Nagel-Group inaugurates civil engineering works to enlarge the logistics site for dairy products in the Allgäu region
Buxheim/Memmingen. Nagel-Group is expanding its Buxheim branch by 11,000 pallet spaces. The contract logistics site is located on Bavaria’s western border with Baden-Württemberg. After completion, it will have about 33,000 pallet spaces. Nagel-Group serves various customers in Buxheim. The temperature-controlled multi-user warehouse is specially designed for storing dairy products.
The ground-breaking ceremony was held on 2 September 2021. Construction is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2022. Nagel-Group is investing about 15 million euros in the Buxheim site expansion: It involves expanding storage capacities and installing an automatic conveyor line connected to high-rack storage plus a photovoltaic system on the roofs of new and existing buildings.
Cross-border flows of goods to Switzerland, Italy and Austria
Christian Berlin, Managing Director for Germany at Nagel-Group, who attended the ground-breaking ceremony, explains: “Buxheim is an important warehouse site for the region in the south of Germany and is perfectly designed to meet the handling needs of dairy products.”
“By expanding, we are enabling our major customers from the Allgäu region to grow further. We are also expanding our range of value-added services in Buxheim. Our site in neighbouring Bad Grönenbach will supply the foodstuffs to our tightly-knit network and distribute the goods, both nationwide and to other European countries.” The Buxheim and Bad Grönenbach sites are located just off the Memmingen junction of the A7 and A96 motorways. This favourable location makes them particularly suitable for cross-border trade headed for Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria.
Photovoltaic system is installed
In addition to expanding the hall capacities at the Buxheim site, a photovoltaic system will also be installed. “The PV system will cover about 35% of our energy needs. This is roughly equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 480 three-person-households,” says Karl Sigloch, Branch Manager of the Buxheim and Bad Grönenbach sites for Nagel-Group. “As a ZNU-certified company, we attach great importance to high standards as regards sustainability: that is why we have always opted for LED lighting and electronic industrial trucks. Not only that, we have a trainee project dedicated to insect-friendly gardening,” Sigloch describes. Following the expansion, the surface water on the 62,400-square-metre site will be fed into the groundwater directly on site by percolation. Moreover, 15 custom-insulated loading gates will be installed to reduce energy loss during loading and unloading.
About Nagel-Group
Nagel-Group, which specialises in food logistics, operates throughout Europe and has its headquarters in Versmold. It employs over 12,000 people in more than 130 locations. The company group moves food consignments of all sizes and in all temperature ranges on a daily basis. Whether frozen products, meat, dairy products, coffee or sweets, whether on instructions by manufacturers or retailers, Nagel-Group daily provides consumers all over Europe at the point of sale with the right goods in the right quality at the right time.
Nagel-Group takes on logistics for organic dairy company Gläserne Molkerei GmbH
Hamburg/Kabelsketal. Gläserne Molkerei GmbH has selected Nagel-Group as its long-term logistics partner. Since July 2021, Nagel-Group has been responsible for the nationwide distribution of Gläserne Molkerei products from the Dechow plant in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and an external production site in Saxony-Anhalt. Before distribution, Nagel-Group stores the goods in its Hamburg or Kabelsketal branches.
Gläserne Molkerei GmbH is an organic-only dairy. All of the milk, butter, naturally matured cheese, and other dairy products it produces – yoghurt, for example – is made from regionally sourced organic milk. Gläserne Molkerei GmbH was looking for a partner that would bring to the table a sustainable logistics solution. ZNU-certified Nagel-Group fulfilled the strict requirements, notably because of its concept to reduce CO2 emissions. The concept has recently earned Germany’s largest food logistics company the Lean & Green Star award. Dirk Otto, Head of Vertical Cross Sector at Nagel-Group, who is responsible for the Gläserne Molkerei GmbH account, explains: “Our efforts to make logistics more sustainable and our strong network are a key building block for our partnership with Gläserne Molkerei GmbH.”
Gläserne Molkerei GmbH has adopted a sustainable approach across the entire value chain. “In addition to implementing energy and packaging management measures, we also set ourselves ambitious targets in the logistics process,” explains Markus Hedderich, Head of Operations & Supply Chain, Gläserne Molkerei GmbH. “Nagel-Group’s dense distribution network allows us to optimise the movement of goods and thus deliver them in a cost- and energy-efficient manner, even when we are faced with seasonal fluctuations.”
About Gläserne Molkerei GmbH
Gläserne Molkerei GmbH is an organic dairy that mainly processes milk from organic farmers in northern and eastern Germany. The dairies in Münchehofe, Brandenburg, and Dechow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, are open to the public, allowing visitors to literally see milk-based drinks, cheese, butter, and yoghurt produced before their very eyes behind glass (gläserne) walls.
About Nagel-Group
Nagel-Group, which specialises in food logistics, operates throughout Europe and has its headquarters in Versmold. It employs over 12,000 people in more than 130 locations. The company group moves food consignments of all sizes and in all temperature ranges on a daily basis. Whether frozen products, meat, dairy products, coffee or sweets, whether on instructions by manufacturers or retailers, Nagel-Group daily provides consumers all over Europe at the point of sale with the right goods in the right quality at the right time.