Daimler Truck planning cutting edge automated global parts centre
Daimler Truck is to build a new logistics hub – the Global Parts Centre – in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.
Future parts deliveries will be made from this central location, eliminating additional transport routes and cutting the time until parts are available. The facility is designed to meet the requirements of customers and regional dealers can be supplied directly or can pick up parts themselves if necessary.
The new logistics hub will deliver up to 300,000 different items to 3,000 dealers in 170 countries. Storage and conveyor technology will allow all vehicle parts to be available for immediate retrieval in an automated high-bay warehouse and an automated small parts warehouse. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023 with commissioning about three years later.
Joerg Howe, Daimler Truck communications and external affairs chief. said: “This is the biggest logistics project in our company’s history.”
About 2,600 suppliers will provide the new logistics hub with parts.
Fuso parts supply in Europe will also be handled by Halberstadt in the future. In a three stage logistics process, the new location will serve around 20 regional logistics centers worldwide which in turn will supply regional dealers with parts.
In the first stage, the new building in the East Industrial Park in Halberstadt will have floor area of around 270,000 square metres. Up to 450 jobs will be created initially, expanding to 600 later.
The location will be heated with electric heat pumps that bring heat into the building via underfloor heating systems. Due to the low heating water temperatures and the storage effect in the industrial floors, a high level of energy efficiency will be achieved.
Roofs will have solar panels which can generate up to 13m kWh of electrical energy per year. This is more electricity than will be consumed at the site. Surplus energy will be made available to other Daimler Truck locations in Germany. The roofs of the outbuildings will be greened.
Employees will be provided with a large number of charging stations for e-vehicles and e-bikes. Appropriate charging options will also be available for suppliers’ trucks, whose fleets are gradually being electrified.
Daimler Truck Holding AG: Overview
Daimler Truck Holding AG, (Daimler Truck), is an automobile company. It develops, produces and distributes light, medium and heavy-duty trucks, city and intercity buses, coaches and bus chassis. The company also provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and mobility services. Daimler markets its offerings under various brands including Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, FUSO, BharatBenz, Thomas Built Buses and Setra. The company has production, distribution, sales and other facilities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa regions. The company has partnership with Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd to produce trucks under the Auman brand in China. Daimler Truck Holding AG is headquartered in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.
