Logistics Company DSV Launches Its New Gauteng Headquarters
Logistics Company DSV Launches Its New Gauteng Headquarters. Large companies such as DSV create a lot of employment and business opportunities for people. The company is able to do this because it invests in the countries it is operating in. DSV announced the opening of their new headquarters which are located in Gauteng South Africa.
The new headquarters are now dubbed as Africa’s largest integrated logistics centre. With this centralised facility DSV will be able to provide more seamless service to customers which is an integral part of creating a strengthened and more efficient logistics network in South Africa. It is situated near O.R. Tambo International Airport between Johannesburg and Pretoria and with easy access to the East and West Rand. The logistics centre consists of approx. 130,000 m2 of buildings and covers supply chain solutions from first to last mile controlled and managed under one roof, by DSV.
“The inauguration of DSV Park Gauteng once again underlines DSV’s strong commitment to South Africa and our will to grow the business in the region. DSV Park Gauteng consolidates several smaller offices and warehouses around Johannesburg into one large, modern logistics centre. The foundation of our values and culture is to promote an inclusive workforce and sustainable business practices. One consolidated facility will enhance collaboration and offer truly integrated supply chain solutions for our clients and customers.” said CEO of DSV Africa, Keith Pienaarin a statement.
With the opening of this new logistics centre DSV is set to create more employment as it will need people to work so that the centre becomes fully operational and achieves the goals that it has set. DSV is a large company therefore its investment in South Africa is very significant and it looks like it has plans of investing further into the country as time goes on.
“With DSV Park Gauteng, DSV has developed a large-scale modern logistics centre which captures the essence of our consolidation strategy to create larger and more efficient facilities, enabling us to have many of our business units together under one single roof. We have packed the new DSV facility with solutions such as an innovative sorter that can handle 12,000 packages every single hour. Throughout the whole building process, we have also utilised our global experience to construct buildings where sustainability and resource optimisation have been fundamental in all processes,” Brian Almind Winther, EVP and Head of Group Property, DSV said in a statement.
