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Kempten/Zevenaar, 13th February 2012. In Zevenaar, Dachser is currently constructing one of its largest branch offices in Europe. The facility is expected to start operations this summer. Over the medium term Dachser will thus create up to 35 new jobs with an investment volume of EUR 22 million.

The approx. 30,000-square-metre logistics complex is being built in multiple stages on a site of more than 83,000 square metres. “The volume at the Zevenaar location has soared in recent years and our revenue is also growing nicely,” says Aat van der Meer, managing director of Dachser Netherlands. “As a result of this growth, we have outgrown our present site.” Dachser is thus further expanding its warehousing and contract logistics activities. The current site in Zevenaar will be moved once the new building has been completed.

The first construction phase encompasses a cross dock with over 7,200 square metres and 82 bays as well as a three-storey office building with almost 3,000 square metres. In further steps, the expansion of the premises will include the construction of an additional 3,300-square-metre cross dock and a warehouse of more than 16,000 square metres.

“Construction of the new branch office will boost our presence in the Benelux countries,” says Michael Schilling, managing director Dachser European Network Management & Logistics Systems. “This capacity expansion at Zevenaar will help improve our closely meshed logistics network, which extends across the whole of Europe.”

Dachser Netherlands was established in Zevenaar in 1975. “We are proud of our roots and from the outset we wanted to stay in Zevenaar also in the interests of our 200 employees,” van der Meer says. The new branch office is strategically located on the A12 motorway, which is the east-west route across the Netherlands and one of the most important links to Germany and the Ruhr region in particular.

Intercontinental markets will also benefit from the new facility. In the Netherlands Dachser offers integrated logistics concepts for air, sea, overland and warehousing services. The capacity expansion in Zevenaar will provide even closer links to global procurement and distribution markets.

In 2010, Dachser generated worldwide total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.

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Kempten/Frankfurt, 10th February 2012: Dachser has become a new member of the cargo carrier’s top customer programme following the signing of an agreement in January. As well as sharing in worldwide growth in the air freight market, the Global Partnership Programme is geared to increasing closer cooperation and the dovetailing of capacity planning, reducing transaction costs and promoting key industry issues.

Thomas Reuter, Managing Director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics, and Dr. Andreas Otto, Lufthansa Cargo Member of the Executive Board, at the signing of the agreement.

The Lufthansa Cargo Global Partnership Programme has evolved in recent years into a major platform for stability and growth. Over the same period, Dachser has expanded into a strong global logistics provider. “With Dachser in the membership base, we have additionally strengthened our Global Partnership Programme,” emphasized Dr Andreas Otto, Lufthansa Cargo Board Member Product and Sales. “The two companies have significantly expanded their joint business in recent years. Dachser is pursuing an impressive and successful global expansion model and we are delighted to be part of it. We now intend to continue on that path in even closer partnership.”

The two companies are looking to jointly enhance their global market presence by utilizing synergy effects. Above all, Dachser stands to benefit from even better access to capacities. An advantage the logistics provider can pass on directly to its customers. But that is not all: “Lufthansa Cargo is with its closely meshed route network, the high frequency of its services and excellent quality a strong partner for our intercontinental business,” explains Thomas Reuter, managing director Dachser Air & Sea Logistics.

With a route network that covers some 300 destinations in over 100 countries, the airline ranks among the world’s leading air freight carriers.

Dachser once again wins in the major German forwarders category

Kempten/Frankfurt, 6th February 2012. For the second year running Dachser has received the Lufthansa Cargo Quality Award. Once again the logistics provider convinced Lufthansa through the highest delivery quality among Germany’s major air freight forwarders.

Performance was measured according to quality parameters such as compliance with the scope of delivery, punctuality and handling care. In 2011, Dachser again secured first place in the category for major forwarders with over 10,000 air way bills.

The objective behind the Lufthansa Cargo Quality Awards is to achieve highest quality standards in the interaction between air freight forwarding and airline. “It is unusual for a logistics provider to receive the award two years in a row,” says a pleased Jürgen Huber, general manager of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics Germany, adding: “Quality has top priority at Dachser. The award sets us apart from other major German air freight forwarders and confirms that we are on the right track.”

In 2010, Dachser generated total 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.

