DPD Germany has started the construction of its €30 million parcel sorting centre in Nagold (south of Stuttgart) which is due to go into operation in autumn next year and employ a workforce of 300, with the aim to increase regional capacity for more B2C volumes.
With a land area of 57,000 sqm, the new DPD facility will cover 44,000 sqm on the INGpark Nagold Gäu business park, which is operated by the municipality of Nagold together with six neighbouring towns.
Thomas Ohnhaus, Regional Director South with DPD in Germany, stated: “We are looking forward to operating one of the most important hubs in southern Germany. With our new location, we get even closer to all customers and recipients in the region. Thanks to the investment, we are well prepared for the increasing parcel volumes which DPD is generating, in particular in shipments to private consignees.”
“Parcel operators are becoming increasingly important as part of the economic infrastructure, especially due to the e-commerce boom. The location is thus not only a win for the industrial area but for all the companies in the region,” Nagold’s mayor Jürgen Großmann added.
DPD Germany's 77th location will supplement and support the company's neighbouring depots in Ludwigsburg, Villingen-Schwenningen and Wendlingen, with a special focus on serving the economic area to the south of Stuttgart. The catchment area of the Nagold depot will cover a radius of 50 km.
The daily sorting and handling volumes for the operational start of the hub in autumn of 2016 are estimated at 37,000 parcels initially. DPD expects about 12,000 daily outbound parcels from the region, and about 25,000 daily inbound parcels for delivery in the region.
It will be possible to expand this capacity significantly in the future, with the maximum sorting capacity estimated at around 85,000 parcels daily, with about 50,000 daily outbound parcels, and about 35,000 inbound parcels. Up to 300 employees will be in operation in Nagold, with about 125 hub staff and up to 200 delivery drivers. Some of the staff will be employees who are currently working for neighbouring DPD depots.
The new depot in Nagold is to become an especially energy-efficient location, with lighting energy for example being reduced to a minimum by the integration of strip lighting and LED technology. In addition, with its cutting-edge sorting technology DPD attaches great importance to low-consumption motors and drive systems. As a further advantage, the new location will reduce driving distances, which in turn will cut the CO2 emissions generated by transport operations. DPD’s environmental management system has been certified by TÜV SÜD in accordance with DIN 14001 while DPD Germany is committed to carbon-neutral parcel shipping.
