1955
- Establishment of Panopa-Industrie-Spedition GmbH as a subsidiary of
Fried. Krupp GmbH - Appointment as a dispatch agent
- Extension of appointment to Essen railroad operations
1961
- Renamed Panopa Verkehrs-GmbH
1964
- Extension of activities to dispatch, interplant shipping, special shipments and warehouse logistics for the steel industry
1990
- Separation of freight forwarding and travel agency activities
- Integration of Hohenlimburger Kleinbahn (HKB) into Panopa Verkehrs-GmbH
- Integration of Panopa Verkehrs-GmbH into nestrans Logistik GmbH
1994
- Renamed Panopa Logistik GmbH
1997
- Establishment of Panopa Logistique France S.A.R.L. in Hambach, France
1999
- Establishment of Panopa Logistik Polska Sp. z o.o. in Gliwice and Poznań, Poland
- Establishment of Panopa Polska Sp. z o.o. in Katowice, Poland
- Establishment of ILSSA & PANOPA, S.L. in Zaragoza, Spain
1999
- Sale of nestrans Logistik GmbH by ThyssenKrupp Materials & Services AG to IMPERIAL Holdings Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000
- Establishment of Panopa Lietuva in Vilnius and Klaipeda, Lithuania
2002
- Sale of the shares in the ILSSA & PANOPA, S.L. joint venture
2005
- Takeover of the contract logistics activities of the Gillhuber Group, Neufahrn, by IMPERIAL Logistics International in order to expand the contract logistics business and strengthen the automotive logistics services of Panopa Logistik GmbH
2006
- Sale of the shares in the Panopa Polska Sp. z o.o., Poland joint venture
2008
- Extension of the Panopa automotive logistics portfolio through the takeover of the Hansmann Group, Wolfsburg, by IMPERIAL Logistics International
2009
- Acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in the Polish transport and forwarding company Garex Sp. z o.o., Poland