EMO TRANS Germany 60 & Going Strong

     A couple of months ago Thomas and Norman Klinkhammer of EMO Trans were surely very busy. They were about to celebrate a historic milestone for their company’s 60 years in business and, quite at the same time, they were ready to announce a new arrangement within the Board that was meant to show the way into the future. Not a good period to intrude into their lives, but that was precisely the time when I knocked on their door and proposed to arrange an interview for the FlyingTypers. They kindly opened the door with a smile and here we are today!
     Thomas Klinkhammer is MD at EMO Trans GmbH, Germany, a company that in 60 years rose from a local freight forwarding business to a multinational, active in several continents, including the Americas, where our late friend Joe Frigger so largely contributed to its success. Norman is Thomas’s son and entered the EMO Trans Board in 2024, in a successful transition that follows EMO’s undisturbed tradition of success.
     Thanks to their perfect combination of efforts, interviewing father and son at the same time was easier than I had originally anticipated and produced what I consider an interesting, civilized and encouraging conversation, where we talked business, generations and handovers, staff, regions, international trade, and the ever changing freight forwarding and logistics services. With a tone that suggest a long lasting confidence in your own resources, both gentlemen opened their hearts without restraint. What follows is the essence of a long conversation that we cannot reproduce entirely. We hope our readers will appreciate this encounter, which is as precious and unusual as it may be.