Opening its state-of-the-art high-bay warehouse expansion for consumer goods, Henkel is strengthening its European supply chain and improving distribution across the continent at its newest Düsseldorf site.
Consolidating five existing warehouse locations in Germany and the Benelux region, Henkel – the German multinational chemical and consumer goods company with 150 years of industry leadership expertise – has announced the opening of its largest warehouse to date for consumer goods in Europe.
This new logistics centre, located at the company’s Düsseldorf site, will strengthen supply chain efficiency and improve distribution across Europe. With a two-year planning and construction phase and an investment of 45 million euros, this monumental site will consolidate central warehousing capacity for laundry, cleaning, and hair care products at Henkel’s headquarters.
Carsten Knobel, CEO of Henkel, notes that “Düsseldorf is our global headquarters and at the same time our second-largest production and logistics site worldwide. We are continuously investing in the site – on average, around 100 million euros per year. The new state-of-the-art warehouse, in which we have invested 45 million euros, represents an important step towards more efficient logistics structures in our consumer business. Especially in our anniversary year, this investment is also a clear commitment to our home base in Düsseldorf.”
This high-bay warehouse expansion has been cohesively merged with the existing automated facility, which celebrated its opening in 2014.
After years of planning and effort, this site is a fully integrated logistics centre with a capacity of over 200,000 pallet spaces on a 24,000 square metre footprint, which is over three football fields in size, making it Henkel’s largest consumer goods warehouse on the continent.
Following Henkel’s integration of its consumer goods businesses into one business unit – Henkel Consumer Brands – the company has consolidated five of its warehouses across Germany and the Benelux region in Düsseldorf to simplify supply chains, reduce transport distances, and improve efficiency and sustainability over the long term.
Additionally, the new logistics centre boasts a strategic geographic advantage – a direct rail connection. Through this connection, the company’s goods are transported in a carbon-efficient manner by rail from the Wassertrüdingen, Bavaria production site to Düsseldorf. The Wassertrüdingen site is where Henkel produces hair products for not only German markets but also for approximately half of the European market, cementing its position as a stalwart in the industry.
“The new high-bay warehouse is a key lever for our integration and creates the foundation for more efficient, consolidated, and more sustainable customer supply. In the future, our customers in Germany and the Benelux region will be able to order products from the entire consumer goods portfolio with a single order, one delivery, and one invoice,” states Wolfgang König, Member of the Management Board for Henkel Consumer Brands.
This grand opening of Henkel’s newest high-bay warehouse expansion for consumer goods represents a future where distribution across Europe and supply chain efficiency are at an all-time high, ready to lead the way in the ever-growing industry.
