From L-R: Jürgen Unglehrt, Managing Director Unglehrt Building Company; Bernd Großmann, Dr. Frank Mentrup, member of the State Parliament Baden-Wuerttemberg for the constituency Ettlingen and Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Thomas Reuter, Elmar Himmel
Kempten/Karlsruhe, 30 September 2011. The Dachser subsidiary SWS Karlsruhe, Germany is embarking on a major construction project. The company is investing EUR 25 million in building new branch office premises on an 85,000-square-metre plot in the commune of Malsch near Karlsruhe. The ground-breaking ceremony on 30 September marked the official start of the building work. In future the Dachser subsidiary plans to take on between 20 and 30 new staff every year.
The new premises will stand adjacent to the two existing warehouses, which together measure 36,000 square metres and provide 60,000 pallet spaces, and are expected to be completed by the end of 2012. Dachser is constructing a 10,000-square-metre transit terminal with 124 loading bays and a 4,100-square-metre office building. SWS will bring all of the modes of transport under one roof in Malsch, thus creating an optimal environment for the two business fields Dachser European Logistics and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics to dovetail with comprehensive contract logistics services.
“Best service, optimal size, ultra-modern plant” – those were the press headlines back in 1974 when the then newly built facility was officially opened in Ottostraße in Karlsruhe. “We are proud of these roots and since then we have always worked in accordance with these principles,” explains Bernd Großmann, branch office manager in Karlsruhe. He particularly emphasizes the following point: “We believe that our customers and our staff are the company’s most important asset. We owe our success and the growth that we have experienced in recent years entirely to the strong relationships that we have built up with our customers, sometimes over decades, and to a value-oriented corporate culture, which promotes partnership, dialogue, transparency and high standards.”
Elmar Himmel, mayor of the commune of Malsch, is delighted about Dachser’s decision to move from Karlsruhe to Malsch. “SWS is an important driver of employment in the region and will now be bringing 460 jobs with it to Malsch,” says Himmel. “In the medium term we will create between 20 and 30 additional jobs and traineeships every year,” adds Bernd Großmann. “Qualified staff are an essential prerequisite if we are to further enhance our consulting expertise.”
The location is an important intersection in the pan-European Dachser network and ensures that the region has optimal links to all of the world’s major economic regions.
In 2010 the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, generated revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.