The latest news from wheel weight producer Wegmann Automotive is that the company is consolidating its European production facilities into a single site in Veitshöchheim near Würzburg in Germany.
The campus will also be the company’s newly located global headquarters and therefore administration, finance, management and R&D departments from January 2010.
Before this latest consolidation project, the company ran two central production locations in Germany – one in Albstadt (Dionys Hofmann) and one near Würzburg (Franken-Industrie).
One of the key features of the centralization work at the Veitshöchheim site is the expansion of the logistics center. Over the coming months, this will shape up to be a rapid pan-European distribution hub. “It will enable all articles to be dispatched extremely quickly. Of course, it will only be possible for this to be achieved on the basis of cutting-edge storage methods and ultramodern logistics processes. These are currently being put in place with the help of external specialists,” the company said.
Given the shorter delivery times, there is expected to be a significant reduction in the amount of customer capital that is locked up and, thanks to its optimized processes, Wegmann Automotive says it will easily be able to handle peak orders during the busy seasons. (Tyres & Accessories)
