1980
DIMOTRANS is born !DIMO for Distribution moderne (Modern distribution)
TRANS for Transport
Founder :
Charles Pace
Saint-Quentin Fallavier
1993
Open 1st Overseas office
at the Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport.
1990 to 2000
Exponential growth following the creation of 16 subsidiaries for the Road and Overseas businesses
2000
2005
Salvatore Alaimo
becomes President of
DIMOTRANS
2007
The company's managers become its majority shareholders
as a result of a management buyout.
Organisation in 3 Business Units :
Global Transport/Overseas/Logistics
and creation of the Board of Directors.
2008
Merge all subsidiaries under one entity: DIMOTRANS becomes DIMOTRANS Group
Create the Communications Department.
Open the Aerospace Division.
2009
Obtain the Authorised Economic Operator double certification, simplifying Customs procedures as well as security and safety.
Arrive in CHINA through
our subsidiary DT ASIA
2010
Open three offices: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen (opened in 2011) and Beijing (opened in 2012).
Acquisition of TK: DIMOTRANS becomes a regional leader in Germany/Austria.
2011
ISO 9001-2008 certification.
Acquisition of MTI in Lille, strengthening our French network.
DIMOTRANS group changes its logo.
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2011
180 000 sq.m of warehousing
51 transit platforms.
4 000 sq.m of transit.
2012
Build new headquarters
2012 à 2015
A strategy of conquest
DIMOTRANS Group's growth has been boosted by acquisitions in France and internationally (no less than 8 in four years) and by strengthening its network of agencies, both nationally and internationally (35 locations in France and close to 15 internationally)
Pyretransit : New airport agency in Toulouse-Blagnac
LDI MORY acquisition : Access to Eastern Europe:
Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary and Romania, as well as
strengthening the Project unit, which has become DT Project
CMA : Development of our activities with Turkey
and the Middle East, with CMA INTERNATIONAL
DIMOTRANS has become the French leader for transport
to and from Turkey thanks to the integration
of Phoenix Europe Express
The opening of an agency in Bordeaux to
develop the Wine & Spirits activity,
and of two other agencies in Blois and Orleans
2016
New external growth
DIMOTRANS has invested in e-logistics thanks to the
purchase of SCP, and has created its SO e-Business brand
for e-retailers.
2017
DIMOTRANS acquires the company MAXITRANS
which becomes DIMOTRANS Maghreb.
This acquisition enables to expand the
Group’s road transport offer in North Africa.
Dimotrans is acquiring H DUCROS transports.
By enriching its international transport offer
of a national courier network,
DIMOTRANS GROUP becomes one
of the main players of the
global supply chain.