New €25m facility in Kassel allows European logistics group to replace its long-standing regional partner Schmelz Transport und Logistik.
Logistics provider Dachser has started construction on a new branch and logistics facility in Kassel, the economic centre of northern Hesse in central Germany, in a move that will enable it to take full control of its industrial goods groupage network in Germany.
Dachser said the new facility in Kassel “rounds off Dachser’s own groupage network for industrial goods in Germany and will replace the company’s long-standing regional partner Schmelz Transport und Logistik. Dachser will continue working with its trusted partner until building work on the new Dachser branch is completed next year.”
Construction work on the approximately 78,000 sqm lot in the Lohfelden commercial zone began this April. The transit terminal will have approximately 6,400 sqm of floor space and 78 gates for loading and unloading trucks. A 2,500 sqm office building will be built adjacent to the terminal as well.
Dachser said the new transit terminal for industrial goods with adjacent offices, located in the Lohfelden commercial zone, is due for completion by summer 2021. Located at the interchange of the A7, A44, and A49 highways, the new branch will create roughly 200 jobs in the medium term.
A large share of the new branch’s customers will come from the region’s robust industrial production companies, explained Andreas Fritsch, general manager of Dachser’s Ostwestfalen-Lippe logistics centre in Bad Salzuflen. Fritsch will assume responsibility for the new Lohfelden facility in Kassel, with Mathias Oetter becoming the local branch manager.
“Thanks to Dachser’s closely integrated logistics network, transports departing from the new Kassel branch will reach all economic centres across Europe within 24 to 48 hours,” said Fritsch. “Dachser customers throughout Europe will benefit from fast delivery times and our consistently high service quality.”
The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony took place today, attended by Dr Alexander Friedrich Wachter, Vice President of the Kassel district government, Norbert Thielen, deputy mayor of Lohfelden, Michael Schilling COO Road Logistics Dachser, and Alexander Tonn, Managing Director European Logistics Germany, who is responsible for Dachser’s transport and storage business for industrial goods in Germany.
With around 31,000 employees at 393 locations all over the globe, Dachser generated consolidated net revenue of approximately €5.7 billion in 2019, handling more than 80 million shipments weighing 41 million metric tonnes. Country organisations represent Dachser in 44 countries.
Source: Lloyd’s
