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11/28/2023
DACHSER takes full control of joint venture in South Africa

DACHSER has acquired the remaining 30 percent of shares in DACHSER South Africa and is now the sole owner of the Johannesburg-based country organization.

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11/22/2023
EU Commission: DACHSER may take over FERCAM business

A milestone has been reached: The EU Commission has approved DACHSER's acquisition of 80 percent of FERCAM's groupage and contract logistics business in Italy.

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10/25/2023
The new DACHSER magazine is here!

Climate change has become a part of everyday life. Politicians and the public alike discuss and disagree about what changes are unavoidable in the short term, what has to happen in the long term, and especially how all this is to be managed. At DACHSER, we’re aware of our responsibility to do what we can to protect the climate. What’s more, we want to be at the forefront of climate action in logistics. 

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10/19/2023
DACHSER and Fraunhofer IML receive German Logistics Award for digital twin

The German Logistics Association (BVL) has given the 2023 German Logistics Award to DACHSER and Fraunhofer IML. The jury gave the award for the @ILO (Advanced Indoor Localization and Operations) digital twin. Developed in collaboration at the DACHSER Enterprise Lab, this technology—which has already been piloted at two branches—automatically creates and continuously updates a digital twin of all packages, assets, and workflows in a transit terminal. Employees can access all this information presented clearly on mobile devices and displays.

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11/28/2023
Logistics for top air quality

Air conditioners, heat pumps or air purifiers - technologies for indoor air quality can be found in private homes and commercial properties. The manufacturer Daikin, based in Japan, has relied on DACHSER for the logistics of its equipment for over five years. Now the collaboration between the two companies reached the next level - with a new warehouse location in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.

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11/22/2023
Taking climate action together

Sustainability and climate action are integral parts of DACHSER’s corporate culture. Renewable energy, e-mobility and, in particular, the development of emission-free supply chains for European cities have a fundamental role to play here. All this involves a combination of learning processes and individual “aha” moments.

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11/22/2023
Taking off in life

DACHSER and terre des hommes have been involved in vocational training for young people in southern Africa for several years. During a recent project visit, Bernhard Simon, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at DACHSER, and Joshua Hofert, Director of Communications at terre des hommes, found out about the progress of the joint projects. They were particularly proud of the success of the six young people from Livingstone, Zambia, who had founded their own start-up, the waste recycling company Trash4Cash, following an exchange program in Germany. 

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11/02/2023
DACHSER Sweden moves in Jönköping

DACHSER Sweden is moving into a modern location in Jönköping. With 1,600 square meters of office space, a 10,000-square-meter warehouse and a 6,200 square meter cross-dock terminal with 70 gates, the new branch is DACHSER's largest in the Nordic countries. 

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10/31/2023
Decarbonizing logistics: Taking the long and bumpy road

Climate protection and achieving climate targets is a major and challenging task for everyone involved. But DACHSER is clearly committed to consistently moving towards more sustainable and climate-friendly logistics. CEO Burkhard Eling succinctly summarizes the strategy with the concrete measures in a name article.

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10/24/2023
Helping children back into life

In Ukraine, terre des hommes and DACHSER are providing psychosocial support for children, young people, and their families in a long-term project. Joshua Hofert, Director of Communications at terre des hommes Deutschland e.V., visited the project himself a few weeks ago and describes his impressions in an interview. 

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10/23/2023
Keeping an eye on everything

In a world that seems to be turning faster all the time, predictability and transparency are becoming key challenges in business. They are also a concern for the logistics experts who transport a wide variety of products throughout Europe on behalf of their customers. To implement real-time tracking now in groupage logistics as well, DACHSER has equipped its swap bodies and European logistics trailers with 5G/LPWAN-capable smart tracking devices and linked them to intelligent IT systems.

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10/19/2023
How @ILO works: Identification, localization, measurement, and visualization

In the @ILO terminal, packages are identified, localized, measured, and recorded in the transport management system fully automatically when they enter and leave, as well as during their stay. This eliminates manual barcode scanning and the additional labeling of the packages.