TÜV rubberstamps information security: Customer data in safe hands worldwide

Left to right: Stefan Selbach, Division Manager Information Technology, Dachser; Christian von Rützen, Team Leader IT-Security, Dachser; Marko Hoffmann, IT-AuditorTÜV SÜD; Rainer Seidlitz, Manager IT & Internet Certifications, TÜV SÜD

Kempten, 1 February 2012. Dachser has had its central IT services, computer centres, infrastructure and IT departments certified against the internationally recognized standard for information security, ISO/IEC 27001:2005.

Independent inspectors from TÜV SÜD (the German Technical Inspection Association) confirm that Dachser’s information security management system is of the highest standard. Thanks to the certificate, customers can be certain that their data are in safe hands with Dachser. After all, the company’s forwarding and warehouse management systems, as well as its eLogistics Internet applications, are defined and programmed in-house by Dachser’s central IT division in Kempten, which then makes them available worldwide. The result is uniform and highly integrated systems.

“Customers do not just send us data. They also trust us to treat their sensitive business information responsibly. As an internationally operating logistics provider, we need to comply with these high standards of information security worldwide and be able to prove that we are doing so,” is how Christian von Rützen, Dachser’s team leader for IT security, explains the decision to undergo certification. 

Certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2005 covers all aspects of information security, ranging from technical areas such as virus protection, spam defence and the security of Internet applications to system reliability and emergency planning and on to organizational aspects such as confidentiality agreements with external IT service providers and consultants. The standard requires a risk management system to be in place at all levels to enable the plethora of risks to be appropriately classified and managed. Above all, certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2005 is not designed as a snapshot but as an ongoing process of improvement. Only those that work on their security processes consistently will be able to pass the annual surveillance audit and ultimately be able to renew their certificate.

“The ISO 27001 certification is a milestone for our IT,” comments Stefan Selbach, manager of Dachser’s information technology division. “Modern supply chains rely on intelligent, failsafe IT systems. With core IT systems and eLogistics Internet applications that are uniform, highly integrated and now also certified as secure, Dachser is well equipped to meet the current and future needs of its international customers.”

About Dachser:

In 2010, Dachser (www.dachser.com) generated total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion worldwide. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.

Kempten/Shanghai, 30 January 2012. The internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, is expanding its contract logistics activities in China. A new warehouse in Shanghai with 10,000 square metres was recently put into operation.

Due to the growing demand for contract logistics services, the existing warehouse that opened in July 2007 had reached its capacity limits. The new facility is located close to the centre of Shanghai directly on the G2 Beijing-Shanghai expressway and the G 1501 Shanghai ring-road, giving speedy access to the Greater Shanghai administrative area with its 23 million inhabitants. Other cities of over a million inhabitants, including Suzhou and Wuxi, are just a one- or two-hour drive away.

The new warehouse provides space for up to 16,000 pallets in an area of 10,000 square metres.

“China is and will continue to be a key bridgehead for the expansion of our intercontinental network,” says Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics.

Established technology

The new warehouse is managed with the help of Dachser’s proprietary warehouse management system, Mikado. The operational and administrative warehouse management software has been long established in Europe and for the past five years has also been used very successfully in China. Additionally, the warehouse is equipped to a high standard with modern shelving systems that fully comply with all fire prevention requirements. Access controls, video surveillance and a round-the-clock security service ensure the necessary security on the 20,000-square-metre site. Covered and lowerable loading ramps permit safe and easy goods handling.

Dachser has been active in China for over thirty years and currently employs a staff of 650 at 15 locations in Greater China.

In 2010, Dachser generated total 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.

Kempten, 20 January 2012. Switzerland’s largest milk processor, Emmi, and Dachser Food Logistics, a leading German provider of temperature-controlled food logistics services, have signed a warehousing and distribution logistics contract for the German market.

From 1 July, Dachser Food Logistics will handle logistics for dairy and fresh food products as well as Swiss cheese for Emmi. As part of the deal, Emmi Germany will occupy around 3,000 pallet spaces at the Allgäu logistics centre in Memmingen. Here, the products, over two thirds of which will come from Switzerland, will be consolidated with products from Germany, Italy or other countries, picked and delivered to customers in Germany and parts of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Furthermore, Dachser will provide a range of supplementary services for Emmi, such as display building, finishing, labelling, web-based order tracking and delivery of sample and trade fair consignments. The new business will generate around 30 new jobs in Memmingen this summer.

