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Logistics Competence Atlas Baden-Württemberg
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2 Foreword
3 Baden-Württemberg: Europe‘s turntable
4 Central gateway function in Europe
5 At the centre of Europe – Baden-Württemberg as a logistics location
6 Road infrastructure
7 Rail infrastructure
8 Water infrastructure
9 Airports infrastructure
10 Baden-Württemberg – Logistics nodes
11 Logistics labour market in Baden-Württemberg
12 The logistics sector is one of the most important branches
in Baden-Württemberg
13 TOP logistics companies in Baden-Württemberg
14 Example of a specialist company: Wincanton
15 Example of a specialist company: trans-o-flex
16 Outstanding higher education infrastructure ensures
the transfer of logistics knowledge
17 Varied and interdisciplinary courses of study
19 Dual training in Baden-Württemberg: A solid foundation for the logistics industry
20 Baden-Württemberg: Specialist in intralogistics
21 Exemplary co-operation in the intralogistics sector ensures competitiveness
22 E-logistics: A young discipline with a future
23 The image of the respective logistics locations
24 Logistics centres in Baden-Württemberg: Logistics for production
25 The economic regions of Baden-Württemberg
26 Location and investment support: Your contact partner
27 Glossary
CONTENTS
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Baden-Württemberg : Europe‘s turntable
Baden-Württemberg is positioned
at the intersections of Europe‘s
main traffic arteries:
Major axes such as Paris-Budapest,
Amsterdam-Milan, Hamburg-Marseille
and Warsaw-Paris all intersect in
Baden-Württemberg.
4
Central gateway function in Europe
Motorways
ICE routes
Airports
Baden-Württemberg has an
outstanding infrastructure in
respect of its accessibility
by land, water, rail and air.
5
At the centre of Europe – Baden-Württemberg as a logistics location
Leading consultancy and real-
estate companies (Jones-Lang-
Lasalle and the like) assume that
extending the EU towards the
east will result in the logistics
heart of Europe also being dis-
placed towards the east as well.
The coordinates for top logistics loca-
tions will therefore move from the
Benelux region to Germany, where new
locations qualify for the establishment
of European distribution centres. Stuttgart
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG:• one of 16 German states• direct neighbours are France,
Switzerland and Austria
Population
Area (km2)
GDP (in Euros)
EU
495 million
4,330,000
12.218 bn
Germany
82.3 million
357,030
2.423 bn
Baden-Württemberg
10.7 million
35,752
353 bn
Status: 2007
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Road infrastructure
With over 1,500 km of motor-
ways and more than 5,000 km
of main roads, Baden-Württem-
berg has a dense network of
roads between cities.
This means that all the important points
in Baden-Württemberg can be reached
via well-equipped roads.
Baden-Württemberg‘s motorway net-
work is highly concentrated. The largest
traffic flows in Baden-Württemberg
are to be found on the A81 between
Heilbronn and Stuttgart, in the greater
Stuttgart area and between the
Rhine-Neckar region and Karlsruhe.
Current work on upgrading the in-
frastructure in the area of the A6 and A8
motorways will lead to a substantial
improvement in the traffic situation.
Stuttgart
7
The total length of the Deutsche
Bahn AG‘s railway is approxima-
tely 3,800 km. In addition, there
is around 900 km of railway lines
which are not state-owned.
The main axes of rail freight transport
comprise a total length of 1,206 km
and this shows that Baden-Württemberg
has a well-developed and dense railway
network.
Rail infrastructure
Stuttgart
The Rheintal line between Mannheim
and Basel is especially important for rail
transportation. It serves as an excellent
connection between Baden-Württem-
berg and the ports of Antwerp, Rotter-
dam and Amsterdam (ARA ports) as
well as the Mediterranean area.
8
Four of the biggest ten inland
ports in Germany are in Baden-
Württemberg.
The ports of Mannheim and Ludwigs-
hafen are the logistics core of the cross-
border Rhine-Neckar metropolitan
region and together, they form the
second largest inland port in Europe.
Moreover, the River Rhine, which runs
through Baden-Württemberg, is by far
the most important inland waterway in
Europe.
Water infrastructure
From Plochingen to where it joins the
Rhine, the River Neckar can be used for
inland shipping and is therefore espe-
cially important for the mass transport
of cargo from and to the metropolitan
region of Stuttgart. The locks of the
River Neckar are to be expanded in the
next few years to enable them to handle
ships that are 135 m long.
With Wertheim to its far north, Baden-
Württemberg has a port infrastructure
on the River Main as well.
Stuttgart
Mannheim
Main
Rhein NeckarKarlsruhe
Kehl
Heilbronn
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Stuttgart Airport has succeeded
in considerably increasing the
amount of air cargo it handles
and is an important dispatch
point for internationally-active
companies with facilities in
Baden-Württemberg.
