Henkel has opened its new high-bay warehouse expansion for consumer goods at its Düsseldorf site in Germany, following a €45m investment.
The new logistics centre is Henkel’s largest consumer goods warehouse in Europe, which aims to strengthen the German company’s supply chain efficiency and improve distribution across the region.
Henkel has consolidated its five existing warehouse locations, which were previously spread across Germany and the Benelux region in Düsseldorf, following the integration of its consumer goods businesses into one unit, Henkel Consumer Brands.
This consolidation of central warehousing capacity for laundry, cleaning and hair care products at its Düsseldorf headquarters is said to simplify Henkel’s supply chain, reduce transport distances, and improve both efficiency and sustainability.
Henkel’s consumer goods brands include hair care companies BlondMe, got2b and Schwarzkopf.
“Düsseldorf is our global headquarters, and at the same time, our second-largest production and logistics site worldwide,” said Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel.
“We are continuously investing in the site, on average, around €100m per year.
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“The new state-of-the-art warehouse, in which we have invested €45m, represents an important step toward 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.”
The site, which took two years to plan and construct, has the capacity of 200,000-plus pallet spaces on a 24,000sqm footprint, which is more than three football fields in size.
The new logistics centre also has a direct rail connection, where goods are transported in a CO₂-efficient manner from the production site in Wassertrüdingen, Bavaria, to Düsseldorf.
At the Wassertrüdingen site, Henkel produces hair products for Germany and around half of the European market.
“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,” said Wolfgang König, Member of the Management Board for Henkel Consumer Brands.
“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.”
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