HISTORY

1919
FOUNDATION
On March 1, 1919 Otto Rasch founded the "Deutsche Frachtprüfungsstelle Otto Rasch" later called FRACHTRASCH.
1923
THE FIRST REMOVAL
From a very small business to our company with 22 employees. The first removal went to the offices of "Einhornhaus" in Münzstrasse.

1924
LARGER OFFICE ROOMS ARE REQUIRED
The great inflation is past now! So new and bigger office rooms are needed in "Haus Anker" on Kohlmarkt.

1933
THE COMPANY GROWS MORE…..
Without a break, it went on. In the meantime, Frachtrasch has more than 50 employees and has been appointed to the official control point for more than 100 associations. The headquarters have been moved to Jasperallee 82.

1939
DEATH OF FOUNDER
This year was a fateful year for FRACHTRASCH under 2 aspects: Otto Rasch died and in September the 2nd world war started.

1945
RECONSTRUCTION
After the complete detruction of the Frachtrasch house on Jasperallee the recontruction began under the control of Marie Rasch.

1947
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
The son, Norbert Rasch, took over the head of company with his future brother-in-law H.D. Klose.

1948
WEDDING
Shortly after the monetary reform in July 1948, Margrit Rasch and H.D. Klose get married.

1957
SUCCESSOR
After the death of Norbert Rasch, H.D. Klose ran the company on his own. Under his control, the company grew to the size and significance of today.

1981
IN THE 90ies….
Andreas Klose became CEO in 1981 until 2006 and formed the strategy of the company in the last decades.

1994
75 YEARS FRACHTRASCH
The traditional freight analysis lost its importance more and more while the demand for transport consulting became more important. After 75 years a new slogan: Brake-up to new working fields! The daughter company Rasch Consulting ltd was founded and dedicates to supply chain management.

2006
CHANGE OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Matthias Rasch takes over the head of company as partner of unlimited extent.

2007
CHANGE OF NAME
With effect from Jan, 1st, 2007, the company Frachtrasch- Verwaltungs GmbH (ltd) is founded. Frachtrasch International is founded under the legal form of GmbH & Co KG.

2009
90 YEARS MARKET LEADERSHIP
Frachtrasch International copes with demands of the transport branch with more success than before using the competence deriving from nealy one century of experience in combination with a young esprit. The company is now the biggest privately owned independant freight and transport consulting company for the industry and trade.

2016
CHANGE OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Eike van Deest takes over the head of company after Matthias Rasch retired. Eike von Deest used to be the CEO of the daugher company of the group of companies and has been liaised to the company since his school times.

2017
We are an awarded TOP consultant
We are an awarded TOP consultant - once again a proof for our market leadership on the sector of transport cost optimizing and freight revision. The Board of Management thank all employees - without them our success would not have been possible. We bring the middle class successfully into the future of logistics 4.0!

2019
Frachtrasch ist Top-Innovator 2019
Die Unternehmensgruppe Frachtrasch international aus Braunschweig hat bei der 26. Ausgabe des Innovationswettbewerbs TOP 100 den Sprung unter die Besten geschafft. Das Unternehmen wird deshalb am 28. Juni von dem Mentor des Wettbewerbs, Ranga Yogeshwar, sowie dem wissenschaftlichen Leiter des Vergleichs, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke, und compamedia in der Frankfurter Jahrhunderthalle ausgezeichnet. Anhand einer wissenschaftlichen Systematik bewertet TOP 100 das Innovationsmanagement mittelständischer Unternehmen und die daraus resultierenden Innovationserfolge. In dem unabhängigen Auswahlverfahren überzeugte das Unternehmen mit 92 Mitarbeitern besonders in der Kategorie „Innovative Prozesse und Organisation“.