Dachser UK

Newly built Mannheim branch to create around 50 new jobs by mid-2012

Kempten/Mannheim, 13 July 2011. Dachser has officially opened its Rhine-Neckar logistics centre. For its new Mannheim branch, the internationally operating logistics provider has invested in the region of EUR 40 million, already creating 25 new jobs. Another 25 will follow by mid-2012.

The 130,000-square-metre site on the Friedrichsfeld-West industrial estate will be utilized by all three business fields: Dachser European Logistics, Dachser Food Logistics and Dachser Air & Sea Logistics.

The new logistics facility comprises two transit terminals: 9,200 square metres is available for industrial goods and 3,800 square metres for temperature-controlled foodstuffs. There is also a 6,000-square-metre warehouse with 13,200 pallet spaces for correct storage of goods with different temperature ranges, enabling the Mannheim branch to provide additional scope for high-quality contract logistics services. A two-storey administration building with over 3,300 square metres of usable space completes the logistics centre. On the roof space, Dachser has also installed a photovoltaic system with a rated output of around 800 kWp.

“Dachser has had roots in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region for 45 years. Our Mannheim branch employs a staff in excess of 300 and today’s new opening represents one of the biggest expansion projects in our company’s history,” says Michael Schilling, managing director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser. “The continued success of the Mannheim branch underscores the sustainable, customer-oriented growth we are striving for as a logistics provider.”

“This new logistics facility puts us in an excellent position for future growth,” comments branch manager Christian Klein. “Warehouse space and value added services in particular are currently in high demand in the greater Mannheim region. We are now in a position to offer our customers an ultramodern facility in conjunction with tailor-made contract logistics solutions – all conveniently located near the A656, A5 and A6 motorways.”

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.

left to right: Schilling, managing director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser; Christian Klein, Branch Manager at Mannheim and Dr. Peter Kurz, Mayor of the city of Mannheim

Taipei 4 July 2011

DACHSER Taiwan Inc. became a 100 per cent subsidiary of DACHSER Far East Ltd. on July 1^st, 2011 following the completion of an incremental share acquisition during the last seven years.

DACHSER originally established a 50:50 joint venture with Leader Mutual Freight System Inc. in 2004, increasing that stake to 80 per cent in January 2009 before buying the remaining shares in the company this year. The management team and office will remain unchanged.

“This is a significant step forward for DACHSER’s operations in Taiwan, as our customers will now be able to benefit even more from leveraging additional opportunities from our expanding regional and global networks,” said Edoardo Podestá, Managing Director of DACHSER Far East Ltd.

Dachser Taiwan will support the company’s aim to further develop cross straits business with mainland China and build its presence with the island’s multinational hi-tech and industrial customers.

Company Background

DACHSER is an international logistics services provider headquartered in Kempten/Germany, where the company was founded in 1930 by Thomas Dachser. The company’s mission is to improve the logistics processes of its customers. 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 tons.

DACHSER Far East Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of the DACHSER Group. The company employs about 600 people offering services from freight forwarding by air & sea, trucking, warehousing to contract logistics in 15 locations in Greater China with its regional head office in Hong Kong.

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New logistics centre combines local branch office Bratislava and central logistics hub for central and eastern Europe
Kempten/Bratislava, 21 June 2011. With its new Eurohub Bratislava, Dachser opened a cornerstone of its European overland transport network. The logistics intersection for central and eastern Europe shares the 64,000-square-metre site with the local Dachser branch office.

The new logistics centre accommodates a 3,565-square-metre cross dock for industrial goods which allows for simultaneous loading and unloading of 31 trucks. An office building with 1,800 square metres of usable floor space has also been built. In a second building phase, a warehouse with 13,500 pallet spaces will be added.

In a first step, the second Eurohub within the Dachser overland transport network links 14 countries via 19 daily scheduled services and is also directly connected to the Eurohub in Überherrn, Germany. In late summer 2011, Dachser’s third European hub in Clermont-Ferrand, France, will also join the network.

At a ceremony, Dachser managing director Michael Schilling presented the Slovakian country manager Roman Stoličný with a tree as a symbol for the growth of the Dachser network and the Slovakian country organization. The ceremony was attended by numerous guests from the fields of politics and business, as well as professional associations.

