Leipzig is believed to have Slavic origins in history. The city is mostly known to tourists and especially classical music listeners as the hometown of the famous composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach.The Old Town Hall of Leipzig is considered to be one of the biggest Renaissance treasures in Germany.
DHL express invited their top 10 clients for a visit to the European hub in Leipzig.Our clients were given the opportunity to learn more about our operational systems as well as learn about the importance, our European HUB in Leipzig can play in the business development of their company.
The visit took place on a very tight time schedule of 24hours. Leaving in the afternoon on day 1 and returning in the afternoon on day 2. It was a remarkable trip.
The logistics hub that moves the world: DHL hub Leipzig
DHL's biggest hub in Leipzig continues to grow. DHL now employs over 3,800 people at the hub and has invested about EUR 510 million since the operations began in 2008. The overall expansion has increased the processing capacity of the hub by 50%, to more than 150,000 shipments per hour. DHL now employs over 3,800 people at the hub and has invested about EUR 510 million
State-of-the-art operations
DHL places great emphasis on minimizing the impact of its operations on the environment.The expansion enables to increase the efficiency of our flight operations. With this, the aircraft load factors can be increased and quicker turnaround can be achieved for each flight at the hub." Compared to the other options available to accommodate growth, the expansion of the hub in Leipzig will offer savings of more than 1,800 tons of CO2 per year
The new lighting system will minimize electricity consumption. The existing rainwater cistern will be complemented by a second one, which will ensure an environmentally friendly water supply. Within the overall framework of DHL's GoGreen program, the facility will contribute to the company's goal of improving CO2 efficiency by 30 per cent by 2020.
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| DHL hub Leipzig |
High-performance sorting facility
Every sortable item that arrives at the Leipzig/Halle hub passes through the warehouse’s fully automated sorting facility, which minimizes sorting errors and is capable of handling approximately 100,000 parcels and documents per hour.The heart of the system consists of four sorting belts running one on top of the other and extending a total length of 6.5 kilometers through the distribution center.
The hub operates at full power each night. Up to 1,500 tonnes of parcels and An overview of the hub’s nightlife documents are delivered, re-sorted and transshipped within a few hours’ time. In these rush-hour conditions, DHL employees must keep track of the aircraft landing every several minutes, the hundreds of containers being emptied in the warehouse and of the items passing through the huge sorting facility
time to relax and enjoy...
At the Westin hotel in Leizig, situated in the hart of the city center
First class address for meetings and accomodation. Hereby a view on the largest hotel swimming room.
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| swimming pool at the westin hotel Leipzig |
Unfortunatly no time to stay at this fantastic hotel. The last visit for this trip was a surprise for our guests....
Porsche factory in Leipzig
Porsche Leipzig is more than a production facility. It’s the home of the Cayenne, Panamera and the Macan.
Porsche found a second home for itself at its Leipzig location more than ten years ago.
Since the ground-breaking ceremony in the year 2000 Porsche has continued the development of the Porsche story here. Since that time a great deal has been constructed and produced in Leipzig: with three extensions to the works, Porsche has created the space required for the production of new Porsche models, cars such as the Cayenne, the Panamera and the Carrera GT – the super sports car which was produced up to 2006 in a limited edition of 1,270 vehicles. And the new Macan series will by no means be the end of the story. In fact it's only just the beginning.
But for us is was the end of a fantastic journey to Leipzig.
Thank you all for this pleasant and intresting trip!
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| Nico, colleague ready for our flight back home |
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