History

Extract from History

• Walter Hoyer founds the company "Bruno Hoyer Internationale Fachspedition". Walter Hoyer takes over the company name of his father, Bruno Hoyer, who has operated a Hamburg milk wholesaling company of considerable proportions since 1922.

• Purchase of the first vehicle for 22,791.20 Deutsche Marks. The delivery time was three days.

• HOYER makes daily transports of up to 250,000 litres of milk to Berlin.
• Walter Hoyer founds the benevolent fund "Bruno Hoyer e.V." in order to support workers and their dependents in cases of need.

• Founding the first branch abroad in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

• Walter Hoyer is the co-founder of "Kombiverkehr" and counts as a pioneer in this field.

• Purchase of the first seven 'HOYER-tainers'.
• Completion of the first tank cleaning facility of HOYER UK in Huddersfield, Great Britain.

• Opening of the first overseas company, HOYER USA in Houston, Texas
• By this time there are fifteen branches within Europe.
• Increase of the share capital from 7.5m to 10m Deutsche Marks.

• Introduction of an emergency system.
• Rotterdams Tank Transport completes the construction of a silo bulk handling installation in Rotterdam.

• The first vehicles are equipped with mobile terminals (satellite communication, Euteltracs).
• The first transport of refrigerated foodstuffs takes place in 'Reefer' tanks.

• Walter Hoyer becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1st July and Thomas Hoyer becomes the Managing Director.

• Founding of HOYER Multilog for the marketing of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC).

• The 10,000th tank container at HOYER.
• Walter Hoyer, the founder of HOYER Group, passes away on 17th December at the age of eighty-seven years.

• A new intermodal terminal starts operations in Schkopau, Germany. Turnover capacity of 48,000 units.

• In October, Ortwin Nast, the first non-family member, takes his position as the CEO of HOYER Group.

• The capacity of the Dangerous Goods Terminal in Dormagen is increased from 8,900 to 14,300 tons.

• Since November Gerd Peters is the new CFO of the HOYER Group.
• The 20,000th tank container at HOYER.

• New cleaning facility in Razgard, Bulgaria.
• Company report 2008 wins international prize.

• HLS as LLP takes over the organisation and charge of the transport services for a large chemical company at three locations.
• HOYER acquires 100% share of the Dutch company ELD B.V. (European Liquid Drumming) in Oosterhout.