The FINANCIAL — In the Hessen city of Obertshausen, Deutsche Post DHL is taking another significant step in the modernization of its parcel network in Germany: constructing the largest parcel center in the nation. Its partner in the endeavor is Alpha Industrial, a specialist in logistics properties.
Deutsche Post DHL, the market leader on the German parcel market, has acquired a building plot of some 140,000 square meters in a municipality near Frankfurt/Main, on which the first parcel center in the nation with a sorting capacity of 50,000 items per hour will be constructed. “This investment represents another important milestone for our new parcel concept and our network capacity,” said Uwe Brinks, Chief Production Officer at Deutsche Post DHL. “The result will be one of the largest and most modern parcel centers in Europe. We have already submitted the building application to the Obertshausen municipality and want to begin construction this year.”
The first step for Deutsche Post DHL was a financial investment, a sum in the double-digit millions dedicated to the new mega parcel center at the new site near the A3 highway. The center is scheduled to begin operations in spring of 2014. As DHL reported, the building alone will have 40,000 square meters of interior space and be equipped with the most modern technology. “The new center will not only create an additional platform for further growth in the parcel sector, it will also safeguard jobs in the Frankfurt metropolitan area and create new employment opportunities there,” Brinks emphasized. The new location will create some 600 new positions, both in parcel sorting and delivery. A delivery base connected directly to the sorting center will also be built in Obertshausen and help further shorten parcel transit times.
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