Since the company was founded by Hans Geis in 1945, we have been growing continuously. In three generations we have managed to develop from a freight forwarding company into a global logistics service provider. At the same time, it is essential for us to remain an independent family-owned company.
You, our customers, are the foundation of our success. That's why we are always right where you need us. We invest in growing markets, seek innovative solutions and continuously expand our services.
Thanks to new ideas and the use of modern technology, we meet complex requirements and guarantee the highest quality. In this way, we always offer the best overall package of individual benefits.
Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis, Managing Directors of the Geis Group
At the beginning of the year we established our first company in Hungary. Geis Logistics Hungary Kft. started its activities with a logistics project. Our Hungarian team operates another supply and distribution centre in Budapest for a long-standing customer. In addition, we opened the second building of our logistics and technology center in Gochsheim in September and inaugurated our new buildings and annexes at the Port of Nuremberg. These include a new logistics and technology centre and the expansion of the forwarding terminal to one of the largest in the region.
The Geis Group has renamed its German project logistics company, which was founded in March 2019. From 13 January 2021, the Nuremberg-based General Transport (CH) Project GmbH will operate under the name Geis Projects GmbH. The name change does not affect the Swiss company Geis General Transport AG, whose name has been established in Switzerland for special transports for decades and will remain.
Geis further strengthened its Czech road network in the first half of 2020. The new addition is a branch in Bravantice in the east of the Czech Republic. In addition, the central centre in Modletice has been significantly expanded.
In the spring, the Geis subsidiary Bischoff International GmbH takes over the Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG branch in Lichtenfels and further expands its own ground transport network. Since 1 April 2019, the subsidiary has been operating under the name Geis Bischoff Logistics GmbH. In order to strengthen its own expertise in the field of customs, the subsidiary Geis General Transport AG also took over the customs agency Kaltenbach + Weiss based in Wheil am Rhein in the summer. Geis is divesting its activities in the parcel sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
In May, Geis opens a new logistics and technology centre in Gochsheim near Schweinfurt. Extensive storage capacities and modern office space provide ideal conditions for complex logistics tasks. In addition, the Air + Sea business division has been significantly expanded again with the acquisition of the air and sea transport division of Müller + Partner GmbH in Germany and TAS Transport and Service GmbH.
In Poland, under one flag. As of February 2017 all companies of the group carry one brand name – Geis. Geis Parcel PL Sp. z o. o. provides parcel services, Geis PL Sp. z o. o. provides transport of pallets and individual package shipments as well as FTL, LTL, and contract logistics. The group employs over 1200 people in 47 branches providing first-rate transport and logistic services. Being equipped with cutting-edge sorting technology central hub in logistics park in Strykow by Lodge launches its operation.
Geis Group focuses on optimizing transport network and services in Poland. Our aim is to provide the same structure of transport and logistic services with the same technological standards and IT solutions as in other Geis Group countries. The new “heart” of Polish network broke ground in Stryków by Łódź. Being at the junction of the two biggest Polish arteries – A1 and A2 it will become an optimal centre of Geis Group Polish transport network.
Two acquisitions mean Geis can now provide all logistics services with a comprehensive coverage of Poland: in January Geis takes over the overland transportation and contract logistics specialist ET Logistik. In Fulda/Eichenzell Geis officially starts operating the new handling terminal on 30 April, which increases the capacity of this region three-fold.
On 1 January Geis expands the Polish network with three locations and 80 employees by taking over Logwin Solutions Poland. At the start of July Geis ceremoniously opens the new logistics centre in the Thuringian town of Seubtendorf. In the Czech Republic, from the middle of the year onwards, Geis provides the largest private network of parcel shops in the country with around 450 ‘Geis Points’. The subsidiary in Satteldorf operates in a new, state-of-the-art handling terminal from September onwards.
Four Geis subsidiaries are placed under the top 5 in the IDS Quality Ranking. At the end of June Geis ceremoniously opens the new central parcel and general cargo hub for Slovakia. On 1 July Geis takes over Gochsheim/Schweinfurt, Nuremberg and Ludwigsburg subsidiaries from Logwin. Also on 1 July, Geis takes over the Polish national company of Quehenberger with seven locations and in doing so, creates the basis of a network covering the whole of Poland.
At the start of the year Geis launches a new service: transportation, warehousing, positioning and installation of high-tech equipment such as MRI scanners, all from a single source. In early March Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis are presented with the LEO Award for Business of the Year by the DVZ. In September Geis concludes the extension of the forwarding plant at the Ohrdruf location, which now operates as Geis Eurocargo GmbH.
In March Geis receives the Bavarian award for quality, the Bayerischen Qualitätspreis, in the category ‘Business-orientated service provider’. In its logistics and technology park in Erlangen-Frauenaurach, the Geis Group starts operating the first multi-user logistics centre in April. From April onwards the Swiss General Transport AG belongs to Geis. It is focused in particular on project logistics. In October a logistics terminal is added to the location in Kürnach.
The Geis Group continues to grow: at the start of June Geis takes over running of the new central warehouse for garden and forestry equipment manufacturer Husqvarna Group in Ostrava. The distribution of products in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is also carried out by Geis. In addition, Geis expands its commitment in Eastern Europe on 1 November by taking over the internationally operating Czech logistics service provider Feico.
On 1 June Bischoff International takes over the customer transactions in national overland transportation from Militzer & Münch in Hof and Saalfeld. Geis expands the Logistics Services field in July with the acquisition of M&M logistics & trade GmbH and its four operative locations in Hof and Marktredwitz. Also, the Geis Group expands its range of services in August when it takes over the packaging company Georg Lechner GmbH in Oberhaching.
