1980
DIMOTRANS is born !DIMO for Distribution moderne (Modern distribution), TRANS for Transport. The main business: international 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
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).
2011
ISO 9001-2008 certification.
DIMOTRANS group changes its logo.
1980
1990
2000
2011
1980
1990
2000
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)
2016
First step in e-commerce
DIMOTRANS has invested in e-logistics thanks to the purchase of SCP
2017
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.
Jean-Luc Declas becomes the new CEO
of DIMOTRANS Group.
2018 to 2020
Company acquisitions:
BSL specializing in e-commerce
Sud Transports and Transports Badaroux specialists in courier services