The highly modern distribution centre, built in 2008 in compliance with the latest hygiene and environmental standards, already provides storage capacity for the products of many food customers, including well-known names from the dairy processing industry, in a chilled area of 20,000 square metres. This portfolio will enable Emmi to benefit from synergies in the warehouse and in daily groupage distribution to German retailers. Emmi regards Dachser’s many years of experience in contract logistics with temperature-sensitive foodstuffs as an additional advantage. The Memmingen location is certified in accordance with the EU Organic Farming Regulation, IFS Logistics and DIN ISO 9001:2008.

“In Dachser’s logistics centre in Memmingen we have identified an optimal location for linking up with the Emmi group’s European network as well as for distributing goods to our discerning customers in Germany,” says Dr Elisabeth Wagner-Wehrborn, managing director of Emmi Germany, of the arrangement. “Dachser will provide us with all our logistics services from a single source, from collection of the goods directly from production through to delivery – including electronic proof of delivery. What’s more, Dachser is an innovative, sustainable company with high quality standards. It fits well with Emmi. We are confident that Dachser’s high service level will enable us to further expand our market presence in Germany.”

About Emmi:

Emmi is the largest Swiss milk processor, one of the most innovative premium dairies in Europe and the world’s leading specialist for Swiss cheese. The publicly traded company with headquarters in Lucerne employs a staff of around 4,000 at its locations in Europe and North America and in 2010 generated revenue of CHF 2.7 billion, just over a quarter of this amount outside Switzerland. Germany is one of Emmi’s key international markets. The company has expanded here in recent years and aims to reinforce its position in the German market in the future. Growth drivers are international brands such as Caffè Latte, Kaltbach or the Emmi umbrella brand. Emmi is also looking to boost growth by marketing specialities such as Onken yoghurts or Italian desserts.

About Dachser:

In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser (www.dachser.com), generated total 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. The Dachser Food Logistics business field generated revenue of EUR 500 million with a shipment volume of 5.4 million tonnes.

Dachser strengthens its European network with one of the most modern dangerous goods warehouses in the region

Kempten/Ploiesti, January 10, 2012. Dachser has opened a dangerous goods warehouse near Bucharest with an area of approximately 6,500 square metres and 11,500 pallet spaces. As currently the only warehouse in Romania, the facility, with an investment volume in excess of ten million euros, complies with the Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC).

“The facility in Ploiesti is a flagship project in the expansion of our European logistics network,” comments Michael Schilling, managing director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser. “With this commitment, Dachser is setting standards for the entire growth region.”

Dachser Romania has constructed the warehouse with the support of Liegl & Dachser. The Hungarian joint venture has operated a dangerous goods warehouse in compliance with the strict Seveso II Directive in Pilisvörösvár near Budapest since 2006.

Engelbert Liegl, managing director of Liegl & Dachser Hungary, explains: “In combination with the excellent connection to the Dachser Eurohub in Bratislava, we are able to offer international customers from the chemical industry efficient and safe contract logistics for the entire region”.

State-of-the-art technology
Dangerous goods in the VCI dangerous goods classes 2, 3, 4.1, 6.1, 8, 10–13 can be stored safely in Ploiesti. The facility is divided into six fire protection zones separated by fire protection walls and doors. Sprinklers with foam mixing system are installed at each storage level. The dangerous goods warehouse is also equipped with fire alarm systems and sensors for combustible and toxic volatile substances. The warehouse floor is waterproof and repels oil and chemicals.

Dachser stores twice as much extinguishing water in Ploiesti as is legally required. Tanks and lines to the warehouse can be heated when temperatures fall below zero. Two special 2,000-cubic-metre concrete retaining basins beneath the facility ensure that not a single drop of contaminated extinguishing water or liquids escaping as a result of accidents or damage can seep into the ground. The high shelves can withstand earthquakes up to a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale. Additional stability is guaranteed by supplementary metal clips and twice the amount of steel as is usually used. These measures are unique in any racking system in Europe.

“The new warehouse underscores our dangerous goods competence. The safety measures are in line with the latest technological standards,” explains Steve Heidner, Central Dangerous Goods Management at Dachser.

About Dachser:
Dachser (www.dachser.com) has been present with its own country organization at four locations in Romania since 2009: Bucharest, Arad, Brasov and now in Ploiesti. In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider generated total revenue of EUR 3.8 billion worldwide. 19,250 staff working in 310 profit centres worldwide handled 46.2 million consignments weighing a total of 35.5 million tonnes.

