About WM GROUP – logistics along the value chain

01 – WM GROUP in numbers

Facts and figures

75 years
of logistics since 1951
Founded as a freight forwarder, owner-managed in the third generation and grown into a partner along the entire value chain.
9 locations
in NRW and Bavaria
Strategically positioned logistics centres, from multi-user sites to highly specialised dedicated facilities.
150,000 m²
of logistics space
Around 150,000 m² of specialised space that scales reliably with our customers’ needs.

Grown from a freight forwarding company, today an end-to-end logistics partner: warehouse logistics, value added services and packaging, global transport solutions by sea, air and road as well as customs clearance. Owner-managed in the third generation.

02 – Culture & team

People who take responsibility

Because logistics thrives on people who think ahead and act.

WM GROUP employee packing a boxWM GROUP employee in front of live KPIs in the warehouseWM GROUP employee lifting with an exoskeletonWM GROUP employee at the picking robotWM GROUP employee packing at the Greven warehouseThe WM GROUP sales teamWM GROUP employee with a checklist at goods receiptCareful packing at a WM GROUP warehouseScanning with the mobile device in the warehouseShipping preparation at the Mülheim siteThe WM GROUP team in front of the logo wallFinal touch on the safety vest during a video shootWM GROUP employee on a pallet truck in the warehouse aisleThree WM GROUP colleagues in safety vestsCareful goods inspection in fashion fulfilmentReturns processing at the packing stationTwo WM GROUP team members

03 – From freight forwarder to end-to-end logistics partner

Having grown out of freight forwarding, WM GROUP is today a logistics partner along the entire value chain.

01

Founded in 1951

Started as a freight forwarder and grown with every task our customers have entrusted to us since.

02

Grown in scale

Today we operate around 150,000 m² of logistics space at several locations, some of them highly specialised.

03

End-to-end today

Modern warehouse logistics, value added services and packaging plus global transport solutions via sea and air freight, land transport and customs clearance.

04

Tailor-made, not standard

We develop setups for our customers that scale reliably and measurably improve throughput times and costs.

Archive photo: a harbour crane lifting a Westmünsterland-Spedition container marked “von Haus zu Haus” over a truck, with a cargo ship alongside.
Archive photo: the Westmünsterland-Spedition fleet lined up, dark green curtain-side trucks lettered “Bocholt, Tel. 4871”.
Archive black-and-white photo: an open-plan office with a long row of desks along the window front.

04 – Leadership & attitude

Entrepreneurially led, true to our word

Ralf Kahnert, Managing Director of WM GROUP
„Operational excellence instead of pure growth.“
Ralf Kahnert · Managing Director, WM GROUP
Meet the management circle

Our values

With us, it's the word that counts: personally accessible and binding in implementation. We work as equals, with clear communication and reliable agreements.

What sets us apart

Entrepreneurial thinking, short distances and a team that takes responsibility, with IT-supported processes, measurable KPIs and fixed contacts.

Connected in the industry

Host of BVL expert exchanges and the Logistics NRW community at our Greven site, present at industry trade fairs. We share knowledge and bring it in-house.

Sustainability in the backend

Sustainability does not end with the product, it starts in the backend: efficient goods processes, QA checks and structured returns processing.
Shareholders and partners of the LB GROUP at the handover of WM GROUP’s new logistics property

WM GROUP: part of the LB GROUP. Family-owned. For generations.

LB GmbH is an owner-managed holding company in its third generation. The group comprises WM GROUP, Lanfer Automation GmbH and Logata Digital Solutions GmbH. The shareholding family deliberately stays in the background and stands for continuity, reliability and long-term entrepreneurial thinking.

With Ann-Kathrin Löhr as managing shareholder and further members of the Löhr family as shareholders, the group remains firmly in family hands to this day. The combination of entrepreneurial responsibility, long-term thinking and continuity across generations shapes the direction of the LB GROUP and its companies.