front page Company Services Current affairs History Picture gallery Co-workers Contact information History Pentti Peltola started operating on behalf of Peltola Transport in 1958. Oy TransPeltola Ltd was established in 1995 as a driving agency alongside the traditional Peltola Transport. Later, the service offering has also expanded to forwarding and warehousing services. 1958 Pentti Peltola founded the company and received his first traffic license on March 12, 1958. The traffic permit entitled to engage in professional charter traffic with one car in the Kuusankoski town hall. At that time, transport operations were closely monitored. "The transport had to start or end in Kuusankoski and the gigs could only be run for one day," says the company's founder Pentti Peltola. 1960s and 1970s In Finland, Peltola Transport's cars drove Kymi Oy (now UPM-Kymmene Oyj) and Lecasora Factory. 1984 Peltolan Kuljetus received its first foreign operating license to the Soviet Union, to which construction industry products were delivered. 1989 Peltola Transport received an operating license to Europe. At that time, the cargo was mainly Finnish printed matter. 1990s In 1992-1995, Peltola Transport had two cars in the CEMT race in Europe and the cars were stationed in Lübeck. At that time, a lot of plywood was exported from Finland to Italy. Between 1994 and 2003, TransPeltola's cars drove at best 47 cars a week to the free distribution magazine "Extra M" printed in Kouvola, Moscow. Extra M magazine reached 3 million Muscovites every week. In the 1990s, Transpeltola also transported many other printed products to Russia. In 1998, Hannu Peltola founded the forwarding company Oy Euro-Baltic Logistics Ltd (EBL) in Helsinki. 2002 In 2002, forwarding operations will begin in Kouvola. EBL was responsible for forwarding the first container field in Kouvola and handling TransPeltola containers. During the busiest period, 200 containers a day arrived at the field by train along the Siberian Railway. 2003 In 2003, Kouvola Cargo Handling Oy, a company focusing on warehousing and cargo handling, was established, as demand for warehousing services grew strongly due to transit traffic. 2005 Kouvola Cargo Handling Oy built its first own warehouse in the Kouvola logistics area. At that time, the 15,000 m2 warehouse was full of Samsung home electronics. At its best, the stock turnover was only 3 days. TransPeltola started bulk container transport for the German Bruhn Spedition. 7 new cars came for bulk driving. 2006 Transitotavaran kuljetus-, varastointi- ja tavarankäsittelypalveluiden kysyntä lisääntyi voimakkaasti vuonna 2006. Kouvola Cargo Handling Oy hallinnoi parhaimmillaan yli 70 000 m2 varastopinta-alaa. TransPeltolan ajossa oleva konttiauto tuli Kotkan sataman ja Kouvolan välillä vastaan keskimäärin 20 minuutin välein. 2007 TransPeltola ja DFDS Logistics (ent. Hallens) aloittivat yhteistyön trailerikuljetuksissa. TransPeltola hoitaa Ranskan ja Skandinavian väliseen liikenteeseen keskittyneen DFDS Logisticsin trailereiden purkuja ja lastauksia Suomessa. Kouvola Cargo Handling avasi konttiterminaalin Kouvolan logistiikka-alueelle syksyllä 2007. 2008 Peltolan Kuljetuksen 50-vuotisjuhlavuosi. 2009 TransPeltola started transporting glass to AGC Glass, the world's leading manufacturer of flat glass. In the same year, Kouvola Cargo Handling Oy's glass logistics center in Kouvola was also completed. 2011 TransPeltola acquired new vehicle tracking software for cars. The software provides real-time positioning and driving style information. The system also collects drivers' working hours directly in the payroll. History Peltolan Kuljetus started operations in 1958 The company was founded by Pentti Peltola The first traffic permit was obtained on March 12, 1958 Peltola's first big car was a Scania Vabis 75 (picture below)