Detthold Aden

  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin, Germany
  • Detthold Aden

    Detthold Aden

    Leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame at the Federal Ministry of Transport in Berlin, Germany

Detthold Aden: leading managerial figure and a key source of stimuli for modern logistics

Detthold Aden is one of the outstanding managerial figures and sources of stimuli for logistics. He has played a key role in shaping the nature of modern logistics. He can claim to have paved the way with new business ideas and innovative logistics concepts, thereby making a major contribution to the professionalisation of logistics and the leading status of Germany as a logistics location. In recognition of his efforts in the service of logistics, Detthold Aden was inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame in 2011.

Field associations, management
Current position person of independent means, Bremen/Brazil
Born  February 21 1948 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame 2011, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Berlin, Germany
Congratulatory speaker Hartmut Ostrowski, CEO of Bertelsmann AG, Gütersloh, Germany

 

  • Vita

    1948 Born on February 21 in Wilhelmshaven

    After leaving secondary school in 1963, apprenticeship as a freight forwarding assistant and several years of hands-on experience in various companies

    1976 Founding Managing Director of the private UPS United Parcel Service in Germany

    1982 Sole Managing Director of Bertelsmann subsidiary VVA, later to become Bertelsmann Distribution GmbH (1987 winner of the German Award for SCM presented by Bundesvereinigung Logistik e.V. (BVL))

    1988 Chairman of the Managing Board of the Union-Transport Group

    1990 Chairman of the Managing Board of Thyssen Haniel Logistic GmbH

    1995 Member of the Management Board of Thyssen Handelsunion AG

    1999 CEO of BLG LOGISTICS GROUP

    2013 Aden retires

    2011 Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame

  • Merits

    • The son of a haulage contractor in Wilhelmshaven, Detthold Aden began his career as a freight forwarding trainee after leaving secondary school, and his career became one of the most successful logistics careers in Germany. Aden is considered an astute strategist and brilliant speaker, and his achievements as a logistics manager both in front of and behind the scenes are virtually unrivalled. But his name is not connected with a single invention or innovation; in recent decades, he has had a lasting influence on many areas of the logistics sector. Many innovations were driven by his initiative and he was instrumental in putting many of these innovations into practice. His opinion is sought by the key players in politics, business and society.
    • As founding Managing Director, he played a major role in the development of the private UdPS United Parcel Service in Germany. It was through his initiative that the Unitrans franchise cooperation came into being, followed by the merger with the Nedlloyd Group. In 1990, he was responsible for the merger of the Thyssen Trans companies with those of the Haniel Spedition freight forwarder as Chairman of the Managing Board of Thyssen Haniel Logistic GmbH, and he transformed BLG into a modern logistics service provider. 
    • One of the highlights of his achievements was being presented with the German Award for SCM by Bundesvereinigung Logistik e.V. (BVL) during his time as Sole Managing Director of Bertelsmann Distribution GmbH. Other logistics awards can also be traced back to his initiative, such as the Tchibo central warehouse strategy.
    • Aden's name is a byword for modern and intelligent logistics; in the era of the German energy transition, his initiatives and activities in the creation of offshore wind farms have underlined his status as a pioneer in the development of new business fields for logistics service providers.

Photos: BLG Logistics Group

Sponsors

  • 24/7 GmbH
  • AEB
  • BLG LOGISTICS
  • Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr
  • Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung
  • Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik
  • Bundesvereinigung Logistik
  • BUSINESS+LOGISTIC
  • BWVL BUNDESVERBAND FÜR EIGENLOGISTIK & VERLADER
  • Deutsches Verkehrsforum
  • DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik e. V.
  • Duisburger Hafen AG
  • European Logistics Association (ELA)
  • European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL)
  • Exotec
  • Flanders Investment & Trade
  • Fritz Institute
  • GARBE Industrial Real Estate
  • Gebrüder Weiss
  • German Association of the Automotive Industry
  • German Parcel and Express Association (BPEX)
  • Goldbeck
  • Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG
  • HIAB
  • impact media projects
  • International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
  • International Road Transport Union
  • Interroll Group
  • Krone
  • Lebensmittel Zeitung
  • LIP Invest
  • LOGISTIK-Kurier
  • LTG Landauer Transport- gesellschaft Doll
  • materialfluss
  • METRO LOGISTICS
  • NIMMSTA
  • pfenning group
  • PSI Software SE – Business Unit Logistics
  • RIO - The Logistics Flow
  • RXO
  • Schnellecke Logistics
  • SCHUNCK GROUP
  • Seifert Logistics Group (SLG)
  • Setlog
  • SSI Schäfer
  • STILL (Donor)
  • TGW Logistics Group
  • trans aktuell
  • Wiltsche Fördersysteme
  • Winner Spedition
  • WISAG