“Growth is not an end in itself, but should always be geared to the benefit of our customers,” Michael Schilling, managing director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser points out. “The success of our joint venture in Slovakia underscores this principle. The very positive development over the past seven years is due to the commitment and market knowledge of our partner Mr. Engelbert Liegl. Together with his team he developed the Slowakian country organization into a pillar of the European Dachser network.”

“In only nine months, we have built a future-oriented logistics facility in Lozorno that meets today’s modern standards”, comments Roman Stoličný, European Logistics country manager for Dachser in Slovakia. “This also paves the way for the future growth of the Slovakian country organization.”

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. www.dachser.com

The enclosed press backgrounder gives you more facts and figures about the Eurohub and the Bratislava branch office.

Ground-breaking ceremony for Frankfurt Ost logistics centre at the Hanauer Kreuz traffic junction

Kempten/Erlensee, 15 June 2011. The internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, is investing EUR 16 million until March 2012 in a new logistics centre in Erlensee near Hanau, creating capacities for further sustained growth in the Rhine-Main region.

District Administrator Erich Pipa and mayor Stefan Erb joined Dachser managing director Michael Schilling and Frankfurt branch manager Friedrich Wilhelm Wasser for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Frankfurt Ost logistics centre. The approximately 47,000-square-metre site in Erlensee will accommodate a 6,660-square-metre cross dock that will allow for simultaneous loading and unloading of 68 trucks, as well as a two-storey office building with around 2,000 square metres of usable floor space. Additional space is available for expansion of both buildings if necessary. Dachser also has secured an option on an adjacent site with an area of over two hectares.

“During the past five business years, the number of staff at the Dachser CargoCity Süd location has increased by more than 50%. The tonnage transported has almost doubled, and the number of shipments broke through the sound barrier of one million a year for the first time in 2010,” reports Friedrich Wilhelm Wasser, manager of the Frankfurt logistics centre. “As a reliable and successful partner to the local economy, we are today laying the foundation stone for our further development in the Rhine-Main area.”

“Dachser is investing in the systematic expansion of its full-coverage, customer-oriented logistics network,” explains Michael Schilling, managing director European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser. “The Frankfurt Ost logistics centre will link the Rhine-Main region directly or via hubs with 38 national and 190 European destinations.”

From March 2012, around 100 new Dachser employees will take up their posts in Erlensee, including eight trainees aiming to qualify as specialists in forwarding and logistics services, office activities and warehousing operations. Including service providers and subcontractors, the new logistics centre will create around 300 jobs in the Greater Frankfurt region over the medium term.

In 2010, the internationally operating logistics provider, 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

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Kempten, 08.06.2011.

Gold for the ‘DACHSER magazine’ in the category ‘Special format customer magazine’: in the FOX AWARDS 2011, the first efficiency awards in the field of corporate publishing, the Kempten-based logistics provider’s international magazine format convinced the jury.

The jury was particularly impressed by the outstanding combination of customer and staff magazine, target group customization and reader analysis performed by a service provider specializing in corporate publishing. “We consider this award as a great honour and an affirmation of all the hard work over the past few years,” says ‘DACHSER magazine’ editor-in-chief Jörn Erdmann delightedly. “To receive an efficiency award is proof that we have successfully mastered the balancing act of producing a combined customer and staff magazine.”

Dr Andreas Froschmayer, manager of the Corporate Development & PR division, points out the importance of the ‘DACHSER magazine’ for customers and staff: “With some 40,000 copies sold, the magazine ranks alongside other specialized logistics publications and is an established magazine within the industry. But efficiency also means avoiding coverage losses and not producing for the waste bin. In the case of the ‘DACHSER magazine’, the vast majority of copies are distributed directly and personally to customers and staff via the branch offices.”

The FOX AWARD is the first efficiency award in corporate publishing. A jury made up of industry and media experts evaluated corporate media in internal and external communications with respect to their development, coverage, efficiency, contribution to revenue, distribution quality and brand conformity. The overall impression – enjoyment and curiosity when using the media – also influenced the final score. A total of 91 reknowned companies and agencies submitted their work for this year’s awards.

