The Imbach family business has around 120 years of experience in transport and logistics. Five generations, economic changes and lasting innovations have made Imbach Logistik AG a successful transport and logistics company in Switzerland.
1905
The history of the Imbach transport company begins over 120 years ago. The company founder Simon Imbach, born in 1875, quarries the first gravel on the "Sandmättli" site in Wolhusen-Markt, which he acquired in 1905. He sells the extracted building material to private individuals or builders and transports it by horse and cart. Although gravel extraction is rationed in 1917, the first Orion truck is purchased in addition to the existing horse-drawn carts. Four years later, the first Saurer joins the fleet.
1937
After the death of company founder Simon Imbach, his sons Simon the Second, Josef and Valentin Imbach take over the business in 1937 under the name "S. Imbach's Söhne Kieswerk und Autotransporte". This was in a difficult economic and political environment. With the purchase of a second-hand truck in 1943, the Imbach company colors of red and green, which are still used today, were created - purely by chance. in 1968, S. Imbach's Söhne is transformed into the company Imbach AG
1974
The construction of the new car park and warehouse in "Sandmättli" in Wolhusen in 1974 ushers in a new era. The third generation, Simon the Third and Josef Imbach, took over the management and the majority of shares from their fathers in 1979. At that time, the company focused entirely on wagonload transportation.
At this time, Imbach AG in Wolhusen employed 20 people, and the third generation's vehicle fleet comprised 10 trucks.
1985
When Walter Imbach, the fourth generation, took over the company in 1985, one of his first official acts was to add two floors to the "Sandmättli" warehouse. He realized that the haulier of the future would have to offer his customers not only transport but also upstream services. The decision to focus on national general cargo distribution proved to be absolutely right.
1993
In 1992, 18,000 m² of industrial land with a railway siding was acquired in Schachen. Imbach's new company headquarters were put into operation in 1993 and have been continuously expanded ever since. On September 25, 2000, Walter Imbach also took over the remaining share package of his father Simon Imbach. Together with his wife Ursula, he was now the sole owner of Imbach Logistik AG.
2002
Pioneering milestones in the company's recent history were the construction of an additional logistics center in 2002 with over 10,000 pallet spaces and, one year later, joining the Cargo Domicile network. When Walter Imbach joined the company in 1985, the transport company had 12 employees; in 2007, the family business was the largest employer in the municipality, offering 300 employees a secure and modern workplace.
2008
Walter and Ursula Imbach managed the family business until the end of 2007, but health reasons forced Walter Imbach to sell his life's work to the family company Galliker Transport AG in Altishofen on January 1, 2008. Despite the change of ownership, Imbach Logistik AG has continued to develop very autonomously in recent years. It was therefore decided to retain the name Imbach Logistik AG. Since the sale, the company has been managed by Walter Imbach's son-in-law Christian Kempter-Imbach.
2009
In order to expand the storage capacity at the Schachen site, a new logistics center was planned and built in 2009 to replace the previous warehouse and provide significantly more storage space. Logistics Center 1 was designed to meet the specific needs of small parts, single-bottle and returns logistics as well as the wide range of additional services (value-added services). The four-storey building also has a large pallet warehouse for POS and promotional items.
2013
Thanks to the steady growth in the area of warehouse logistics, the building infrastructure was expanded in 2013 to include another logistics center. The largest building to date was constructed in the same way as Logistics Center 2 and has a basement for block storage, a first floor for goods handling and a narrow-aisle high-picking warehouse for goods subject to food safety regulations. This step will increase the storage capacity at the headquarters to around 30,000 pallet spaces.
2022
Imbach will start operations in the new LC Lucerne in 2022. The building is expected to be under construction until the end of 2025, but the partial operation will enable the use of state-of-the-art technologies even earlier: The fully automated high-bay and small parts warehouse is based on forward-looking and space-saving solutions, making the LC Lucerne a flagship project with which Imbach is setting an example for innovation and development in the logistics world and making waves in the national media.