Rudolf Hartmann KG

Rudolf Hartmann KG is an internationally active logistics service provider headquartered in Sinich near Meran (Merano) in South Tyrol, Italy. The company describes itself as a family business whose offering covers international freight forwarding and logistics, air and sea freight, customs clearance and warehousing together with the associated logistical tasks. Its official website presents the firm as a partner for corporate logistics management, offering complete solutions in customs, Intrastat, warehousing and lean management so that clients can concentrate on their core business. The service portfolio is organised around several pillars. Under logistics management, Rudolf Hartmann takes over secondary processes for client companies. Its warehousing offer covers efficient and flexible storage solutions, inventory management and order processing. In lean management it aims to reduce waste, shorten delivery times and lower costs without compromising quality. In customs it handles import and export procedures, VAT and fiscal warehousing, guiding clients through the complexity of cross-border trade. It also provides sea freight and air freight services built on long-standing partnerships with leading carriers, giving the company global reach. The company's roots reach back to the 19th century, when transport was still organised with horse-drawn carts. Its founder, Rudolf Hartmann, became so successful in his career that he was appointed imperial and royal court forwarding agent (k.u.k. Hof-Spediteur). The founding date is regarded as 1880. Hartmann moved from Vienna to Meran and organised relocations, benefiting from the constant movement of officials and the travels of nobility between the capital and the provinces. As industrialisation and economic growth made the exchange of goods more complex, goods were brought from the surrounding valleys and towns by horse-drawn cart to the railway station and reloaded onto the rails; the first Meran railway station was built on the Hartmann family's private land. Although lorries increasingly replaced the railway over time, the company still specialises in rail transport and in combined road-rail transport with its own vehicles. Under the leadership of the fourth generation of the Hartmann family, new premises were occupied in March 1999 at J.-Kravogl-Strasse 10 in Sinich near Meran. The family business is now run by Rudolf and Hugo Hartmann. Coordination within the logistics chain is the company's core concept, with particular emphasis on delivering goods to customers on schedule, on complete solutions tailored to the client and on monitoring transport routes. As a private, family-owned company, Rudolf Hartmann KG is not listed on any stock exchange.

The history of Rudolf Hartmann KG reaches back to the 19th century, when transport was still organised with horse-drawn carts. Its founder, Rudolf Hartmann, was successful enough in his career to be appointed imperial and royal court forwarding agent (k.u.k. Hof-Spediteur). The founding date is regarded as 1880. Hartmann benefited from the constant movement of officials and the travels of nobility between the capital and the provinces; he moved from Vienna to Meran and organised relocations. In the course of industrialisation and economic upswing, the exchange of goods to be transported became increasingly complex and organisationally more demanding. Goods were brought from the surrounding valleys and towns by horse-drawn cart to the railway station and reloaded there onto the rails. For this purpose the first Meran railway station was built on the private land of the Hartmann family. Even though the railway was increasingly replaced by the lorry over time, the company still specialises in rail transport, or in combined road-rail transport with its own vehicles. Under the leadership of Hartmann in the fourth generation, new business premises were occupied in March 1999 at J.-Kravogl-Strasse 10 in Sinich near Meran. The family business is now run by Rudolf and Hugo Hartmann. The company's core concept is coordination within the logistics chain, focusing above all on on-time delivery of goods to the customer. The complete solution tailored to the customer and the monitoring of transport routes are the main emphases. Today Rudolf Hartmann KG operates as an internationally active logistics service provider offering international freight forwarding and logistics, air and sea freight, customs clearance and warehousing as well as the associated logistical tasks.

• 1999

  New business premises occupied in March 1999 at J.-Kravogl-Strasse 10 in Sinich near Meran under fourth-generation leadership.

• 1880

  Founding date regarded as 1880; founder Rudolf Hartmann appointed k.u.k. Hof-Spediteur.

• First Meran railway station built on the Hartmann family's private land, supporting the reloading of goods from horse-drawn carts onto the railway.

Family-owned, internationally active logistics service provider specialising in tailored complete solutions and coordination along the logistics chain, with a heritage in rail and combined road-rail transport.

• International freight forwarding and logistics

• Air freight

• Sea freight

• Customs clearance, import/export, VAT and fiscal warehousing

• Warehousing, inventory management and order processing

• Lean management and supply-chain consulting

• Combined road-rail transport with own vehicles

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