Geodis Wilson is concluding its preparations for a new logistics centre at Vejle, Denmark. “This new facility will be Denmark’s leading ocean and air freight competence centre”, states Allan Geert Nielsen, managing director Geodis Wilson, Denmark. The global freight forwarder will create a 3,250 m2 state-of-the-art facility employing 120 people.

“We are combining our core services in the air and ocean freight sectors, in Vejle,” Nielsen continues. Express services, furniture logistics and industrial projects will also be coordinated from Vejle, as well as Geodis Wilson’s aid & relief operations. In addition, the facility will act as a competence centre for air charter activities, one of the company’s major niche areas of expertise.

Geodis Wilson will invest three million euros in the Vejle service centre, which lies equidistant from the major industrial hubs of Aarhus and Odense.

The new facility and its adjacent warehouse terminal will start operating in one year from now. The construction phase begins early 2010 with completion by December. At this point in time, Geodis Wilson Denmark will transfer its current staff resources from Odense, Billund and Aarhus into the new building. “Vejle is located centrally in the cluster of these three existing offices. It is a prime location with good access to major ports and airports in Denmark, and is considered a gateway to continental Europe,” states Nielsen. The facility will be located directly next to the E45, the European highway, in the center of one of Denmark’s business development areas. The Danish government recently announced major investments in the infrastructure surrounding Vejle.

“The new site is an investment in our future”, underlines Peter Nevhagen, executive vice president of Geodis Wilson. “In the current demanding financial environment it is very important to strengthen our competitiveness. We believe in imaginative solutions to deliver efficiencies for our customers and to build a more competitive organization” he emphasised.

“To combine core competences in one new facility such as this on at Vejle is an important part of our strategy – in Denmark we have a great competence in logistics solutions”, Nielson concludes, “We manage our clients’ supply chains on a global scale and in the case of many intercontinental trade lanes the cargoes don’t even transit Denmark”.