time:matters – A young company with a future

Just-in-time production, reduced storage and increasing globalization – developments that require fast and reliable logistics solutions. Lufthansa Cargo AG realized this more than 15 years ago and established a “top speed“-courier service.
As a result, time:matters emerged in January 2002. It is an independent company, that can react more flexible and individual than other courier or overnight services to customers’ requests, and has established itself as a dependable partner on the market.

time:matters – yesterday and today

Overview of the most important milestones

2010
time:matters and Deutsche Bahn expand their transportation network. Paris/France is the first international ic:kurier station (route Frankfurt-Paris).

2009
time:matters and Jetpak establish a flight network for time-critical spare parts logistics. This results in shorter delivery times from Central and Southern Europe to Nordic countries, and vice versa.

Following the opening of the branch in Sweden, time:matters is now represented in nine European countries with branch offices. This also ensures the delivery of shipments to remote areas in Scandinavia within just a few hours.

time:matters continues to increase route frequency and expand the sameday network through cooperations with LOT Polish Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Lufthansa Italia. Representation in the Asia-Pacific region is intensified by the partnership with the Philippine airline Cebu Pacific Cargo; shorter transport times between Manila and Europe, Africa and America enables even faster transport services.

2008
With the opening of the Asian regional headquarters in Singapore, time:matters forges ahead in the important Asia-Pacific region and especially meets the demand for quick, and at the same time, highly reliable logistics solutions on intercontinental routes.

Through the cooperations with Air Berlin and Cargo Counts GmbH, time:matters further expands its route network. The addition of Cargo Counts GmbH as a partner enables time:matters to use Condor’s route network.

The internationalization is further advanced through the opening of branch offices in Norway, Italy and Belgium. With the takeover of the Dutch express logistics provider JNE Netherlands BV, time:matters Netherlands is now established with an office in Amsterdam. time:matters thereby covers additional parts of Europe with its services and reinforces its ambition to be the European market leader in the sameday and emergency logistics segment.

time:matters gains the renowned companies Siemens Healthcare and Fujitsu Siemens, two global players, as new customers for the time-critical spare parts logistics segment.

2007
time:matters opens a branch office in the Polish capital Warsaw. Therefore, the provider of courier, sameday and emergency logistics solutions takes Poland’s role as a vital link between Western Europe and emerging economic nations in Eastern Europe into account.

time:matters opens a branch office in Austria: Through the branch office in Vienna, the provider of courier, sameday and emergency logistics solutions also provides Slovakia and Slovenia with its services.

time:matters replaces Fraport Cargo Services GmbH (FCS) as the company mainly responsible for the handling of express and courier shipments at Cargo City North at Frankfurt Airport. time:matters directly operates the handling of express and courier shipments; both for its own customers as well as other logistics service providers (integrators and courier companies) and their respective customers.

Capital funds of the growth investor Aheim Capital GmbH acquire the majority stake in time:matters GmbH. Lufthansa Cargo, hitherto sole shareholder, is still convinced of the attractiveness of this business sector and with 48% remains a shareholder of time:matters.

2006
time:matters opens the first overseas branch office in Zurich. This enables the shipment of extremely urgent consignments both to and from Switzerland from a minimum 2 hour delivery time, including customs clearance. Close cooperation with Swiss World Cargo.

2005
Setting up the special service desk – the expert-center works out customized solutions for especially urgent logistics problems, and looks after the implementation of them. The logistics specialists take care of the entire process chain in order to ensure a smooth process.

2004
Sameday goes America. time:matters and United Airlines Cargo agree upon an intercontinental cooperation. For the first time, the sameday services are now offered outside of Europe: intercontinental door-to-door delivery of very urgent small shipments to 39 destinations in the USA.

2003
Cooperation with Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) regarding the transportation of courier goods called ic:kurier. The service comprises of the pickup and delivery of courier goods on the same day.

time:matters and GO! start same day express service by:day.

2002
Spin off of the SameDay Services of Lufthansa Cargo AG and founding of the independent SameDay World GmbH with offices in Neu-Isenburg. Renaming: SameDay World GmbH becomes time:matters GmbH.