News Release 2009 - Honda opens European training center in Erlensee With a total investment of approximately 15 million euros Honda is making a clear commitment to its operations in Germany Sales associates as well as the service personnel of Honda partners for all product ranges throughout continental Europe will be trained at the new Honda Academy Honda's strengths in customer satisfaction and service will continue to be built upon with targeted training courses responsible for Honda's European operations as President of Honda Motor Europe Ltd stated: "The Academy is not just for learning about our latest products and technologies We have to listen to and respect each customer's individual concerns and to establish a good relationship with them The Academy's mission is to help every associate at Honda to learn how to serve each individual customer better." President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers also commended the initiative of the Honda Academy in his speech stating: "Honda is setting another standard today In times of financial and economic crisis and a continued falling motor vehicle market strictly following the maxim of improving customer satisfaction the creation of the Honda Academy and this large investment here in Germany deserves admiration and respect." 14 permanent staff members will be employed on the 53,000 square metre premises in Erlensee Practical training using Honda's entire product range will take place on a 15,000 square metre dynamic area A total of 264 participants per day will be able to undergo training at the new Honda Academy Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Unleaded and diesel petrol pumps at a gas station in Erlensee 2022 at 9:55 AM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Germany’s competition watchdog said it will continue to “keep a very close eye” on gas-station operators and refiners after a reduction in fuel tax expires on Wednesday Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government cut the duty on fuel by about 35 euro cents ($0.35) per liter for gasoline and about 17 cents for diesel for three months from June 1 as part of a package of measures to ease the burden on businesses and households from soaring energy costs Home » DHL opens new freight terminal in Germany to improve network across Europe one of the leading providers of road transport services in Europe inaugurated a new DHL Freight terminal in the town of Erlensee in Germany’s Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region Helping to increase efficiency and service quality across DHL Freight’s European road transport network handle less-than-container and full truck loads at the state-of-the-art site The new transshipment facility near Frankfurt am Main includes a cross-dock terminal a warehouse for specialty chemicals and general manufacturing goods and office space Housed in the former air base’s listed control tower the office space has been extensively renovated In addition to opening the new Freight terminal DHL Freight is deploying two electric trucks Part of a recent partnership agreement between Volvo Trucks and DHL Freight the vehicles will make local customer deliveries and collections with zero exhaust emission more sustainable “Demand for road transport and customized logistics services means we need to continually expand our network,” said Thomas Vogel “The new terminal in Erlensee represents an important hub in the Frankfurt am Main area Its opening has allowed us to significantly expand capacity once more and to offer our customers better solutions and services We are also proud to make an additional contribution to our Group’s sustainability strategy by providing modern and sustainable solutions at the site,” he explained was built in accordance with the latest construction and environmental standards derived from Deutsche Post DHL Group’s Sustainability Roadmap which also stipulates sustainable building The warehouse and the gatehouse buildings have green roofs covering a total of 11,300 sq.m. and energy-saving LED lighting is installed both indoors and outdoors Working with research institutes and other businesses DHL Freight also supports the CiLoCharging (City Logistic Charging) project which strives to integrate and optimize charging and route management in metropolitan area logistics two electric Volvo trucks will be operating from the new Erlensee logistics center These will be used primarily for the collection and delivery of customer goods in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region which takes in both suburban as well as urban routes the vehicles are capable of covering up to 250 km on a single charge Developed by real estate specialist Faeth Immobilien the new site in Erlensee (Main-Kinzig district) is conveniently situated close to the BAB 66 and 45 freeways just some 25 km from Frankfurt am Main Around 260 employees have moved to Erlensee from DHL Freight Maintal and DHL Freight Euronet the number of employees on site is expected to grow to around 300 The move sees DHL Freight add additional capacity to its European groupage network and helps meet the enormously high demand for road freight transport solutions the site boasts 3,800 m² of office space as well as a 10,500 sq.m warehouse for specialty chemicals and general manufacturing goods Partly housed in the former air base’s listed control tower at the Fliegerhorst II business park the office space has undergone extensive refurbishment and been integrated into the new Freight terminal The specialty chemicals warehouse complies with Germany’s Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) and Ordinance on Installations Requiring a Permit (4 The groundbreaking ceremony was held as recently as August 2021 Site Manager DHL Freight Erlensee as well as Thorsten Stolz District Administrator Main-Kinzig District Mayor of Erlensee and the building owner Ferdinand Faeth Managing Director Bau- und Immobilienverwaltung Faeth Source World Business Outlook is a print and online magazine providing comprehensive coverage and analysis of the financial industry international business and the global economy Heinemann's Hamburg-Allermöhe logistics center Travel retailer Gebr. Heinemann is marking the 20th anniversary of its logistics center in Hamburg-Allermöhe which continues to form a central part of the company's supply chain The center has been supplemented since 2014 by another highly automated logistics center in Erlensee near Frankfurt The central logistics center in Allermöhe began operations on May 19 after two and a half years of construction The foundation of the 16,000 square meter space is anchored to 1,000 piles driven to a