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NEW FOR YOU LOGISTICS • HOYER’S NEWEST FACILITY IN THE DORMAGEN CHEMPARK HIGHLIGHTS ITS EXPERTISE IN PROVIDING A RANGE OF CHEMICAL LOGISTICS SERVICES TWO YEARS IN the building, Hoyer’s new logistics centre at the Dormagen Chempark opened for business in June 2020, the result of
director of Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) in the Hoyer Group. “Extensive analyses, discussions and tightly scheduled project management
an extensive consultation process with Hoyer’s customers, together with an investment of some €25m. The 38,000-m² facility, which features five separate sub-divisions, is among the most complex supply chain projects Hoyer has undertaken from scratch. “The logistics centre is entirely built and structured according to customers’ differentiated needs,” says Ulrich Grätz, global
formed the basis. Despite minor delays due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are very satisfied.” Around 20 employees now staff the site, which includes a warehouse with storage bays used to store 10,000 metal boxes containing synthetic rubber. Hoyer transports these from the manufacturer elsewhere in the Chempark to the logistics centre, where they are prepared for shipment and loaded onto trucks for onward transport. The second sub-division is a pallet warehouse with 12,000 high-rack spaces for various raw materials and finished goods. “The tasks we
HOYER HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ITS EXPERTISE IN NON-TRANSPORT CHEMICAL LOGISTICS
perform for our customers include storagerelated services such as putting packed goods on pallets into storage, warehousing them and retrieving them from storage,” explains Grätz. GLOBAL COVERAGE A packaging materials warehouse, with more than 3,000 storage spaces, is situated alongside the pallet warehouse. There Hoyer carries out a series of logistics processes such as putting packaging materials into storage, storing them, taking them out of storage and loading them. The comprehensive package of services also includes labelling and packaging materials monitoring, together with various special tasks on request. The services are supplemented by filling and storing polyurethane dispersions, with two filling plants in this area of the logistics centre for this purpose. The Hoyer team plans and carries out the transport of these dispersions from the production facility to the logistics centre, and fills them into drums and bulk packs. “We also carry out the handling of full packages, preparation for shipment, orderpicking, loading and shipment,” Grätz adds. The aim of the new facility, Hoyer says, is to further strengthen Hoyer’s position in supply chain and logistics services, complementing its strengths in intermodal transport and IBC rental. “We have also undertaken this task for the future: to supply solutions and set standards in the market,” says Grätz. Hoyer’s SCS division offers a range of activities to supplement its customers’ logistics processes, including on-site logistics, filling and blending, operating intermodal terminals, dangerous goods terminals and dry bulk logistics. Hoyer is currently represented in more than 30 different chemical production plants, including several in Germany and others in China and Saudi Arabia. The SCS division supports and complements Hoyer’s other activities in bulk logistics, with operations in more than 115 countries around the world, focusing on the chemical, food, gas and mineral oil sectors. www.hoyer-group.com
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