DACHSER further expands its largest logistics center
A EUR 30 million investment in Southern Germany creates space for further growth
Excavators are on the move in north Memmingen’s industrial park, where DACHSER has started building another logistics facility for industrial and consumer goods across 8 hectares. By spring 2027, the new facility will connect the Allgäu region with Europe and the world.
The logistics provider already has a presence in north Memmingen’s industrial park through its Allgäu logistics center and its fully automated high-bay warehouse. Now it’s investing some EUR 30 million in the construction of a new logistics facility there, which will offer 11,000 m2 for cargo handling, 1,000 m2 for office space, and 2,750 m2 for warehousing. The facility will have the capacity to load or unload 125 short- or long-distance transport trucks at the same time.
“With today’s ground-breaking ceremony, we’re investing in the future of our Memmingen location and thus strengthening the entire economic area,” says Thomas Henkel, General Manager of DACHSER’s Allgäu logistics center in Memmingen. “We’re creating space so that we can continue to grow and offer our customers high-quality logistics. The new facility gives us plenty of security for the future, as there’s scope for us to add a warehouse in a future construction phase.” Henkel, who has successfully managed the Allgäu logistics center for more than 20 years, goes on to say: “We’ll create around 90 additional jobs by mid-2027, which means we’ll have more than 900 people working at the Allgäu logistics center.”
The new facility gives us plenty of security for the future, as there’s scope for us to add a warehouse in a future construction phase.
Thomas Henkel, General Manager of DACHSER’s Allgäu logistics centerDACHSER will equip the new transit terminal to the latest standards of its network in terms of digitalization and sustainability. This includes the @ILO digital twin, for which DACHSER and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML were awarded the German Logistics Award in 2023 and the European Logistics Association Award in 2026. By automatically recognizing and measuring packages, this innovative technology makes manual scanning superfluous, resulting in optimized process reliability that ultimately enhances quality.
Investments in sustainability at the site
As for sustainability, the charging infrastructure for the increasing number of e-trucks is already being factored in during construction. A photovoltaic system with an output of 1 megawatt peak will be installed on the terminal’s green roof, and the building, which is being built to the latest energy standards, will be heated with district heating from the e-con Heizwerk Nord heating plant.
“With our quality and reliability, we offer our customers security for their supply chains in an increasingly volatile world,” says Alexander Tonn, COO Road Logistics at DACHSER. “To ensure that this remains the case, we invest in our network year after year—in additional capacity, digitalization, sustainability, and in the people who work for DACHSER. As a stable and financially strong family-owned company, we can act with foresight, especially in times of economic crisis. We’re building and expanding at many locations in Germany and Europe, including—and this I’m particularly pleased about—once again in Memmingen.”
As a stable and financially strong family-owned company, we can act with foresight, especially in times of economic crisis. We’re building and expanding at many locations in Germany and Europe, including—and this I’m particularly pleased about—once again in Memmingen.
Alexander Tonn, COO Road Logistics at DACHSERThe Allgäu logistics center in Memmingen is dedicated to the transport and warehousing of industrial and consumer goods (European Logistics business line) as well as chilled and non-chilled food (Food Logistics business line). Every day, the logistics center handles 2,000 metric tons of industrial goods and 3,000 metric tons of food. A total of 1.3 million shipments per year and storage facilities for almost 200,000 pallets make Memmingen DACHSER’s largest operational location worldwide.
