Y-shaped logistics center
trans-o-flex optimizes network with new location in Hesse
In future, pharmaceuticals and other sensitive goods can be sorted and transported through Germany more quickly. This is why trans-o-flex celebrated the laying of the foundation stone for its new logistics center in Driedorf, Hesse, this week. "The new location will further increase the efficiency of our trans-o-flex Express and ThermoMed networks and create new synergies between the two networks," said trans-o-flex CEO Wolfgang P. Albeck at the Potsdamer Platz business park in Driedorf. With a total investment of around 13 million euros, a handling center is being built on a 41,649 square meter site where parcels and pallets will be handled in two different temperature zones. "To ensure that the effectiveness of medicines is not impaired by temperatures that are too high or too low during transportation, trans-o-flex can monitor, control and document the temperature throughout the entire logistics chain in the two temperature zones 2 to 8 and 15 to 25 degrees Celsius," explained Albeck.
ThermoMed and medicines in the room temperature range (15 to 25 °C) in the trans-o-flex Express network will be combined at the new location. For this purpose, separate cold storage cells for handling at 2 to 8 °C will be installed in the hall where consignments are sorted and handled at a temperature of between 15 and 25 °C. At the new site, trans-o-flex has a total of 81 loading and unloading gates in a hall area of only around 5,000 square meters. As a result, the entire transshipment center will look like a large Y when viewed from above. This shape reduces space requirements and optimizes handling. Albeck: "With the same handling area, we can install more loading and unloading gates in the Y design compared to the classic square. We also shorten the sorting paths in the hall, which saves time in daily operations." Commissioning in Driedorf is planned for spring 2021.
"We chose this location because it is ideally situated for our two networks, trans-o-flex Express and trans-o-flex ThermoMed," continued the Chairman of the trans-o-flex Management Board at the foundation stone ceremony. Without having to drive through the town of Driedorf, the trans-o-flex vehicles can reach the east-west connection B255 in one minute and the south-north connection A45 in 9 minutes. "Last but not least, we are delighted that our new transhipment center is located right next to a solar park that converts solar energy into electricity," said Albeck. "This is a good example of trans-o-flex's approach of combining economic and ecological thinking and action." Since 2008, trans-o-flex has sourced its electricity almost exclusively from renewable energy sources and the sustainability report, which the company publishes annually, documents the development of trans-o-flex's carbon footprint. According to this report, the company has improved its CO2 efficiency (emissions per kilogram transported) by 17.7 percent since 2007, despite the introduction of a particularly energy-intensive transport option in the form of active temperature control. In the last reporting year alone, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) fell by around 1,000 tons, nitrogen oxides (Nox) by as much as 44,000 tons and CO2 by 6,000 tons.
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