The ‘DACHSER magazine’ is produced by BurdaYukom in the Burda Creative Group and published four times a year in German, English and French. Going back 52 years, the magazine traditionally addresses international customers, staff and the general (media) public. This heterogeneous target group results from the especially integrative network concept that has made Dachser a leading global logistics provider.

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.

Dachser and terre des hommes take stock

Kempten, April 2011. The joint aid project supported by Dachser and terre des hommes can boast impressive results. The balance after five years of common effort: the goals have not only been reached, but also surpassed many times over. 

When Dachser and the children’s relief organization launched their education campaign in Uttar Pradesh in 2005, the goal was to

1. offer schooling to 7,000 children,
2. provide teaching materials and sanitary facilities for 25 schools,
3. build 2 learning centres and
4. prepare 1,500 pupils for the job market.

Dachser has sponsored the project with 100,000 euros a year for 5 years.

The latest report published by terre des hommes in India reveals that not only have the local project partners successfully met these goals, they have in fact achieved far more. According to the report, between 2005 and 2010 more than 11,000 children received a school education thanks to the aid project; around 3,300 of these went on to study and 2,500 successfully completed vocational training.

Instead of two, as many as seven educational and vocational centres have been set up within the past five years; at the same time classrooms have been set up and drinking fountains and toilets installed in 43 state schools.

“These successes reflect the special character of the aid project: it is not about the rich supporting the poor, but about helping people to help themselves. This enables the villagers to become more self-reliant and secure their own future over the long term,” explains Bernhard Simon, spokesman for the Dachser management.

In order to ensure that the villagers continue to take advantage of education as a means to becoming self-reliant Dachser has decided to continue supporting the project. In October, phase 2 of the project was launched. George Chira, project coordinator of terre des hommes in South Asia, says: “We are delighted that with Dachser’s continued support we will be able to consolidate the results achieved so far and promote environmental awareness in the region.”

Dachser at transport logistic 2011

 Kempten, Germany, 22 March 2011 – Dachser, the internationally operating logistics provider, will exhibit its portfolio of services at transport logistic 2011, the world’s leading logistics trade fair, from 10-13 May.

“One world, one company, one network.” This is the theme for the exhibit area where Dachser will welcome its guests this year, located at Stand 103/202 in Hall B6 of the Munich trade fair centre. Over a 665 square metre space, the family-owned business will present visitors with information on the three Dachser business segments – European Logistics, Air & Sea Logistics and Food Logistics – as well as on sustainability, information technology and contract logistics.

Dachser’s mission is to create the world’s most intelligent combination and integration of logistical network services. Thanks to Dachser’s superior expertise in IT, the company has long set the industry standard in state-of-the-art optimization of logistics processes. The company will present visitors to the trade fair with its latest developments in this segment in particular.

“Customer-oriented solutions and an integrated worldwide network are what set Dachser apart. We network our air and sea freight, overland transport and warehousing activities in a uniquely consistent way throughout,” said Bernhard Simon, spokesman for the Dachser management, underscoring the theme of Dachser’s exhibit.

On 13 May, designated “executive day” at transport logistic, top managers from Dachser will be on hand at the exhibit stand to greet visitors to the fair.

Kempten/Grevenmacher, 7 February 2011. Dachser is reinforcing its position in the Benelux countries. With a new branch in Luxembourg, the internationally operating logistics provider is now present with its own facilities in 17 countries across Europe.

Operating under the name Dachser S.a.r.l. Luxembourg, the new company based in Grevenmacher is directly connected to the Eurohub in Überherrn, Saarland/Germany. “This enables us to offer all European facilities regular connections with standardized shipment times, even if they don’t run direct services to Luxembourg,” says Michael Schilling, Dachser managing director for European Network Management & Logistics Systems. European customers thus benefit from optimal access to the Luxembourg market.

The Grevenmacher branch is located between Trier (Germany) and Luxembourg City. The site encompasses a 2,600-square-metre transshipment hall with 18 bays, and 800 square metres of offices. Initially, Dachser will employ a staff of 25 in Grevenmacher. Torsten Baasner, responsible for forwarding management at the Überherrn facility since 2006, will be manager of the new branch.

Dachser is present in the Benelux countries with another nine branches, five in the Netherlands and four in Belgium. Via Dachser’s Air & Sea Logistics business segment, five of these locations have connections to intercontinental markets.

