DHL has announced plans to invest HK$360 million (€30 million) to expand its logisticsoperations in Hong Kong with a single, multi-user facility for DHL Supply Chain to cater for
growth.Once completed in January 2012, DHL Supply Chain will occupy at least 25% of the Interlinkfacility located in the Tsing Yi district. More than 300 employees will be staffed at the site.
To meet growing demand for its range of bespoke services, particularly among customers in theConsumer, Fashion and High-Tech industries, DHL Supply Chain will operate a significant part of itsservices across Hong Kong from the new Interlink facility that is being developed by the GoodmanGroup.
Situated between the container ports and Hong Kong International Airport, Interlink will belocated at the heart of the logistics and port hub. Spread over five floors, it will offerimmediate access to Tsing Yi Road, which is just 2 km to Kwai Chung Container Port, 20 km to HongKong International Airport, and 25 km to the Shenzhen border.
“Customers wanting to drive greater value in their supply chains are no longer simply looking atbasic warehousing services. With growing demand for increased end-to-end integrated logisticssolutions, the new and conveniently located facility in Hong Kong will enable DHL to provide acomprehensive range of customised and cost-effective logistics services to meet the needs ofcustomers in the dynamic Hong Kong market,” said Paul Graham, Chief Executive Officer, AsiaPacific, DHL Supply Chain.
Once completed, the DHL Supply Chain facility will function as one of the primary Asia Pacificdistribution centres for DHL Supply Chain’s established business in the Fashion and Apparelindustry, supplying European-made garments across the Asian market from Beijing to Sydney toSingapore. In addition, recognising Hong Kong’s strategic importance as a market on its own and amajor gateway to Greater China, DHL Supply Chain has long developed its Hong Kong operations as acentral hub for many leading retail brands, offering comprehensive warehousing and distributionservice as well as consolidating manufacturing from the Greater China area, for distribution to theregion or globally.
Victor Mok, Executive Vice President, Greater China, DHL Supply Chain, said: “The high quality,built-to-suit facility will also serve as a Service Parts Logistics hub, providing 24/7 urgentresponse spare parts delivery to DHL customers in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region. Ourinvestment in the Interlink facility is a strong evidence of our continuous confidence in the longterm future of Hong Kong as an important gateway of China.”
The facility will also offer value-added technical services on-site, such as productregionalisation, quality-check and modular repair services. In recent years, DHL Supply Chain hasalso witnessed increasing demand from the healthcare sector. To cater to growing customer needs,DHL Supply Chain will offer value-added services such as Bill of Material (BOM) creation,co-packing, labeling and territory-wide distribution for customers.
“At DHL, we are always committed to offer best-in-class integrated logistics solutions,” saidGlen Sutton, Regional Director, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, DHL Supply Chain. “The new Interlinkfacility will bring our people together under one roof, sharing resources across operations, whileimproving employee engagement.”
DHL SC has chosen Interlink partly because of its green building measures. Interlink will bebuilt in compliance with the Hong Kong Building Environments Assessment Method (HKBEAM) andLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) environmental assessment methods, with the aimof becoming the first building of its kind to obtain such accreditations in Hong Kong. In addition,the building is well-equipped with comprehensive sustainability measures, which include wasterecycling and water-cooled air conditioning.
DHL Supply Chain is currently the number one contract logistics provider globally and in theAsia Pacific region. It has established presence in more than 18 countries in Asia Pacific, withapproximately 20,000 employees and over two million square meters of storage capacities in AsiaPacific. DHL Supply Chain has 22 regional transport hubs and serves the automotive, consumer,chemical, fashion and retail, healthcare, industrial technology sectors.
