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Revision as of 10:59, 31 May 2020

time:matters
Company typelimited liability company (LLC)
IndustryLogistics
Founded1 January 2002
Headquarters
Neu-Isenburg
,
Germany
Key people
  • Alexander Kohnen, CEO time:matters
  • Lars Krosch, COO time:matters
OwnerLufthansa Cargo
Number of employees
372
Websitewww.time-matters.com

time:matters is a German company that specialises in time-critical international shipping by air, rail and road. The company is owned by Lufthansa Cargo.[1] Due to exclusive cooperation agreements, time:matters has access to the Lufthansa Group network.[2] The company also has access to the Intercity-Express high speed railway services of Deutsche Bahn.[3] time:matters delivers to destinations in ninety countries. At Frankfurt International Airport, time:matters has its own courier terminal.[4]

History and background

In 2002, time:matters began operations. It was derived from its parent company and owner, Lufthansa Cargo AG. It traded under the name,"Lufthansa Cargo SameDay World GmbH".[5]

In 2003, the company changed its name to "time:matters GmbH". The core business of the company was called "Special Speed Solutions", providing time-critical shipments.[6] In 2003, time:matters, in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, began sameday shipments via railway. This service is called "ic:kurier".[3]

In 2004, time:matters and United Airlines Cargo agreed upon an intercontinental partnership.[7] time:matters was able to deliver highly urgent shipments to thirty-nine destinations in the United States.[8] In 2005, the company worked on customized logistic solutions by having a customers' area and a logistics area.[9] In 2006, time:matters opened a branch office in Zurich. This enabled quicker deliveries between Germany and Switzerland.[10]

In 2007, Aheim Capital GmbH became time:matters' majority stakeholder with Lufthansa Cargo retaining 49 percent of the company.[11] time:matters continued to expand its international business.[12] Officers were opened in Austria, China, Poland, and Sweden and in 2008, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Norway.[13] In 2008, a regional headquarters in Singapore was opened.[14]

In 2009, time:matters and Jetpak, a Nordic company, collaborated to expand the time-critical spare parts logistics business to Scandinavia with a branch office in Sweden.[15][16]

In 2010, the ic:kurier service opened in Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France.[17][18] In 2011, further destinations including Klagenfurt, Belgrade, and Santiago de Compostela were added to the same day network.[19] In 2013, Basel, Amsterdam and Luxembourg were added to the ic:kurier network. Local same day deliveries were made available through a mobile application.

In 2014, the brand name "Liefery" was relaunched to provide local same day delivery services in fifty German cities through a website, apple mobile application or android mobile application.

In 2016, Lufthansa Cargo became time:matters' only stake holder again after they have bought back 51 percent of the company from Aheim Capital GmbH.[20]

In 2017 the company has launched its digital On Board Courier platform airmates. [21]

The time:matters headquarter is located in Gutenbergstr. 6, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Germany. time:matters employs more than 370 people and transports around 500,000 shipments per year.[22]

Partner airlines

Adria Airways
airBaltic
Air Dolomiti
Air France
Air Malta
Alitalia
American Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Eurowings
flybe
KLM
LOT Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Lufthansa Cityline
Norwegian Air Shuttle
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Sun-Air
Swiss International Air Lines
TAP Portugal
Turkish Airlines

Service desks with special services experts

Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Milan (Italy)
Manila (Philippines)
Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
New York City (United States)
Oslo (Norway)
Shanghai (China)
Sharjah near Dubai (UAE)
Singapore
Stockholm (Sweden)
time:matters Courier Terminal (Frankfurt Airport)
Vienna (Austria)
Zurich (Switzerland)

External links

References

  1. ^ Company description Inside View.
  2. ^ Lufthansa Cargo Group Lufthansa Cargo website.
  3. ^ a b Deutsche Bahn ic:kurier - time:matters Cooperation Bahn website
  4. ^ Company description Logistik Express website.
  5. ^ History, the beginning Archived 2013-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Lufthansa cargo
  6. ^ Name change Verkehrsrundschau website.
  7. ^ Timematters takes sameday and next day to America Post and Parcel website
  8. ^ time:matters and United Airlines Presse Box (German)
  9. ^ Special service desk Archived 2006-01-10 at the Wayback Machine My Logistics website
  10. ^ Cooperation with time:matters Swiss World Cargo website.
  11. ^ timematters Aheim website
  12. ^ time:matters Transport online (German).
  13. ^ time:matters continues to expand Presse Box.
  14. ^ News Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine My Logistics.
  15. ^ Jetpak Archived 2013-11-26 at archive.today Jetpak website.
  16. ^ time:matters enters into partnership with Scandinavian sameday market leader, Jetpak Post and Parcel website.
  17. ^ ic:courier stations Bahnaktuell
  18. ^ History; ic:courier stations DMM Travel
  19. ^ Stations Netz Logis Market (German).
  20. ^ Selected investment success storries / Ausgewählte Beteiligungen Aheim website (German).
  21. ^ "airmates international On Board Courier Service from time:matters". www.airmates.eu. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  22. ^ Corporate dates and facts Archived 2013-11-26 at archive.today time:matters website.