In 2009, Dachser generated total revenue of EUR 3.2 billion. 17,500 staff working in 306 profit centres worldwide handled 41.8 million consignments weighing a total of 29.4 million tonnes.

New partnership for chilled food logistics in Austria, own organizational structure for ambient foodstuffs.

 Kempten, 14 February 2011. From 1 May, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, will enter exclusive partnership in its Food Logistics business segment with Brummer Logistik GmbH to provide temperature-controlled transport services to and from Austria. Dachser transports ambient foodstuffs via its own organization.

 Founded in 1977 with headquarters in Neuburg am Inn, near Passau, family-run Brummer Logistik employs a staff of 200 and has its own fleet of 100 modern refrigerated trucks. An ideal geographical location on the German-Austrian border permits significantly improved shipment times in both directions of traffic. Dachser and Brummer customers alike will additionally benefit from both companies’ high distribution quality in the respective target country.

 Like Dachser, Brummer is also an owner-managed family enterprise with a high commitment to quality and state-of-the-art IT systems.

 Apart from corporate culture, Dachser Food Logistics gives high priority in its choice of partner to excellent quality standards. Brummer Logistik complies with all the requirements of the IFS Logistic and the EU directives on food safety, such as traceability, HACCP and temperature documentation. 

 Both partners are keen to turn their cooperation into a long-term commitment. “In Brummer, Dachser is gaining a partner with an excellent reputation in the market and a high level of competence in food logistics. We look forward to breaking new ground together,” says Alfred Miller, managing director of Dachser Food Logistics. “The new partnership will help us create the conditions to lastingly improve our positioning on the Germany-Austria route,” Hans Brummer, managing partner of Brummer Logistik GmbH adds: “The long-term partnership with Dachser will integrate Brummer into a food network with probably the most modern and efficient infrastructure in the industry. This will enable us to further develop our market position in Austria.”

 With its present partner, Frigologo, Dachser Food Logistics was unable to reach agreement on a joint strategic orientation in Europe – especially in eastern Europe. The cooperation will therefore be terminated with effect from 30.04.2011.

 Dachser Food Logistics now has its own organizational structure in the Austrian market for the transport of national and European ambient food. In order to meet all food regulatory requirements, the European Logistics and Food Logistics business segments within Dachser’s Austrian branches have been separated both physically and in terms of IT.
In 2009, the internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, with head office in Kempten (Allgäu) generated total revenue of EUR 3.2 billion worldwide. 17,500 staff working in 306 profit centres worldwide handled 41.8 million consignments weighing a total of 29.4 million tonnes. The Dachser Food Logistics business segment generated revenue of EUR 500 million with a shipment volume of 5.4 million tonnes.

Majority shareholding in Jonen Freight Pty. Ltd.

Kempten, Johannesburg/Kempton Park; 17 February 2011. The internationally operating logistics provider, Dachser, is further expanding its intercontinental network with a joint venture in South Africa. The enterprise employs a staff of 133 and offers extensive logistics services in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

 Jonen Freight Pty. Ltd. is a privately run logistics company that has been in the market for over 30 years. Dachser has a majority shareholding in the joint undertaking, and is thus reinforcing its activities in the Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business segment.

“For us and many of our globally operating customers, South Africa is an attractive market and important international transport hub,” says Thomas Reuter, managing director of Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. In addition to air and sea freight, the services portfolio includes customs clearance as well as warehousing and distribution.

Jonen is run in the second generation by the ethnic German Duve family. The joint venture will initially continue to operate within the Dachser group under its present name Jonen Freight Pty. Ltd. The five-man management board is made up of Jonen managers Detlev and Hartmut Duve as well as Dachser managers Thomas Reuter, Rüdiger Klug and Rolf Mertins.

Rüdiger Klug, EMEA regional manager at Dachser Air & Sea Logistics will act as chairman; Detlev Duve as vice chairman and managing director. 

“By becoming part of and integrated into the Dachser organization we will in future be able to offer our customers far more than just regional competence – we will be giving them access to a globally integrated network,” says Detlev Duve.

In 2009, Dachser generated total revenue of EUR 3.2 billion. 17,500 staff working in 306 profit centres worldwide handled 41.8 million consignments weighing a total of 29.4 million tonnes.