A European group from France
Our history has always been accompanied by the evolution and trends of the sector: digitalization, new consumer habits and increasingly demanding consumer expectations in terms of food quality and safety.
1920Our story begins in France!
After the end of the First World War, the railway company PLM (Paris, Lyon, Mediterranean) decides to create a refrigerated transport company: the Société Française de Transports et Entrepôts Frigorifiques (STEF).- 1980La Financière de l’Atlantique, created by Francis Lemor and Bernard Jolivet, buys STEF with the aim of building a leading group in temperature-controlled logistics.
In 1989, we developed our activity in Belgium and, two years later, the subsidiary SDF España was created. - 1990During the 1990s, the first delivery company is consolidated: TFE. Financière de l'Atlantique becomes the sole shareholder and merges its two businesses as STEF-TFE. Its activity will be organized in three areas: logistics (STEF), transport (TFE) and services for sea products.
In 1995, we developed our activity in Portugal and, in 1998, the STEF Group was listed on the French stock exchange. - 2012In 2012, we adopted a single commercial brand across all countries: STEF.
