From roots to fruit

On 1 August 1946, Karl Streck establishes a freight forwarding company in Lörrach, Germany. Two years later he has it entered in the commercial register. Among his first parcels were boxes of blood oranges for the needy from Basel to Schopfheim in Germany - symbolising Streck's fruitful venture into international freight forwarding.

In 1954 the site at Lörrach is established. Today is has 11,750 m² of space and 7’000 pallet bays. In 1962 we open our branch in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. With 24,000 m² of handling space and 47’000 pallet bays it is now the biggest in the Streck Group.

In 1963 two highly motivated members of staff start operations in Basel, Switzerland. What nobody could have predicted at the time was that this laid the cornerstone of a Swiss company that would flourish in the decades to come.

In 1977 we commence operations in Möhlin in Canton Aargau. At the same time we move onto the site at Schlieren near Zurich. Their business runs so well that we need bigger premises, which we find in Embrach in Canton Zurich. What is now Swiss head office in Möhlin is extended on a number of occasions.

In 1981 we set up shop in Cheseaux in French-speaking Switzerland, opening the door to the Lyon and Dijon hubs in France. By 1989 the team is so big that it moves into roomier premises in Aclens near Lausanne. In 2020 we expand further, leasing additional space at the site.

In 1991 we launch an export terminal with an integrated customs office in Möhlin. This makes numerous benefits available to our customers.

In 1999, we open our first office at Zurich Airport. Air freight services from Switzerland begin as early as 1988, and a year later the sea freight department rounds off the intercontinental business. In 2002, the starting signal is given for the new service area with Unit Load Devices (ULD). With this, we send our own air freight containers to the USA every week. In mid-2015, we move into new offices in the operations centre at Zurich Airport to build up additional capacity. 

In 2005 the European System Alliance Europe is created. The founding partners are medium-sized companies, including Streck Transport, that are among the market leaders in their region. We remain a member of this network to this day.

In 2009 we open sites in Lucerne and Bern to be able to set up our own network for domestic transportation. To this day these cross-docking platforms remain strategic hubs of our general cargo services in Switzerland.

In 2013 we celebrate 50 years of business in Switzerland. To mark the anniversary we open a new branch in Pfungen in the northern part of Canton Zurich. On an 18,000 m² construction site we build a 2,800 m² warehouse and an office building with 1,000 m² in energy-saving standards.

In 2015 we extend our handling area in Möhlin by 2,500 m² and build a four-storey office building with 2,400 m² of space and a 200 space car park for our employees. The office building is also designed to be sustainable: it can be heated and cooled with a heat pump and groundwater.