American Lamprecht Transport
Legal form: Corporation
Founding: 1966
Seat: Chicago, IL
Management:
CEO Hans Peter Widmer (1995-2015)
CEO Gary Warnecke (2015-present)
Employees: 108
Sales: Not reported
Business: Freight forwarding, logistics
Website: https://www.lamprechtusa.com/
American Lamprecht Transport is incorporated in New York and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. The company operates internationally in the freight forwarding and logistics industry and is a subsidiary of the parent company, Lamprecht Transport AG, located in Switzerland. [1] American Lamprecht has 9 US branch locations and currently (2018) employs approximately 108 people.
Field of Activity
American Lamprecht Transport specializes in commerce and trade in all areas of the world. Some types of goods include, but are not limited to, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, food, autos, and household goods. The goods are transported by air, ocean, or ground.
The logistics services the company specializes in include import and export of consumer goods by air and ocean, RORO cargo (including vehicles and RVs), customs house brokerage, local warehousing and cartage, and high-value cargo.
History
American Lamprecht Transport was founded in 1966 in New York to assist the parent company, Lamprecht Transport AG, a family-owned business based in Switzerland, with Swiss traffic to the USA.
The parent company, headquartered in Basel, was founded by Adolf Lamprecht shortly after World War II in 1945. The first major transport was done by road through war-torn Germany in August 1945, taking 90 tons of fresh fish by truck from Denmark to Switzerland.[2] This Swiss transport company rapidly expanded into Western European countries. In 1965, the company opened offices in Geneva and the United States. After Adolf Lamprecht’s death in 1971, Adolf Lamprecht Junior took over management of the company. Then in 1991, the company was passed on to a third-generation family member, Thomas Lamprecht. Thomas continued to lead the expansion of Lamprecht Transport AG with more bases and new subsidiaries. [3]
Not long after the New York office opened in 1966, this business grew from handling Swiss trade air imports to handling numerous trade lanes, along with ocean freight and special cargo. Hence, a few years later in 1968, the company was incorporated in New York. [4]
In 1975, American Lamprecht opened its second branch in Chicago, IL.
By 1981, operations expanded to the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina area with the opening of another office location.
In 1998, the company opened a branch in Los Angeles, making it the fourth location and its first office on the west coast.
In 2010, American Lamprecht expanded to the Gulf port of Houston, TX. Within eight years of operation, American Lamprecht acquired Senrac Transportation Services in 2014 as well as Benchmark Worldwide Transport to expand their operations in Houston.
In 2016, American Lamprecht further expanded by opening its sixth office in Baltimore with the acquisition of Seabridge International, a freight forwarding and customs brokerage company established in 1991 and owned for 25 years by Vernon Martin. [5] [6] That same year, a seventh office was added in Miami with the stock purchase of AmCar Freight. The merger occurred officially on September 26, 2016, and AmCar's name was changed to Amcar-Lamprecht. [7]
In 2017, American Lamprecht opened its eighth branch office in Denver, CO to support Swiss clients by acquiring Denver Customs Brokerage. This new location handles business to and from Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Utah. The Denver office is managed by customs broker Lisa Rasmussen. [8]
In 2018, the company ventured to the west coast again and opened a branch in San Francisco to support trade at the Port of Oakland.
Weblinks
http://www.straitlinesusa.com/
http://denvercustomsbrokerage.com/
http://benchmarkworldwide.com/
References
- ↑ A Swiss company, American Lamprecht Transport, has several different locations in the US. http://www.amcham.ch/news/downloads/170227_Swiss_Economic_Footprint_2017.pdf Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA. Pages 23, 32, 51, 59, 62. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ↑ Lamprecht Transport AG’s first shipment consisted of loads of fish being taken from Denmark to Switzerland. https://lamprechtmuseum.org/lamprecht-special-moments-1, www.lamprechtmuseum.org. Image 5/63 and image 6/63. Retrieved on May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Lamprecht Transport was founded and headquartered in 1945 in Basel and grew rapidly throughout Europe. This company ultimately grew to starting a base in Geneva and the United States. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprecht_Transport, Wikipedia. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ Newspaper clipping of Lamprecht opening a branch in New York. https://lamprechtmuseum.org/lamprecht-special-moments-1, www.lamprechtmuseum.org. Image 21/63. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ↑ In 2016, American Lamprecht Transport purchased Seabridge International. https://pobdirectory.com/seabridge-passes-torch-to-american-lamprecht-transport/ Port of Baltimore Directory Online (June 21, 2017). Retrieved May 25, 2018
- ↑ http://mpa.maryland.gov/Port%20of%20Baltimore%20Magazines/POB-July-Aug-2016-web.pdf Port of Baltimore Magazine, Page 13 (July 2016). Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ↑ American Lamprecht Transport merged with AmCar Freight in September 2016. http://www.amcarfreight.com/about-us/, Amcarfreight.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ↑ American Lamprecht Transport opened their 8th office in Denver in 2017. https://www.transportjournal.com/en/home/news/artikeldetail/lamprecht-opens-eighth-office-in-usa.html, International Transport Journal (April 26, 2017). Retrieved May 25, 2018.
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