- 1947: Founding of Express Internationale Speditionsgesellschaft mit
beschränkter Haftung as private company
- 1950: Collective rail transport begins to Eastern Europe (COMECON)
- 1953: Air freight business launched
- 1956: Collective rail transport begins from Austria to Soviet Union
- 1957: First rail transports to Iran begin through USSR
- 1958: Company begins sea transportation as Austrian export goods
shipped to China via Polish ports; trade fair department established
- 1963: Founding of Interfracht Internationale Frachtdienste Ges.m.b.H.
as private company
- 1967: First transport to Japan by rail through USSR; following closure
of Suez Canal, Express organises rail transports to Iran
- 1968: Magazine and office building constructed at Vienna Freudenau
- 1974: Container traffic begins to and from Far East via trans-Siberian
railway
- 1987: Awarded ‘state coat of arms’, Austrian symbol of
quality service
- 1991: Legal form changed to public limited company
- 1993: Dangerous goods store opened in Vienna Freudenau warehouse
- 1996: Awarded ISO 9002 certificate
- 1999: Shares taken over by Österreichische Bundesbahnen (Austrian
Railways); conversion to EN ISO 9001
- 2001: Merger of Express Internationale Spedition AG with Interfracht
Internationale Frachtdienste GmbH to form EXPRESS-INTERFRACHT Internationale Spedition
GmbH
- 2002: Logistics platform MVO Santo Stino (Italy) set up with Italian
partners
- 2003: Branches, subsidiaries and participations in Germany, Italy,
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro, Greece and
Turkey
- 2004: More branches, subsidiaries and participations in Czech Republic,
Liechtenstein, Ukraine and Bulgaria; AgroFreight founded to bundle agricultural transports
within Rail Cargo Austria AG; takeover of Dolphin Shipping Transportagentur GmbH
- 2005: Entry into Swedish market with founding of Express Scandinavia
AB; successful security and quality assessment according to SQAS (Security and Quality
Assessment System) of European Chemicals Industry Confederation (CEFIC); participation in
Intereuropa FLG, d.o.o. (Slovenia)
- 2006: Office opened in Salzburg. Entry into market in Spain following
acquisition of Burgysped S.l., based in Irun.
- 2007: Work begins at location in Austrian town of Kufstein. Further
expansion in Serbia following takeover of company Spedal Plus, based in Belgrade.
Consolidation of network in Romania (in EXPRESS-INTERFRACHT Romania SRL) and the Czech
Republic (in EXPRESS-INTERFRACHT mezinárodní spedice CZ s.r.o.). Concentration of
business activities in Germany through founding of EXPRESS-INTERFRACHT Deutschland GmbH.
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