Our history

More than a century at the heart of French-Swiss trade.

Founded in 1920 on the Franco-Swiss border, CHARPIOT was built on expertise in cross-border flows. After several generations of growth in France and Europe, the company joined the BBL Group in 2011 to strengthen its expertise and logistics capabilities.

Today, more than 100 employees support your transport, customs clearance and logistics needs.

Portrait of Alphonse Charpiot, founder of Charpiot, around 1920
Charpiot truck from the 1960s used for the transport and removal of goods
Historical photograph of Maison CHARPIOT in Delle, the birthplace of CHARPIOT's transport activities
Historical photo of the CHARPIOT truck fleet and its teams, illustrating the company's road transport activity
Aerial view of the CHARPIOT site in 1965 showing the first infrastructure dedicated to transport activities
A. Charpiot & Cie vehicles dedicated to air freight in the early 1969s, illustrating CHARPIOT’s historic transport activities
Historical CHARPIOT advertisement highlighting the fast France-Switzerland-France service, faster than a plane
CHARPIOT truck fleet in the early 2000s, illustrating the modernization of transport and logistics activities
CHARPIOT truck in 1985 illustrating the company’s development of road freight transport

1920

Founded in Delle (90)

1963

Opening of the Belfort branch (90)

1970

Opening of the Mulhouse branch (67)

1981

Opening of the Zurich branch (CH)

1995

Launch of Exapaq (68 & 25)

2002

Conversion into a simplified joint-stock company (SAS)

2009

AEO Full certification

2011

Acquisition by the BBL GROUP & transfer of the Île-de-France branch to Bussy (77)

2012

Start of flows to Turkey and Eastern Europe

2013

Opening of the Basel branch (CH)

2015

Opening of an agency in Dijon (21)

2026

Relocation of the Sierentz agency and opening in Bartenheim (68) & launch of flows to the Maghreb

1920

Founded in Delle (90)

1968

Opening of the Saint-Louis branch (68)

1973

Expansion of the Delle branch (90)

1981

Opening of the Zurich branch (CH)

1995

Launch of Exapaq (68 & 25)

2009

AEO Full certification

2012

Start of flows to Turkey and Eastern Europe

2015

Opening of an agency in Dijon (21)

2022

Closure of the historic headquarters and relocation to a new RE2020-compliant site in Delle (90)

1963

Opening of the Belfort branch (90)

1970

Opening of the Mulhouse branch (67)

1979

Opening of the Île-de-France branch (93)

1987

Majority stake in BELLEREAUX & opening of the Ensisheim branch (68)

2002

Conversion into a simplified joint-stock company (SAS)

2011

Acquisition by the BBL GROUP & transfer of the Île-de-France branch to Bussy (77)

2012

Opening of the Basel branch (CH)

2019

Opening of the Sierentz agency (68)

2026

Déménagement de l’agence Sierentz et ouverture Bartenheim (68) & Démarrage flux vers Maghreb