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10/19/2023
LEO satellites: Crowded heavens 

The vast number of new communications satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) creates some interesting opportunities, including for logistics. The Starlink network in particular can already be used in many parts of the world.

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10/11/2023
Peter Deutschbauer is new Managing Director DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics Eastern Europe and Austria

Peter Deutschbauer has been responsible for the air and sea freight business of DACHSER Austria and the Eastern Europe region since September 1, 2023. Under new leadership, the business unit is to be positioned for the future. Michael Rainer, longstanding Managing Director of DACHSER Air & Sea Eastern Europe and Austria, left the company on September 30, 2023.

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06/18/2018
DACHSER expands at its Überherrn location

DACHSER puts a second contract logistics warehouse and new office space into operation at its Überherrn location. This expansion increases the location’s contract logistics capacity to 62,000 sqm, with space to house a total of 110,000 pallets.

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12/27/2022
DACHSER grows in Mexico

DACHSER is responding to its growth in Mexico by moving to larger offices in the Mexican city of Puebla.

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09/24/2019
DACHSER at the International Supply Chain Conference

Once again DACHSER will be appearing at the International Supply Chain Conference (Deutscher Logistik-Kongress) in Berlin. Featuring the theme Inspire – Encourage – Act, the conference will open on October 23, 2019. An open dialog on logistics and supply chain management will take place at the InterContinental/Schweizerhof hotel.

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04/04/2018
New location for DACHSER in Freiburg

DACHSER has acquired some 65,000 m2 of real estate in the Breisgau industrial park in Eschbach, a town near Freiburg, Germany. In August 2018, the logistics provider will start construction on a new logistics center, which will include a transit terminal with a total area of 6,117 m2 and 82 docking bays, plus a two-story office building. Completion of construction and the subsequent move are planned for mid-2019.

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03/27/2020
DACHSER announces Executive Board for the future

After 31 years of close cooperation in operational management positions at DACHSER, CEO Bernhard Simon and his deputy Michael Schilling, COO Road Logistics, will join the logistics provider’s Supervisory Board in 2021, with Bernhard Simon becoming its chairperson. Burkhard Eling, who joined the DACHSER Executive Board as CFO in 2013, will become the new CEO of the family-owned company on January 1, 2021.

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06/04/2019
Johnston Logistics to become DACHSER Ireland

Two years ago, DACHSER acquired a majority share in Irish logistics company Johnston Logistics Ltd. The process of fully integrating it into the DACHSER network is now nearing completion with the rebranding and associated name change to DACHSER Ireland Ltd. DACHSER made the official announcement today at the transport logistic trade fair in Munich.

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04/26/2019
New Managing Director for DACHSER European Logistics Iberia

Celestino Silva will take over as Managing Director of DACHSER’s European Logistics (EL) Iberia business unit. He succeeds Juan Quintana, who has opted to leave the company to pursue new professional opportunities.

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04/03/2019
DACHSER expands branch in Czech Republic

DACHSER Czech Republic has signed a contract for a new warehouse and administration building for its branch in Ostrava. The overall surface area is 3.900 square metres. Twenty new jobs will be offered in the extended branch. DACHSER plans to move to the new premises in the middle of the summer holidays.

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09/27/2019
Brexit checklist - what should you watch out for?

What should DACHSER customers pay attention to in the case of a hard Brexit?

Delays when it comes to border crossing would be a major challenge in the case of a hard Brexit - the other would be the new bureaucratic burden of goods traffic with Great Britain. First and foremost, longer waiting times through border controls and customs clearance of all goods should be expected under WTO rules. For companies that send shipments to and from the UK, we have summarized them in our Brexit checklist that can be downloaded below:

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01/11/2023
Safely arriving in the right place

For Christina Schloh, working as a dangerous goods safety advisor at DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics is a calling—one she has been answering for 22 years.  

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