Hans-Ewald Schneider receives LEO Award 2024 for Lifetime Achievement
Cologne/Hamburg, 16 September 2024 - Hans-Ewald Schneider, Managing Partner of the logistics company Hasenkamp, has received the LEO Award 2024 from the Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung (DVZ) in the category "Lifetime Achievement in Logistics". The award ceremony took place on 13 September 2024 in Hamburg. The laudatory speech was given by Robert Kümmerlen, a member of the DVZ editorial team.
The LEO Award, which has been presented annually by the DVZ since 2007, honours Schneider's career spanning more than 40 years and his commitment to innovation and environmental friendliness in logistics.
Robert Kümmerelen said of the award winner: 'He has led and developed his family business with passion and commitment for decades, now in its fourth generation. The challenges he has faced have often gone far beyond normal logistics'.
A visionary in the logistics sector
Hans-Ewald Schneider has transformed Hasenkamp from a regional company into a global logistics service provider with specialised fields of activity. This award honours me and my team and motivates us to continue to innovate while keeping a balanced view of people, the economy and the environment," said Schneider at the award ceremony.
Under Schneider's leadership, Hasenkamp has realised numerous pioneering projects in the fields of art and project logistics. With now four business divisions, Schneider has organised the company in many different ways: In addition to art logistics, the company offers services for relocation, high-tech and healthcare logistics, as well as archiving.
The DVZ recognises Schneider's influence on logistics and his plans to develop Hasenkamp in a sustainable and digital way, supported by his son Thomas Schneider as Co-CEO, the fifth generation to lead the family business.
About Hasenkamp
Founded in 1903, the logistics company Hasenkamp is now in its fifth generation and is owned by Hans-Ewald Schneider and Dr Thomas Georg Schneider. The management team is complemented by managing director Ralf Ritscher. In addition to its headquarters on the Cologne city border in Frechen, the family-owned company has more than 40 locations worldwide. Around 1,000 employees lend a hand when it comes to planning, transport and storage of sensitive and valuable goods. Today, tradition and innovation at Hasenkamp are based on a regularly audited DIN and ISO certified quality, environmental and energy management process. This points the company’s path into a sustainable future. Hasenkamp divides its activities into four business units: Fine Art, Relocation, Archive Depot and Final Mile Services.