LEHNKERING builds new warehouse for dangerous goods in Hannoversch Münden

Duisburg / Hann. Münden, 29 October 2013 – The district of Hedemünden in Hannoversch Münden will be home to a new LEHNKERING dangerous goods warehouse by April 2014. The chemical logistics specialist will handle warehouse, transhipment and picking services at this site for the vehicle parts wholesaler Wessels + Müller AG.

The new warehouse for dangerous goods is designed with a capacity of about 5,000 pallet places as well as transhipment and preparation areas with generous dimensions. It will also be available to other clients. The site is right next to the new Wessels + Müller logistics centre. As it is close to the customer and is located in the centre of Germany with direct links to the A7 motorway, LEHNKERING will be able to provide deliveries overnight if orders are placed as late as 6 p.m. This means that any goods on order will be available at one of the approx. 95 Wessels + Müller sales outlets or at customers’ sites across Germany and in neighbouring countries by the next morning.

“The warehouse logistics division for the chemical industry is developing in an excellent manner for LEHNKERING. The new warehouse for dangerous goods is a strategic milestone in the ongoing development of our network of bases. LEHNKERING’s market position will be strengthened in the long term through the warehouse at Hedemünden,” says Uwe Willhaus, CEO of LEHNKERING GmbH.

The high-shelf warehouse at Hedemünden will be 15 metres high, have narrow aisle and reach forklift trucks and be equipped with safety features that incorporate the latest technology. They include a modern fire alarm, a sprinkler system with a foam mixing facility and a gas warning and ventilation unit. The building, which is divided into two fire zones, is able to fully retain fire-fighting water and any leakage.

“When the decision was made to switch our central warehouse to the south of Lower Saxony, we wanted to set up the logistics and picking operations in the direct vicinity in order to optimise our transport routes and procedures. We have a competent and reliable partner in LEHNKERING; we’ve worked together for many years and the company already has the necessary expertise to handle our range of products,” says Peter Reimann, head of logistics and organisation at Wessels + Müller.

LEHNKERING and Wessels + Müller have been working together for many years. Orders are currently processed at the Schüttorf business centre. Wessels + Müller is a wholesaler for vehicle parts, accessories, workshop equipment, tools, automotive chemicals, paints, paint accessories, automobile hi-fi and telecommunications as well as tyres and wheels.

LEHNKERING GmbH
The LEHNKERING Group is one of the leading logistics and production services providers for the chemical industry in Europe; it has annual turnover of approx. EUR 400 million and more than 2,000 employees. As a neutral partner, LEHNKERING supports its customers along the complete value added chain and offers comprehensive logistics and production solutions from one source: ranging from transport, warehousing and distribution to extensive value added services, manufacturing and packaging goods. LEHNKERING has been a part of the IMPERIAL Logistics International Group since 2011.

IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG
As a 100 percent subsidiary of the South African company, IMPERIAL Holdings Ltd, IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG is responsible for coordinating and managing all the international logistics business of IMPERIAL Holdings outside Africa. Five leading logistics companies, IMPERIAL Shipping Group, LEHNKERING, PANOPA, neska and Brouwer and their subsidiaries and holdings, are all affiliated members of the Group and provide a complete and varied range of services for global logistics business within the network. The IMPERIAL Logistics International corporate group has approx. 7,500 employees and generates annual turnover of EUR 1.6 billion at 170 business locations around the world.

Media contact LEHNKERING GmbH

Nadine Groß
- Press department -
Schifferstrasse 26
47059 Duisburg
Germany

T: +49 30 30 87 29 93
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