EuroWire November 2019

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Harting’s new ‘Cathedral of logistics’

▲ ▲ There was an open day for employees and their families after the official inauguration, giving them the chance to take a tour of the EDC

A SPECTACULAR show, musical interludes and an open day with a folk festival feel: the official inauguration of the Harting Technology Group European Distribution Centre (EDC) was celebrated with a programme for all to remember. The day was staged before an audience of around 330 invited guests, including Detmold’s district president Marianne Thomann-Stahl; president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) of East-Westphalia Wolf D Meier-Scheuven; district administrator Ralf Niermann; Espelkamp’s mayor Heinrich Vieker, and local members of parliament Bianca Winkelmann and Ernst-Wilhelm Rahe. CEO Philip Harting looked back to the company’s beginnings, when the first buyer had to fetch raw material on the train with a rucksack, and his grandmother Marie Harting delivered goods to the surrounding area by bike. Over 70 years later, the EDC is essential for opening up new markets and achieving €1bn turnover in the near future, said Mr Harting. The strong growth of the company and the demand of customers for fast delivery were the pivotal factors in the decision to build this large logistics centre. The centre is an endorsement by Harting of Eselkamp and the Minden-Lübbecke region. The EDC is a flagship project showcasing the company’s technological logistic competence when it comes to innovative and flexible intra-logistic solutions. “Our products are everywhere in this building, in its technology, in its systematics and in its inner workings,”said Mr Harting. IHK president Mr Meier-Scheuven said that, thanks to innovative and courageous companies like Harting, the district of Minden-Lübbecke is the most powerful economic region in Ostwestfalen-Lippe after Kreis Gütersloh.“The EDC has brought world class to Mühlenkreis,” added Minden-Lübbecke district administrator Ralf Niermann. The highlight of the opening ceremony was the handing over of the key, featuring a show under the roof of the high-bay warehouse and on a stage. Performers from the GOP Variety Theatre used the entire area of the 20m-high warehouse.

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