Tradition and Innovation since 1889
The company was founded by Carl Nellen and August Quack. The company is still run as a private independent company by the 5th generation of the Wienandts family. Imagination, entrepreneurial spirit and tradition from the successful path from a haulage firm to an internationally active Logistic all-round provider.
2007
Acquisition of TAN Cargo
TAN Cargo in Stuttgart is specialised on the organisation of road freight to turkey and east europe. For Nellen & Quack, it is also the ideal headquarters for South Germany too, due to the ever increasing amount of customers from this region.
2006
A new office building
Our new open spaced two-storey building offers an open working environment, as well as potential space for further development of the company. We have created an atmosphere that challenges team spirit and commitment.
2005
Opening of a multi-functional high stacked warehouse
…complete with the newest technology and space for 22,000 pallets.
2001
Nellen & Quack become Associates “International Logisitcs Network”
ILN is a union of currently more than 90 middle sized European forwarding companies, who consolidate and transport goods through a European network. Within this network, we guarantee a reliable just-in-time distribution like the major companies, yet we stay private and independent. For our customers, this means flexibility, faster decisions and reliability.
2005
Axel Wienandts takes the lead
Axel Wienandts becomes the sole Managing Director. The responsibility for the company has been handed over to the 5th generation of the Wienandts family. Father Horst Arno Wienandts is still active as an adviser for the company.
1994
Nellen & Quack takes to the air
“Faster, higher and further” – customer requirements also rise. Nellen & Quack extend its range of road and sea freight to include air freight services.
1995
Warehousing expands
Nellen & Quack builds a new 1,250 sqm warehouse on their own European Terminal, which meets all the requirements for hazardous goods.
1989: The Centenary
“It was the entrepreneurial initiative, the courage to take risks and expert knowledge, coupled with a vision, that have in 100 years transformed and remoulded the company, making them bigger, yet still adapting to the ever changing requirements of the market” – Bernhardt Bünck, President of the German Association of Forwarding and Warehousing, describing the business achievements of the Wienandts family during the company´s celebrations.
1988
Axel Wienandts joins the company
Axel Wienandts first joined Nellen & Quack as an apprentice and completed business administration studies at the German Business Scholl for Foreign Trade in 1984. As well as having various job experiences within the trade, in both Germany and abroad, Axel Wienandts brings this knowledge with him as he joins the company in 1988. In 1992 he steps up into the Management.
1984
Warehouse capacity of 30,000 sqm
Providing centralised storage facilities for customers from all over the world is an important business sector. Our overseas customers make use of our Europe Terminal as a point of distribution for the whole of Europe. The need for storage space grows continuosly, with the completion of the 18th warehouse, the total storage space reaches 30,000 sqm.
