New Gebrüder Weiss Logistics Complex in Dunaharaszti

The logistics complex of Gebrüder Weiss Ltd., built with an investment of HUF 10 billion, was inaugurated on Thursday in Dunaharaszti, north of Budapest. The facility operates with the most modern and innovative technologies.

Wolfgang Senger-Weiss, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gebrüder Weiss (GW), said at a press conference prior to the handover ceremony that the economy is reviving after the recession of recent years and that the growth in industrial production, especially in the automotive and electronics industries, is expected to lead to an increase in demand for transport and logistics services in the coming years.

"Due to its central location, Hungary is a transhipment hub for goods between Western Europe and the Adriatic, Black Sea and Balkan regions," he added.

Thomas Schauer, GW's regional manager for Central and Eastern Europe, said the new logistics center has a high level of automated systems, with intelligent technologies for storing and moving goods. He added that one of these is an automated storage system supplied by AutoStore, which no longer uses shelves to store goods, but plastic crates stored in an aluminum frame system without aisles, using self-propelled robots.

According to Bálint Varga, managing director of GW Hungary Ltd, the new complex covers 10,000 square meters, with transshipment warehouses, high-bay warehouses and associated offices and 100 docking bays. The development has increased the company's central logistics facility to 32,000 square meters, bringing the total area of its logistics network in Hungary to almost 100,000 square meters.

According to the company's press release accompanying the event, GW operates sites in Győr, Zalaegerszeg, Pécs, Szeged and Polgár in Hungary, in addition to Dunaharaszti, and has 450 employees. The company's next major investment will be in Győr in 2026, where it plans to build a stand-alone logistics facility.

Gebrüder Weiss Holding, based in Austria, is a global full-service logistics company with around 8,600 employees and 180 company-owned sites. The company had a turnover of €2.47 billion in 2023. The company's portfolio includes transport and logistics solutions, digital services and supply chain management.

According to publicly available company data, Gebrüder Weiss Forwarding and Logistics Ltd. closed the 2022 financial year with net sales of HUF 19 billion and a profit after tax of HUF 1.3 billion. In the 2021 financial year, it achieved net sales of HUF 20 billion and a profit after tax of HUF 1.4 billion.