Liebherr begins work on $130m logistics centre
Liebherr Group has begun work on a logistics centre in southern Germany, which will initially be used for distribution of spare parts for its earthmoving machinery business unit.
The logistics warehouse is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2014.
Liebherr Group has begun work on a logistics centre in southern Germany, which will initially be used for distribution of spare parts for its earthmoving machinery business unit.
With a cost of more than $132 million, the logistics warehouse will have an area of approximately 47,000 m², and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2014.
The first phase covers site development, erection of a logistics warehouse, as well as the construction of a separate administrative building. The site is anticipated to be operational within the third quarter of 2015.
In the long term, spare parts logistics for other construction machinery divisions of Liebherr will also be based at the centre, and it is envisaged that by the final extension phase, it will have a warehouse area of about 170,000 m². For efficient storage of the spare parts, a high-bay store with 60,000 spaces for pallets and a height of approx. 38 m will be built.
For logistics on the premises, there will also be an innovative 29m-high container warehouse for 122,000 containers and a potential goods handling output of 3,500 containers per hour.
In the remaining, 20m-high part of the building, provision is to be made for manual storage areas with 25,000 pallet spaces and a storage zone as well as workspaces for customer-specific consignment, packaging and dispatch.
