Transport and logistics provider, DB Schenker, has officially opened its largest Australian supply chain and warehouse facility in Ipswich, Queensland.
According to the German-based company, it will spend more than $40 million over the next decade on the 85,000sqm site, which has warehouse coverage of 31,500sqm. The new site will also creat 70 new jobs in the region.
“With significant growth in our domestic operations we needed to expand beyond our Brisbane Airport footprint and open a second facility to service Queensland,” said Ron Koehler, CEO of Schenker Australia.
“We considered over 40 sites from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast, before deciding on this location given the commitment of the City of Ipswich to work collaboratively and effectively with us to create efficiency for business and jobs for the local community.
“It is also attractive given the Federal Government’s recent commitment to infrastructure investment in the region, including major road works and the development of a heavy rail line from the Port of Brisbane through to Toowoomba.”
The Redbank site, on the south-western outskirts of Brisbane, will handle more than 5,200 container movements a year transporting brown and white goods as well as consumer products to wholesale and retail locations across Australia.
Photo top corner: Left to right – Jochen Thewes, CEO Asia Pacific, DB Schenker, Mayor Paul Pisasale, Ipswich City Council, Ron Koehler, CEO Australia DB Schenker, Kip Sandercock, Regional Operations Manager QLD, DB Schenker.
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