For more information about Dachser’s dedicated services for the chemical industry visit http://www.chem-logistics.com

Background information: Expertise in Dangerous Goods Handling
Safety comes first. According to this motto, Dachser has implemented safety and quality standards for the storage and transport of dangerous goods above and beyond the legal requirements. Dachser’s dangerous goods regulations constitute a standardized, in-house guideline that defines transport prohibitions for certain dangerous goods, as well as risk evaluations, for all European branch offices. Locations are carefully inspected by Dachser’s central dangerous goods management team before being approved for the transport and storage of dangerous goods. At regional level, Dachser employs an additional 122 dangerous goods safety advisors, who share their expertise with over 6,000 participants a year within the context of in-house training courses. Furthermore, 14 Dachser locations in Europe have been successfully assessed by independent assessors on the basis of the CEFIC “Transport Service” questionnaire (SQAS).

Kempten, Dec. 16 2011. The internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, has created 1,700 new jobs in the course of this year, bringing the company’s total number of employees to just under 21,000.

Bernhard Simon, head of the Dachser management board, points out that the increase in jobs is spread across skilled specialists and executives, as well as a number of operational positions. Simon says: “While everyone is talking these days about the shortage of skilled specialists and executives, we are finding it increasingly difficult to fill vacant operational positions.” Simon anticipates that this could become a problem in future.

Dachser is well known in the industry for offering systematic initial and advanced training, also in the lower collectively agreed wage brackets. In logistics there is also a shortage of truck drivers. The company intends to significantly intensify its driver training and recruiting initiatives in the coming year.

For 2012, Dachser is planning to create new jobs despite the weakening economic environment. Simon says: “The mission to recruit and retain qualified people is part of our long-term strategic orientation – even when the going gets tough.”

Logistics provider receives accreditation as Qualified Envirotainer Provider

Kempten, 15 December 2011. Dachser has been accredited by the Swedish firm Envirotainer to handle air freight transportation of pharmaceutical products in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines. The logistics provider is thus expanding its services for the life sciences industry in the field of active temperature-controlled air freight products.

Pharmaceutical products increasingly have to be transported over very long distances. To ensure they preserve their shelf life and efficacy, they must be maintained at precisely defined temperatures; this calls for good solutions. “We, our customers and the authorities place the highest demands on the transport of these sensitive goods,” explains Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. This is why Dachser works with Envirotainer. The Swedish firm is market leader in the field of active temperature-controlled air freight containers and has now accredited the logistics provider as a Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP). The accreditation initially applies to Dachser’s Frankfurt, Munich, Münster-Osnabrück and Stuttgart facilities. The logistics provider intends to expand its partnership with Envirotainer on a global level.

Envirotainer produces and leases active temperature-controlled air freight containers and is world leader in secure cold chain logistics solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. The company offers its QEP programme exclusively to service providers that are capable of properly managing shipments using the Envirotainer container.

In addition to active refrigerated transport of air and sea freight, Dachser offers passive temperature control solutions using validated insulated packaging. Whether active or passive cooling, a temperature record is kept during the entire transport process and automatically made available to the customer.

In 2010, Dachser generated total 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.

Kempten/Dallas, 20 October 2011. Dachser USA, the US subsidiary of the Kempten-based logistics provider, Dachser, has opened a new branch office in Dallas, Texas, to serve the growing import and export business in North Texas and Oklahoma.

Janis Mullman is manager of the new Dachser branch office in Dallas, Texas

Janis Mullman, a seasoned logistics executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the Texan metropolis, has been appointed branch office manager. Three logistics specialists and a sales manager will work with Ms Mullman. By mid-2012, the office is expected to expand to 15 personnel.

With its new branch office, Dachser is extending its service offering, focusing in particular on continued growth in the region of import and export trade with Asia.

“The North Texas and Oklahoma Sunbelt region is a strong and growing market for air and sea import trade,” says Frank Günzerodt, President & CEO of Dachser USA. “Our new branch office will enhance our service offerings throughout the US and globally, as well as ideally complement our Houston location, which is focused mainly on project logistics for the oil and gas industries.”

Dachser plans to add more branch offices in the USA in coming months. “The United States is the number one trading partner for many countries in the world,” says Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. “We are expanding our US capabilities to support the growth of Dachser’s global network.”

Dachser Transport of America Inc. (Dachser USA) was founded in New York in 1972 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company employs a staff totalling 150 at 11 locations in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Phoenix. Dachser’s branch offices in the US ensure seamless integration of all import and export activities via air or sea to and from Europe, Asia and South America, offering American customers optimal access to international markets.

In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider generated total 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.