Merc Vans to open world service components centre in Halberstadt
When full, in 2026, it is going to be the principle base for the worldwide provide of spare components for Mercedes-Benz Vans, in response to the corporate.
The World Components Heart, which is being in-built Halberstadt, in Saxony-Anhalt, will comprise a high-bay warehouse and an automatic small-parts warehouse. The mixed facility will handle 300,000 completely different line gadgets for nearly 3,000 sellers internationally. The truckmaker stated the most recent storage and conveyor expertise will facilitate the well timed retrieval of components. These components will likely be provided from round 2,600 suppliers and will likely be distributed to twenty regional logistics centres all over the world, which in flip will provide the regional sellers.
Within the first stage of growth, the Halberstadt centre can have 260,000 sq.m of logistics area, throughout a wider 270,000 sq.m footprint. As soon as all three building phases are full and extra components logistics operations are in place the corporate expects to make use of 600 folks.
“Halberstadt and the World Components Heart will play a key function sooner or later,” stated Karin Rådström, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Vans. “Spare components from our new logistics hub will make a big contribution to maintaining our clients and their vans up and working, thereby delivering on our ambition ‘Vans you’ll be able to belief’.”
Carbon-neutral facility
Mercedes-Benz Vans is eager to advertise the environmental credentials of the power. In accordance with the corporate, it is going to be a carbon-neutral operation, utilizing electrical warmth pumps for an underfloor heating system that doesn’t want gasoline or oil.
The roofs can even be photovoltaic programs in a position to generate as much as 13m kWh of electrical vitality a yr. Surplus vitality generated on the centre will likely be made obtainable to different areas in Germany operated by guardian firm Daimler Truck.
The corporate additionally stated that charging choices can be offered for electrical supply vans in addition to for workers utilizing electrified types of transit.
In December final yr, Daimler Truck introduced plans to make operations carbon-neutral and had began sourcing electrical energy from photo voltaic, wind and hydro-powered sources at its areas in Europe. It stated the subsequent step can be the development of buildings with photovoltaic programs.
“The growth of photovoltaics is a vital contribution to Daimler Truck’s sustainable enterprise technique and a serious step towards vitality independence for our manufacturing websites,” stated Sebastian Brendel, chargeable for central vitality and environmental administration on the firm.
