Barth (sen.) with truck.

The company founders Gebhard, Rudolf and Peter Barth (from right to left) with employees.

Original headquarters in Burladingen

Foundation of the first branch in Wendlingen, which today has almost 50 employees.

Foundation of the Gundelfingen branch

Foundation of the Langweid-Foret branch

Foundation of the Altshausen branch, foundation of the Villingen-Schwenningen branch – later Donaueschingen

The headquarters in Burladingen is extended and the topping-out ceremony is celebrated.

The 100th truck is handed over.

Takeover and foundation of Hansa-Barth GmbH in Allershausen near Munich/Augsburg.

Milestone in IT: electronic data processing is introduced across all branches.

The company founders Gebhard, Rudolf and Peter Barth hand over to the second generation, Helmut, Peter-Johannes and Berthold Barth.

barth has always attached great importance to initial and further training in all industry-specific professions.

Foundation of barth Logistik + Service GmbH. It is a founding member of German Parcel Paket Logistik GmbH in Neuenstein.

Foundation of the first branch in Cottbus.

Foundation of the Freiburg Haid logistics centre.

Foundation of barth Logistik-Systeme GmbH and sale of the German Parcel shareholding to the British postal service.

40th anniversary of the Gundelfingen branch.

Foundation of barth-Rudorf Spedition GmbH and integration into the existing barth network.

Foundation of the Hechingen logistics centre.

Foundation of the Umkirch logistics centre.

Foundation of barth Logistique SARL in Metz (France).

Foundation of the Freiburg Nord logistics centre.

Managing partner Helmut Barth retires. Peter-Johannes and Berthold Barth continue to run the company.

Completion of the extension to the Umkirch logistics centre.

Foundation of the logistics centre in Cottbus.

25th anniversary of Cottbus.

Merger of barth-Rudorf Spedition, which continues as the Kandel branch.

Strategic partnership with the family-owned company BMV from Lyon – from now on, barth and BMV shape the future together as sister companies, combining 195 years of experience in the transport & logistics industry!

Managing partner Berthold Barth retires and Uwe Schempp is appointed to the management board.

The new site in Hechingen is opened and the company headquarters is moved from Burladingen to Hechingen.

barth enters its third generation as a family business with Uwe Schempp, Jean-Alexandre Manchès, Peter-Johannes Barth, Henrik Zielosko (from left to right) - managing partner Peter-Johannes Barth retires.

BMV celebrates its 120th anniversary with the BMV Tour: in September and October 2022, an anniversary truck in the colours of BMV and barth travels to every branch of the group in France and Germany for 40 days – each stop becomes a meeting place for all employees. Magazine 120 years of BMV

The barth Logistikgruppe celebrates its 75th anniversary with a big staff party.