Raben Group

Raben Group is a Dutch logistics company group. Its operations include international road forwarding, domestic distribution, contract logistics, warehousing, sea and air freight, intermodal transport and logistics services for fresh products (Fresh Logistics).

The first company established by the Raben family started its operations in Meddo/Winterswijk, Netherlands in 1931. Now, Raben Group operates in 17 countries: Netherlands, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Italy, Greece, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey and employs approximately 12,000 people. It has a network of over 170 depots in Europe, over 2,000,000 m2 of warehouse space and transports 17,500,000 shipments annually.^[1]

• Netherland - Raben Netherlands
• Poland - Raben Logistics Polska
• Poland - Raben Transport
• Poland - Fresh Logistics Polska
• Germany - Raben Trans European Germany
• Estonia - Raben Eesti
• Latvia - Raben Latvia
• Lithuania - Raben Lietuva
• Czechia - Raben Logistics Czech
• Slovakia - Raben Logistics Slovakia
• Hungary -Raben Trans European Hungary
• Ukraine - Raben Ukraine
• Romania - Raben Logistics Romania
• Bulgaria - Raben Bulgaria
• Italy - Raben Italy
• Austria - Raben Logistics Austria
• Greece - Raben Intertrans
• Turkey - Raben Turkiye
• Poland - Raben Management Services
• Poland - Raben Business Services
• Netherlands - Raben Group N.V.

• 1931 - J.W. Raben founded a transport company in the Netherlands
• 1960 - T. Raben took over the helm of the company
• 1991 - E. Raben opened Raben company in Poland
• 2002 - Fresh Logistics established in Poland
• 2003 - Raben company opened in Ukraine
• 2004 - Raben companies opened in LT, LV and EE
• 2005 - German company BSV became a member of Raben Group
• 2007 - Raben Sea & Air started
• 2008 - Setto (a family company operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia) joined Raben Group
• 2010 - Raben Logistics Hungary established
• 2010 - Czech company Transkam became a member of Raben Group
• 2011 - Raben Group announces acquisition of German Road Network and operations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia from Wincanton
• 2012 - Raben Trans European Czech (previously Wincanton) and Transkam – Logistics were united under the company Raben Logistics Czech s.r.o.
• 2013 - Fresh Logistics joined European Food Network
• 2014 - Raben Logistic Germany, Raben Trans European Germany, Eli Transport are merged into Raben Trans European Germany GmbH
• 2015 - HRL Eurocargo, Balter Group and Spedition Weisshaupt from Germany become a part of Raben Group
• 2016 - Peter Spedition from Germany become a part of Raben Group
• 2016 – further acquisitions in Germany: GS Frachtlogistik, Peter Spedition, and Scheffler Spedition become part of the Raben Group.
• 2016 – Raben Logistics Romania is established in Romania
• 2017 – Raben Trans European Germany acquires the former Rhenus branch in Fellbach
• 2017 – The Raben Group enters the Italian market by acquiring a 20% stake in Sittam
• 2018 – New branch in Romania – Cluj
• 2019 – The Raben Group acquires 51% of the Italian company Sittam – a new company, Raben Sittam, is established.
• 2019 – In November, Raben opens its first branch in Bulgaria.
• 2019 – The Raben Group signs an agreement to acquire the German group Fenthol & Sandtmann.
• 2020 – Raben becomes a 100% shareholder in the Italian company Raben Sittam
• 2020 – In May, Raben introduces the PCD (Picture Confirming Delivery) service
• 2021 – Raben acquires the Dutch BAS Group
• 2021 – Raben Group acquires Luible Logistik GmbH in Germany
• 2021 – Raben acquires leading Greek company Intertrans S.A.
• 2022 – Austrian company Bexity becomes part of Raben Group
• 2024 – Swiss company Sieber joins Raben Group.
• 2025 – Raben enters the Turkish market