depth of up to 12 meters as it was the first time the company became the owner of a self-built warehouse property outside the free port with the largest investment in the company's history Through the gradual relocation of all product groups to Allermöhe the previously used storage locations are dissolved the company inaugurated the extension of a high-bay warehouse and then in 2014 This means an additional 18,000 pallet storage spaces and 36,000 tray storage spaces: an extension of the existing storage space by 66 percent This created the space and conditions to meet the growing demands of the travel retail market “The truly outstanding component of the success of our logistics center is the people who make up the heart of Allermöhe," says Martin Borscheid and many have been part of the Heinemann family for 20 years or more The experienced teams are optimally complemented by new employees for our joint path into the future Qualified specialists are in demand because although processes are continuously improved specialist knowledge is necessary to ensure the often difficult handling of goods Our logistics is particularly unique in the global travel market because nowhere else can you get everything from a single source from the perfectly stored cigar to a €45,000 whiskey and an elegant Bulgari ring.” the logistics center is constantly being improved – with innovative technical solutions and modern ergonomic workspaces this means the continuous modernization and updating of existing plants and equipment ensures that the systems are always state-of-the-art and equipped with intelligent solutions for the challenges of the future It is crucial to carry out the replacement without disrupting ongoing operations,” says Borscheid Innovative solutions currently being implemented include Google Glasses a picking glass with an attached finger scanner “We want to be carbon neutral by 2030,” says Inken Callsen we invited our transport partners to a Sustainability Summit to find solutions to reduce CO2 emissions together We have already achieved a lot and were able to reduce emissions by nine percent in 2022 compared to 2019 we aim to achieve another six percent reduction in order to reach our goal of 25 percent savings in 2024 compared to 2019.” Dirk Schneider is looking to the future as well “We must continue to meet the high demands on logistics with regards to performance Equally important is ensuring that we can respond flexibly to capacity adjustments and resilience requirements at any time.” You can read this article in 3 minutesBartosz Wawryszuk the German Raben subsidiary will fully integrate with Fenthol & Sandtmann GmbH (Fenthols) This is how the process of complete acquisition of the German company As of 1 June, all Fenthols locations in Hamburg Dresden and Erlensee near Frankfurt am Main with 460 employees will be officially merged with Raben Trans European Germany GmbH. Earlier Raben already owned 50% of shares in Fenthols including the FKL Kontraktlogistik and Kraftverkehr P&M Ehrig subsidiaries which was approved by the Federal Antitrust Office The two companies have already worked together in the past The merger will enable Raben Group to expand its service portfolio In addition to acquiring strategically located facilities it will add to its network a hazardous materials warehouse in Erlensee Hessen and a branch at Leipzig Cargo airport on the A14 motorway where the Fenthols subsidiary provides warehousing and distribution services the acquisition of Fenthols headquarters in the port of Hamburg will enable Raben to expand its maritime transport services and strengthen its know-how in the field of intermodal transport Raben tools. Fenthols customers will thus gain access to the MyRaben platform and benefit from a uniform transport management system This is a significant improvement because it increases the transparency of the process The entire logistics process is becoming more homogenous,” explains Jens Hirschberg With the ETA shipment tracking tool that determines the estimated delivery time of a shipment users receive complete information about the status of their shipments.  It is worth mentioning that Fenthol & Sandtmann GmbH is one of the oldest forwarding companies in Germany. It was founded in Leipzig in 1827. Its acquisition is not the first one in Germany for the Raben Group The Group has already invested in the German market its own independent groupage transport network Pölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Agnieszka Kulikowska - Wielgus Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Sabina Koll Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 GXO to manage Northern Italy transport operations for PRG retail groupPölös Zsófia Journalist Trans.info | 5.05.2025 Gebr Heinemann along with its implementation partner IGZ were presented the 2014 Gold SAP Quality Award Hamburg-based travel retailer Gebr Heinemann along with its implementation partner IGZ were presented the 2014 Gold SAP Quality Award (for the region Germany/Austria/Switzerland) for the successful launch of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) at its new logistics centre in Erlensee near Frankfurt Gebr Heinemann started up the new logistics centre  — an ultramodern full-service warehouse where 45,000 items are always in stock for use by the Heinemann Duty Free Shops as well as by a large portion of the more than 1,000 distribution customers in 100 countries — in may last year Around 35% of the company’s total logistics will be conducted out of Erlensee Gebr Heinemann also runs another full-service warehouse in Hamburg The challenge for Gebr Heinemann’s SAP EWM project in Erlensee was to realise for the first time a complex and automatic material flow system using SAP EWM/MFS (Material Flow System) in a logistics centre of this size Gebr Heinemann head of IT “Programme Management” Stefan Oltmanns said: “The complexity of a warehouse of such massive proportions with this high degree of automation garners considerable attention on the market Our goal was for the SAP EWM system to handle as much as possible of our logistical requirements and by working together with our ERP and custom duties systems to provide optimum support for the storage and inventory control processes We can be proud that SAP recognised the achievements of our project as well as the quality of its implementation and execution by awarding Gebr Heinemann with this honour.” SAP has been granting annual Quality Awards to companies who demonstrate outstanding performance with their SAP projects and programmes while observing SAP’s ten quality standards Tagged with: Gebr Heinemann Sign up for email newsletters for up-to-date news