Koehler Group Acquires Logistics Experts Klumpp + Müller

The Koehler Group has acquired all outstanding shares of Kehl-based logistics company Klumpp + Müller through newly founded company Koehler Logistics GmbH. With this step, the company is sustainably consolidating its pulp logistics chain, a crucial step given that the raw material is indispensable for papermaking.

Access to rail, inland water transportation, regular port-to-port shipping, and container terminals

Founded in 1953, Klumpp + Müller employs over 150 people at the German port of Kehl. A logistics company with worldwide operations and one-of-a-kind trimodal services in the region, its primary and constant focus is on using its diversified portfolio to provide its customers with comprehensive transportation solutions. Every year, the company ships around 500,000 metric tons of goods via waterways, 150,000 metric tons of goods by rail, and, through groupage network CargoLine, around 100,000 LCL shipments. In addition, Klumpp + Müller offers direct service to all destinations Europewide, as well as extensive warehouse logistics areas with up to 20,000 pallet spaces.

Koehler Group CEO Kai Furler explains: “Two of the many factors that make our customers across the world value what we do are our dependability and our delivery reliability. By acquiring Klumpp + Müller, we are securing access to strategically important trimodal logistics at the port of Kehl and ensuring that our mills will keep being reliably supplied with raw material in the long term.”

This acquisition will not affect the operational independence of Klumpp + Müller, and accordingly will have zero impact on existing customer relationships. Moreover, no workforce reductions are planned for the logistics teams in either company. Instead, the enormous synergistic potential between the two should result in a significant business expansion. The acquisition is subject to approval by antitrust authorities.