Logistics provider Dachser has started construction on a new branch in Kassel, Germany the economic centre of northern Hesse, investing approximately €25 million (US$28.5 million).
Located in the Lohfelden commercial zone, the new transit terminal for industrial goods with adjacent offices is due for completion by summer 2021. In the medium term, the new branch will create roughly 200 jobs, according to an announcement.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 13 July, attended by government, local and company’s officials.
Dachser’s new facility in central Germany is conveniently located at the interchange of the A7, A44, and A49 highways. Construction work on the approximately 78,000m2 lot in the Lohfelden commercial zone began this April. The transit terminal will have approximately 6,400m2 of floor space and 78 gates for loading and unloading trucks, while a 2,500m2 office building will be built adjacent to the terminal as well.
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.
“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 Andreas Fritsch, general manager of Dachser’s Ostwestfalen-Lippe logistics centre in Bad Salzuflen, explaining the strategic relevance of the new location.
Fritsch will assume responsibility for the new Lohfelden facility in Kassel, which falls under the Bad Salzuflen group, while Mathias Oetter will be the local branch manager. A large share of the new branch’s customers will come from the region’s robust industrial production companies, according to Fritsch.
