Ground-breaking: DPD builds new parcel distribution centre in Dinkelsbühl
n Total DPD investment of 11 million euros
n More than 90 new jobs to be created in the region
n Even better service for the region's consignees and shippers
Dinkelsbühl/Aschaffenburg, 09 April 2014 – International parcel and express service provider DPD is constructing a new parcel distribution centre in Dinkelsbühl, central Franconia, at an overall cost of 11 million euros. The official start of construction work was celebrated today with a ground-breaking ceremony. The new centre is to be opened early in 2015 and will have a staff of more than 90 employees.
"Closeness to the customer is an important competitive factor for us. Our new distribution centre in Dinkelsbühl will put us in the position to offer our customers in the region even better service. Because of its ideal positioning within the delivery area and its transport links Business Park Waldeck is the best possible location for us", comments DPD project manager Milad Zadeh. Dinkelsbühl will, among other areas, serve shippers and consignees in Aalen, Feuchtwangen, Crailsheim and Ellwangen, all of which had previously been served by the DPD depots in Nuremberg, Heilbronn and Neu-Ulm.
"DPD's investment confirms the importance of Business Park Waldeck for Dinkelsbühl as a business location. We are delighted that new jobs will also be created in the region", confirms Dr. Christoph Hammer, mayor of Dinkelsbühl. A total of 65 delivery drivers and just under 30 depot staff will be in operation daily on behalf of DPD's parcel shippers and consignees.
The depot in Dinkelsbühl-Waldeck will be constructed on an overall area of 23,100 m² (built-up area: 18.000 m²). The core of the new facility is the parcel sorting installation, which will be able to handle up to 16,500 parcels a day when operations begin. Environmental considerations have played a major part in the planning of the new location, with solar power being used in the heating of the office building. In addition there will be a reduction in CO2 emissions because the new facility will shorten transport distances to shippers and consignees.
When the new parcel distribution centre in Dinkelsbühl comes on stream the number of DPD depots in Germany will rise to 76. Within Germany as a whole DPD has a workforce of 7,500 and a fleet of 7,000 delivery vehicles. More than 2.5 million parcels are shipped daily within the international DPD network.
Facts and figures:
Operational start-up: / Early 2015
Total investment: / 11 million euros
Daily parcel volumes: / 16,500
Delivery vehicles: / 65
Workforce: / approx. 90
Site area: / 23,100 m2
Built-up area: / 18,000 m2
Sorting capacity: / 5,500 parcels/hour (1st phase)
7,500 parcels/hour (2nd phase)
Total conveyor belt length: / 990 m
Drive motors: / 120
Photo-electric barriers: / 20
Amount of steel used: / 40 t
Depot area: / to the north: Rothenburg o. d. Tauber
to the east: Ansbach
to the south: Aalen
to the west: Gaildorf
Regional centres served: / Dinkelsbühl, Feuchtwangen, Ansbach, Crailsheim, Ellwangen, Aalen, Nördlingen
Sustainability: / n CO2 reduction thanks to shorter transport distances
n Solar power supporting the heating system of the office building
Photo I: At the ground-breaking ceremony in Dinkelsbühl (l. to r.): Hubert Wilbers, director of the project developers List + Wilbers, Bernd Friedel, regional manager of DPD, Dr. Christoph Hammer, mayor of Dinkelsbühl, and Andreas Brockhaus, manager of the general contractors LIST BAU.
Photo II: Looking to the future – with its new parcel distribution centre in Dinkelsbühl DPD will be even closer to shippers and consignees in the region from the beginning of 2015.
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About DPD
With the shipment of 2.5 million parcels a day DPD is a leading international provider of parcel and express services. The company has the most efficient road network in Europe and delivers to 230 countries worldwide. Customers can choose services from an extensive product range of national and international parcel and express services for business and home deliveries.
Every parcels sent via DPD’s network are carbon neutral in major European markets as of July 2012. This Total Zero principle means carbon neutral parcel shipping at no extra cost to the customer. Total Zero, DPD’s new carbon neutrality commitment, demonstrates the company’s ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental impact on the planet.
A workforce of 24,000 and 18,000 vehicles operate at more than 800 locations. The majority shareholder in DPD with 83,32 % shareholding is the GeoPost Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of French Groupe La Poste. With a consolidated turnover of 4.391 billion euros in the year 2013 GeoPost is currently Europe's second-largest provider of express parcel services.
In Germany DPD is the market leader in national and international B2B parcel services. It has 75 depots country-wide and 5,000 DPD ParcelShops, with a workforce of 7,500 and 7,000 vehicles in daily operation on behalf of the customers in B2B and B2C parcel shipping.
Press contact:
DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG
Frank Vergien
PR-Referent
Wailandtstraße 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
Phone: +49 6021 843-120
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