Network expansion in Germany and the Czech Republic: in January Geis officially opens the logistics and technology centre in Forchheim. Geis is now also represented by a subsidiary in Satteldorf near Crailsheim: the Road-Terminal opens on 1 April. In July General Parcel Čechy starts operating the new parcel hub in the Czech town of Chomutovice near Prague. A state-of-the-art logistics terminal is opened in November in Brünn.
In June Geis is presented with the award ‘Bayerns Best 50’ for the third time. On 12 September the new World Distribution Center (WDC) is ceremoniously opened together with Siemens Healthcare in Neu-Isenburg. Geis runs the 18,000 square metre plant and carries out the entire distribution and returns logistics under one roof.
A wave of expansion from 1 January onwards: the Geis Group takes over three companies, thereby strengthening its long-term position in central Europe. Firstly the forwarding agency Bischoff, based in Naila and three additional subsidiaries. Secondly, the Slovakian company TEN Expres, which provides general cargo, parcel and logistics services. And finally the airfreight and sea freight specialists Cantrans in Warsaw, Breslau and Vienna.
Geis continues to take advantage of opportunities in Eastern Europe: a new hub in Modletice starts operating in May. This increases Geis CZ’s turnover capacity in the Prague region three-fold. In June Geis is presented with the award ‘Bayerns Best 50’ for the second time. In December, all of the Geis Group's German locations are certified in accordance with Environmental Norm ISO 14001:2004 for the first time. This makes Geis one of the few logistics service providers in Germany that have a certified environmental management system.
Geis also continues its course of expansion in 2004: in October the company officially opens a new forwarding and logistics terminal in Kürnach near Würzburg, doubling capacities in this region. In July Geis acquires the Würzburg-based Spedition Max Schürger, which is then integrated into Geis' Kürnach/Würzburg subsidiary. As part of this process the Slovakian Max Schürger subsidiary is also transferred to Geis. From this point the location in Bratislava operates as Geis SK s.r.o.
From January, Geis + Häring GmbH operates as Geis Eurocargo GmbH & Co. KG. The new name highlights the company's membership in the Geis Group and its specialisation in European overland transportation. In July, the Bavarian Minister of Economy presents the Geis Group with the ‘Bayerns Best 50’ award for the first time. Geis is now officially among the top fifty companies with the highest growth rate in the Free State.
Geis’ three Czech companies Geistransport, ISL and Autopost-Expres are now merged into Geis CZ s.r.o. With around 400 employees, Geis CZ offers its customers real one-stop shopping at 12 locations: national and international forwarding, logistics and parcel services. Geis now carries out global Air + Sea Services and Logistics Services together with SDV in the newly founded joint venture Geis SDV.
With the takeover of Häring GmbH & Co. KG’s general cargo activities in Nuremberg, the Geis Group is now partner in the general cargo cooperation in IDS in the Nuremberg area. With now three locations in the IDS cooperative, the business field Road Services gains a strong presence in the important economic area of central and southern Germany. Geis also expands in surface area and IT systems in the business field Logistics Services.
Geis founds three companies which focus on complex logistics projects: Geis Industrie-Service GmbH in Nuremberg, TSG Logistik GmbH in Thuringia and ISL s.r.o. in the Czech Republic. In March 1999 Geis takes over Geis AUTOPOST-EXPRES s.r.o., adding eight new locations in the Czech Republic. The takeover of all Jacky Maeder offices in Asia in May 1999 emphasises Geis’ commitment in the Far East.
Geis focuses strongly on the East: in May 1990 the Thüringer Speditionsgesellschaft starts business in Ohrdruf. With the foundation of Geistransport s.r.o. in 1991, Geis is also active in the Czech Republic. In 1992 Geis sets up ILS-EAST, a cooperative for Eastern European transportation, together with 17 partners. Geis enters the Czech parcel market in 1994 with the affiliate General Parcel Čechy.
A decade characterised by creating comprehensive networks. In 1981 Geis gains the IATA agent agreement and founds the airport office in Nuremberg in 1982. In Singapore the company Geis Cargo Far East is successfully started, laying the foundation for further Geis developments in Asia. By joining the IDS cooperation in 1989, Geis sets the way for comprehensive overland transportation in Europe.
The move to modern forwarding: warehousing, order picking and shipping become important business fields. On 1 March 1971 Geis’ younger son, Wolfgang Geis, starts working at the company as business economist. From very early on, Geis starts investing in modern procedures such as swap body technology and introduces data processing as early as 1974. At the same time Geis starts looking towards internationalisation and ships its first sea container to Singapore in 1975.
The sixties are the years of great expansion for the transportation company. On 1 April 1963 Hans-Georg Geis joins his father’s company as a freight forwarding clerk. Geis enters in the warehousing business. In 1964 the first handling plant is erected in Bad Neustadt with an area of 300 square metres.
In the fifties Hans Geis extends his fleet to 22 units and employs 35 members of staff – including the family who are actively involved. A large number of trips go to the Nuremberg area, so the first subsidiary is founded there in 1959. This signals the start of regular scheduled transportation between Bad Neustadt and Nuremberg, the capital of the Franconian region.
Back in 1945 Hans Geis has founded a haulage company under this very name located in the city of Bad Neustadt an der Saale. The whole capital assest was an old army wood-carburettor truck out of army stock, purchased with borrowed money. His first orders have been removal transports for privat customers to all regions of post-war-Germany. On April 12th, 1948 he has recieved official permission by regional council and has opened an office in the facilities of a lumber business.
