1927 The company is established in Kavala as an individual enterprise by Thrasyvoulos Makios. The main activity is transportation of tobacco from Kavala to Thessaloniki with privately-owned trucks.

1940 At the beginning of the War the company interrupts its operations.

1949 The company is re-established and it operates as a transportation company of general cargo and parcel distribution from Kavala to Thessaloniki.

1964 The company’s fleet consists of 5 privately-owned trucks.

1975 First contract agreement with Nestle Hellas. The company’s operation changes from general to specialized transportation. The company fleet consists of sterile, stainless tanks that are being presented for the very first time in Greece.

1977 MAKIOS S.A. is founded in Thessaloniki. Chairman of the company undertakes Stratos Makios and Vice-president Thomas Makios. The company starts to operate all over Greece and Europe with privately-owned commercial trucks.

1998 The company gets an EU subsidy and constructs its first state of the art warehousing facilities. Both dry and fresh cargo can be handled.

1999 MAKIOS S.A strengthens its fleet with refrigerated trucks that are able to deliver products in three different temperatures (dry, chilled and frozen).

2000 The new established logistics centre commence operations in January. The capacity of the facilities is 10.000 pallet places for dry cargo and 6.000 pallet places for fresh-frozen goods.

2002 Warehouses are expanded. The new extended capacity of cold stores is 10.000 pallet places and of dry cargo warehouses 15.000 pallet places. A special distribution centre is also constructed. It is equipped with a cross-docking area, compartments of chilled and frozen goods as well as special storage area for fresh fish and poultry.

2004 Cold stores are further expanded with a new total capacity of 20.000 pallet places. In addition, the company constructs offices to house collaborating customers.

2005 The company invests in two big pieces of land. 16 hectares located in Gefyra, 20 klm from the port of Thessaloniki and 20 hectares in Thiva, 80 klm from the Greek capital. Both sites are connected to the national railway network.

2007 New state subsidy granted to help built the new logistics centre in Gefyra. The new LC, expected to commence operations in autumn, is the first multimodal facilities of the company serving both road and rail cargo.