DHL Spain records strong revenue growth and opens new depot in Madrid
DHL Spain has recorded strong year-on-year revenue growth of 7.7% in 2007 and opened a new depot for pharmaceutical products near Barajas International Airport in Madrid to expand its presence in the country.
DHL Global Forwarding, the DHL unit combining air, ocean, ground transportation and customs brokerage services with dedicated warehousing and distribution centres, generated strong sales revenues of EUR 123.6 million in Spain in 2007 with an increase of 7.7 pct compared to EUR 114.7 million in 2006.
In addition, the company is further expanding its operations at the air cargo hub at the Barajas airport in Madrid where it already has a depot, with the new “Life Sciences Competence Centre”. The 500 sqm facility was designed for the logistics of pharmaceutical and biotechnological products including a temperature-controlled chamber (2º-8ºC) for 72 palettes and another chamber for 190 palettes.
DHL Spain has recorded strong year-on-year revenue growth of 7.7% in 2007 and opened a new depot for pharmaceutical products near Barajas International Airport in Madrid to expand its presence in the country.
DHL Global Forwarding, the DHL unit combining air, ocean, ground transportation and customs brokerage services with dedicated warehousing and distribution centres, generated strong sales revenues of EUR 123.6 million in Spain in 2007 with an increase of 7.7 pct compared to EUR 114.7 million in 2006.
In addition, the company is further expanding its operations at the air cargo hub at the Barajas airport in Madrid where it already has a depot, with the new “Life Sciences Competence Centre”. The 500 sqm facility was designed for the logistics of pharmaceutical and biotechnological products including a temperature-controlled chamber (2º-8ºC) for 72 palettes and another chamber for 190 palettes.
Along with the air hub in Barajas, DHL Global Forwarding disposes of other similar facilities in Barcelona – ZAL and Bilbao – Sondica with a surface area of 10.000 sqm in total. Moreover, it operates in the airports of Malaga and Sevilla, in Elche (Alicante), Cádiz, Las Palmas, Silla (Valencia), Taco (Tenerife), Plasencia (Cáceres) and Pla-Za (Zaragoza). The company employs a workforce of 237 people in the country.
