History
On this page, we would like to give you an insight into our tradition and the history of our company.
2026 - 50 Years of Langescheid
Transporte Langescheid GbR celebrates its 50th anniversary.
2025 - Third Generation
Robin Langescheid, representing the third generation of the family, joins the company and continues the family tradition.
2021 - Discontinuation of Container Transport
With the discontinuation of container transport services, shareholder Detlef Langescheid leaves the company. From this point onwards, the company focuses on general freight transport and, in particular, transport services to France.
2017 - Farewell to the Company Founder
Following the death of our company founder, Udo Langescheid, Hildegard Langescheid joins the company as a new shareholder.
2015 - New Website
We completely modernized our website to meet the requirements of modern communication and usage on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
2012 - Expansion of Transport Services to France
With our new semi-trailers, we are now able to respond even more effectively and flexibly to the requirements of our customers.
2012 - New Investments
We purchased nine new T-Tec Multi-Chassis to expand our capacity in the field of container transport.
2011 - 35 Years of Langescheid
For 35 years, we have been a reliable partner to businesses and the economy – and we are proud of it.
2008 - Fleet Expansion
We expanded our fleet with additional D-Tec Combitrailers.
2006 - 30 Years of Langescheid
Transporte Langescheid GbR has now been successfully active in the market for 30 years.
2005 - Combitrailers
We expanded our fleet with new and modern Combitrailers.
2005 - Moving into Our New Building
As planned, we moved into our new office building.
2004 - Planning the New Office Building
In 2004, we began planning the completion of our new office building. At the same time, we discovered the Internet as a new platform for presenting our company and its services.
2002 - Purchase of the 50th DAF
In 2002, we purchased our 50th DAF tractor unit.
2001 - 25 Years of Langescheid
Transporte Langescheid GbR has now been successfully active in the market for 25 years.
2000 - New Legal Structure
The company was converted into a German civil-law partnership (GbR), with Detlef and Thorsten Langescheid joining as new shareholders.
1999 - New Location
As a result of our continued growth, we moved to a new location in Remscheid, Germany, providing additional space for further development.
1998 - New Trailers
During the 1990s, we continued to meet the growing requirements of our customers by investing in several versatile chassis.
1996 - Entering Container Transport
Transporte Langescheid successfully expanded its range of services by entering the container transport sector.
1995 - Expansion
Our continued growth made a new location necessary. We moved to Wermelskirchen with a fleet consisting of 12 trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 40 tonnes and 4 trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 7.5 tonnes.
1993 - Focus on France
France increasingly became the main focus of our international transport activities.
1985 - 5 New Trucks
In order to meet the increasing demand for transport services, we expanded our fleet with five additional trucks.
1981 - The First DAF
We purchased our first new DAF tractor unit. It certainly would not be our last.
1980 - Expansion into Spain
In 1980, we carried out our first international transport operations, including transports to Spain for customers in the automotive industry.
1979 - New Trucks
In 1979, the purchase of a 12-ton refrigerated truck opened the way for us to transport temperature-sensitive goods.
1978 - Expansion
The company “Langescheid” was already operating two trucks to serve its customers.
1976 - Company Founded
The company “Langescheid” was founded in Radevormwald with one truck. The managing director and founder was Udo Langescheid.



