As it builds new facilities in Austria, France and Germany, Dachser is strengthening its contract logistics operations across Europe; integrated logistics services including transport, warehousing, and value-added services will be available in even more locations.
“By offering a full range of contract logistics services, we also support our customers in their global supply chain management process,” said Michael Schilling, Chief Operations Officer Road Logistics (COO) at Dachser. At the end of June 2016, the family-owned company held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its logistics center in Hörsching near Linz, Austria. A new warehouse will provide around 10,000 m2 of storage space and over 20,000 pallet spaces. The new warehouse, in which Dachser has invested around €10 million, is expected to be operational in early 2017. For the customer, Hörsching means everything from a single source: warehousing and customised services as an integral part of contract logistics, direct connections to a comprehensive European transport network, and air and sea freight services provided by Dachser Air & Sea Logistics.
In France, Dachser just expanded its warehouse capacity in two locations. In Salon de Provence, which is located in southern France, a location recently opened for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region with 12,000 m2 and space for 14,500 pallets. Existing storage was also expanded in Reims, located in northern France. Offering a total of 27,000 pallet spaces, this location offers contract logistics solutions especially for wine, spirits, and industrial customers.
The company’s offerings. A seamless shipping network—both in Europe and overseas—and fully integrated IT systems provide for intelligent logistics solutions worldwide.
With a staff of around 26,500 employees at 428 locations all over the globe, Dachser generated revenue of €5.64 billion in 2015. The logistics provider moved a total of 78.1 million shipments weighing 37.3 million tons. Dachser now has organisations The company’s investment in expanding the Überherrn Logistics Center (located in the German state of Saarland) has resulted in a contract logistics warehouse offering 11,000 m2 of space, with approximately 22,000 shelf bays and 600 m2 of office space. The amount invested was also €10 million. The facility should be ready by the end of October 2016 and will result in 80 new jobs in the medium term. The Überherrn location has a dual function in the Dachser network: while the logistics centre conducts regular branch business during the day, it serves as a Eurohub for centralised handling of European groupage starting at 20:00. With its location near the Saar River, Dachser combines European overland transport with intercontinental routes and seamlessly interlinks sea and air freight for both imports and exports.
“Together with our colleagues on site, we are working hard to internationalize Dachser’s contract logistics,” said Alexander Tonn, who heads this department for the company. “These investments demonstrate how successfully our contract logistics operations have developed in recent years.”
Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, and with its Luxembourg base in Grevenmacher, is one of the leading logistics providers. Dachser provides comprehensive transport logistics, warehousing, and customized services in two business fields: Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics. The latter is divided into two business lines, Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Food Logistics. Comprehensive contract logistics services and industry-specific solutions round out the in 43 countries.
