Robotics meets automation 
Two partners are joining forces to automate warehouse processes: Addverb, a global robotics company is entering into a strategic partnership with Element Logic, a warehouse optimisation provider. While Addverb offers a logistics combination of fixed and mobile automation and... more
Third project close to Hamburg
Prologis is developing a new logistics property in Neu Wulmstorf near Hamburg: around 22,000 sqm of logistics, mezzanine and office space is being built on a site measuring approximately 35,400 sqm. Completion of the property is planned for Q3/2023. Prologis already owns two... more
A female footstep in India
A.P. Moller–Maersk has opened a new Indian warehouse in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. Located within the premises of the company’s container freight station (CFS), the 9,200 sqm warehouse is completely run and operated by women. The company has hired, trained, and created jobs for... more
Spain’s logistics real estate market booming
The Spanish logistics market had registered a record of investment and contracting by September this year, according to data from CBRE. The sector crossed the threshold of EUR 2 billion in investments (EUR 2.058 billion), contracting about two million sqm in the first nine... more
UPS Healthcare continues to expand
Ireland has long been an attractive market for US nationals and corporations. Now, UPS has announced that it will build a new facility for the handling of healthcare goods. The site is located in Dublin and expected to be operational by the end of 2023. It will provide... more
MOL's diversification policy scores
In Japan, the Daibiru Corporation, a real estate company and affiliate of MOL, has concluded a contract to acquire trust beneficiary rights for a partial equity interest in the facility ‘Otemachi First Square’. In its portfolio strategy, the company defined the hedging of... more
Increasing space for e-commerce handling
In Germany, the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony gave Garbe Industrial Real Estate the go-ahead for the logistics centre that it is developing in Bodenheim (Mainz-Bingen district). The tenant of the property, which has a total area of 14,500 sqm, is Atrikom Fulfillment, a... more
More than Kiwis
In mid-October 2022, the new Militzer & Münch New Zealand subsidiary was born. With the first branch office in the capital Auckland, headed by Shakir Samsudeen, the company also has its sights set on the Polynesian region. Samsudeen reports to Andreas Löwenstein,... more
A twin operation in India
Röhlig Logistics is opening two offices in India at the same time. The sales offices in Ludhiana, Punjab and Bhubaneswar, Odisha, have now come on stream. Röhlig has identified India as one of the fastest-growing economies worldwide, being the target of many global players... more
Mars Logistics now on French soil
Mars Logistics, a logistics branch of the Japanese group Hitachi Transport System and a former Turkish brand, is continuing its expansion in Western Europe. The company recently started operations in France, leasing warehouse space of about 5,200 sqm within GLP's Logistics Park... more