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jstor free images november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message time matters type limited liability company llc industry logistics key people franz joseph miller managing director time matters armin hamm managing director time matters dr. bernd malmstr m chairman of the advisory board dr. martin schmitt executive board member finance and human resources lufthansa cargo ag peter blumenwitz managing director aheim capital funds number of employees 160 website www.time matters.com time matters is a german company specialized in global shipment as well as international time critical spare parts logistics . the company is partially owened by lufthansa cargo ag aheim capital funds and the time matters management . 1 due to exclusive cooperation agreements time matters enjoys access to the entire network of the lufthansa group 2 and to any ice high speed railway by deutsche bahn . 3 furthermore time matters partners with over 500 logistics partners in germany as well as in the rest of the world . more than 500 destinations in 90 countries all around the globe are being serviced . while over 3 000 flights are offered time matters started to operate its own courier terminal for express and courier shipments at frankfurt international airport . 4 contents 1 history 2 corporate affairs and identity 22 2.1 company figures 2.2 traffic figures 2013 2.3 managing directors 2.4 supervisory board 2.5 shareholder 3 partner and service network 3.1 partner airlines 3.2 service desks with special services experts 4 external links 5 references history edit 2002 the beginning time matters started as a 100 % spin off from the parent company lufthansa cargo ag and operated under the name of lufthansa cargo sameday world gmbh . lufthansa cargo remained as a 100 % shareholder . 5 2003 name changing and cooperation the company changed its name into time matters gmbh . special speed solutions was defined as the core content of its business activities . by doing so the company aimed at further focusing on its main business competence as a service provider for urgent and time critical shipments . 6 in the same year time matters also started cooperating with deutsche bahn in the field of sameday shipments via railway naming this service ic kurier . 7 2004 internationalization sameday goes america . time matters and united airlines cargo agree upon an intercontinental partnership . 8 for the first time sameday services are being offered outside of europe . time matters entered the era of intercontinental door to door delivery of highly urgent shipments to 39 destinations in the united states . 9 2005 establishment of the special service desk the expert center works out customized solutions for urgent logistics problems and looks after the implementation of them . the logistics specialists take care of the entire process chain in order to ensure an optimized process . 10 2006 first branch office abroad time matters launches its internationalization strategy by opening the first branch office in zurich . this enables the shipment of consignments both to and from switzerland from a minimum 2 hours delivery time including customs clearance . in the following years further branch offices are opened throughout europe and asia . 11 2007 management buy out and further international expansion aheim capital gmbh invests in time matters thus becoming its majority stake holder . however lufthansa cargo retains 49 % of the company . 12 time matters kept its course for growth focusing on its internationalization strategy . 13 consequently the company opened additional offices in austria china poland and sweden . in the following year the netherlands belgium italy and norway were also being added . 14 2008 intercontinental with the creation of the latest regional headquarters in singapore time matters expands its service to the asian pacific region . 15 2009 jetpak and sweden time matters and jetpak establish a flight network for the time critical spare parts logistics business . this results in shorter delivery times from nordic countries to the rest of europe ; and vice versa . 16 following the opening of the branch office in sweden time matters is now represented in nine european countries . additionally this cooperation lowered the delivery time of shipments to and from remote areas in scandinavia to just a few hours . 17 2010 internationalization of the ic courier network the ic kurier service is now available in vienna austria and paris france . this will be the first time that ic kurier shipments are being transported internationally 18 19 2011 expansion of sameday air time matters expands its sameday air network to more destinations . klagenfurt belgrade and santiago de compostela were added to the network . 20 2013 another round of expansion for ic courier and sameday air while the ic kurier network currently includes 140 national and international stations two more were added to the network . from now on basel in switzerland and amsterdam in the netherlands are available for ic kurier shipments . furthermore luxembourg is now ready to receive and send sameday air shipments . 2013 launched local same day delivery service developed and launched a mobile application for customers to book local same day deliveries . 2014 re launched local same day delivery business under the brand name liefery currently liefery provides local same day delivery services in 50 german cities . customers can receive their shipments within 90 minutes from purchase or in a comfortable time window they wished for . furthermore customers can now use liefery website 21 liefery apple mobile application and liefery android mobile application to book shipments . corporate affairs and identity 22 edit company figures edit corporate headquarters time matters gmbh gutenbergstr . 6 neu isenburg de company founded 2002 employees over 160 stations worldwide over 140 special service desks worldwide 14 traffic figures 2013 edit revenue not specified transported pieces 412.453 transported weight approx . 9.930.047 kg managing directors edit franz joseph miller since 2002 armin hamm since 2013 supervisory board edit dr. bernd malmstr m chairman of the advisory board dr. martin schmitt executive board member finance humans and animals resources lufthansa cargo ag wotan managing company dog peter blumenwitz managing director aheim capital funds shareholder edit aheim capital funds and time matters management 51 % 12 lufthansa cargo ag 49 % 5 partner and service network edit partner airlines edit adria airways air dolomiti air france air malta airbaltic air berlin alitalia austrian brussels airlines condor eurowings germanwings klm lot polish airlines lufthansa lufthansa cityline norwegian air shuttle sun air swiss service desks with special services experts edit amsterdam netherlands lisbon portugal milan italy manila philippines neu isenburg near frankfurt am main germany new york usa oslo norway shanghai china sharjah dubai singapore stockholm sweden time matters courier terminal frankfurt airport vienna austria zurich switzerland external links edit official webpage of time matters lufthansa cargo group und time matters deutsche bahn und time matters ic kurier overnight ist von gestern . time matters liefert noch heute aheim capital and time matters german private equity and venture capital association article on time matters in german kein weg zu weit liefer factory references edit company description lufthansa cargo group overview deutsche bahn time matters cooperation company description a b history ; the beginning history ; name changing ebot gepaeck ic kurier.shtml history ; cooperation history ; internationalization history ; internationalization history ; special service desk history ; branch office abroad a b shareholder history ; course for growth history ; further internationalization history ; intercontinental history ; jetpak history ; 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