Geodis Expands E-Commerce Presence with Oberhausen Opening
8th March 2019
France-based international 3PL Geodis will open a new warehouse in Oberhausen this summer. The 40,000 square-meter building is being built by SEGRO, a UK industrial real estate group, with which Geodis has already implemented other major projects.
Geodis will hire up to 500 employees for the extensive warehousing and order picking operations in Oberhausen. The combination of a strong, available pool of skilled workers and an attractive logistic location with very good transportation connections make Oberhausen the ideal choice for this new location. In addition, the logistics centre will be implemented with an innovative warehouse concept that combines maximum space utilization with maximum productivity.
With this new opening, Geodis is continuing to expand its long-standing e-commerce strategy. In recent years, the company has significantly expanded its contract logistics business on a national and international level with well-known companies in this sector. With Oberhausen, a total of six of the 14 logistics centres operated by the company in Germany alone will specialize in e-commerce.
“We have been pursuing a very successful growth strategy in this market segment for years,” says Thomas Kraus, President & CEO North, East and Central Europe.