In a press release, Gebrüder Weiss said the logistics complex covers 10,000 square metres and includes office space, a handling facility, and a high-bay warehouse.
The aims of the expansion is to create additional storage capacity for the company’s customers. The expanded facility will also be used to serve Home Delivery services for the greater Budapest area. The investment cost around 25 million euros.
“The expansion in Budapest offers room for further growth in the future. Increasing industrial production, especially in the automotive and electrical sectors, means that demand for transport and logistics services is expected to increase in the coming years, ” explained Wolfram Senger-Weiss, CEO of Gebrüder Weiss, at the opening on April 25, 2024. Gebrüder Weiss. “We opened our first Central and Eastern Europe branch in Hungary in 1989. Since then, the country has become an important hub for transporting goods between our core markets in the Black Sea region, the Balkans, the Adriatic and Western Europe. Today, our countrywide organisation in Hungary is a pioneer in automation and sustainable transport.”
The existing logistics facility was also modernised as part of this work, with inbound storage, material flow and picking now being largely automated using the new AutoStore system. The goods are stored in plastic containers stacked in a frame system. Robots transport the containers to work stations where the goods are picked for shipping.
The majority of the energy required for buildings and e-vehicles is supplied by a photovoltaic system with an output of up to 354 kWp.
“We use solar power to operate delivery vehicles in the home delivery sector, ” explains Balint Varga, Managing Director Hungary at Gebrüder Weiss. “We use e-vans to deliver furniture, consumer electronics and household appliances ordered online to end customers in Budapest and other major cities. This enables us to cut CO2 emissions by around 12.5 tons per month.”