DHL Express opens new Leipzig sorting centre
DHL Express has officially opened the new sorting centre at its European air freight hub in Leipzig. The company said that the installation of “state of the art” equipment means that “bulkier and heavier shipments can now be sorted on a fully automated basis at Europe’s most modern shipment sorting facility”.
“The investment of €230m to expand the European hub has boosted the processing capacity of DHL at the site by about 50% to 150,000 shipments per hour,” said DHL.
The company has also created 1,300 jobs since work began on the expansion, bringing the total number of people employed by DHL at the hub to around 4,900.
“The successful launch of our expanded hub and the new sorting facility is a further step that reinforces the importance of Leipzig as our main European express hub,” said Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group.