Currently handling approximately
20,000 metric tons of cargo per year,
Stuttgart Airport is expecting to
double this volume by the year 2020.
Airports infrastructure
StuttgartKarlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Lahr
Friedrichshafen
With the Baden-Airpark (Karlsruhe/
Baden-Baden) and Friedrichshafen
regional airports, as well as Lahr airport
which is specially designed for air cargo,
there are additional infrastructure
facilities for individual air cargo require-
ments.
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Baden-Württemberg – Logistics nodes
Ports and transshipment facili-
ties of combined forms of trans-
port are the primary logistics
nodes in the state of Baden-
Württemberg.
The most important nodes are the
Rhine ports between Mannheim and
Weil am Rhein, plus the ports on the
Rivers Neckar and Main. The new ports
in Baden-Württemberg have formed a
working community. With a total trans-
shipment performance of 28 million
metric tons, they can handle around
twice as much cargo as Duisburg, the
largest inland port in Europe.
Other important logistics nodes are
the transshipment facilities of intermo-
dal transport in Mannheim, Stuttgart/
Kornwestheim and Ulm, as well as
the access point for the „rolling road“
(trains carrying road vehicles) in
Weil am Rhein.
Port combined forms oftransport (public)
combined forms oftransport (private)
Stuttgart
Wertheim
Karlsruhe
Weil am Rhein
Breisach
Kehl
Ulm
Heilbronn
Plochingen
Main
Rhein
Neckar
Mannheim
Gräffern
Freiburg
Nagold
Singen
Neckarsulm
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Logistics labour market in Baden-Württemberg
The logistics industry is an important provider of jobs in Baden-
Württemberg. The core logistics sector (logistics companies,
their service providers as well as companies supplying warehousing
and logistics equipment) has been continuously growing for years.
Source: SCI Verkehr Study, 2007
Sector
Logistics-related industry
Logistics-related services
Logistics-specific services
Logistics overall
Total number of people employed
in Baden-Württemberg
1999
45,956
11,059
106,167
163,182
3,714,716
2006
46,983
13,608
112,200
172,792
3,741,117
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The logistics sector is one of the most important branches in Baden-Württemberg
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (in thousands)
265,000
240,000
193,000
172,791
Mechanical engineering
Automotive construction
Electrical engineering and electronics industry
The core logistics sector
Source: Study SCI Verkehr Study, 2007
TURNOVER (in billion Euros)
74
52
37
34.5
Automotive construction
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering and electronics industry
The core logistics sector
In terms of turnover and em-
ployees, the logistics sector in
Baden-Württemberg is only
marginally less significant than
the large industries (mechanical
engineering, automotive
construction and the electrical
engineering/electronics indus-
try). Logistics therefore make a
very significant contribution to
employment and added value
in the state.
The industry can be seen to be even
more important if not only the core lo-
gistics sector, but also all the employees
involved in logistics activities in industry
and trade are also taken into conside-
ration. The total number of people
employed in the area of logistics would
then be 370,000. This puts the expan-
ded logistics sector only slightly behind
the health-care service industry, in which
just under 400,000 people are employed.
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TOP logistics companies in Baden-Württemberg
In Baden-Württemberg, a very
large number of logistics com-
panies are medium-sized enter-
prises.
All the important companies active in
the logistics market maintain branch
facilities in Baden-Württemberg.
However, the strengths of this location
are the medium-sized specialists with
their outstanding logistical competence.
17,000 companies operating in the
core area of logistics achieved a turnover
of 34.5 billion Euros altogether.
Source: Die TOP 100 der Logistik, Fraunhofer ATL 2006
Place
16
27
28
56
70
81
91
Companies
Wincanton GmbH
trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst GmbH & Co. KG
Internationale Spedition Willi Betz GmbH & Co. KG
Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH
Simon Hegele Gesellschaft für Logistik & Service mbH
Grieshaber Logistik AG
C.E. Noerpel GmbH & Co. KG
Location
Mannheim
Weinheim
Reutlingen
Heilbronn
Karlsruhe
Weingarten
Ulm
Turnover 2006 (EUR)
660 million
431 million
425 million
150 million
120 million
102 million
95 million
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Example of a specialist company: Wincanton GmbH
The Wincanton name stands
for high-quality customised,
Europe-wide logistics and trans-
port solutions as well as for
professional support in all
questions relating to logistics,
including IT solutions.
Wincanton creates pioneering logistics
solutions based upon the close dialogue
it continually conducts with its cus-
tomers.
In addition to possessing well-develo-
ped contract-logistics know-how, the
Road division of the company, together
with the German bulk-goods network
with 42 locations, ensures reliable dis-
tribution and problem-free supply-chain
logistics. On top of this, the customers
have recourse to a wide range of inter-
modal transport services with their
own terminals, whereby road, rail and
waterways are all used for transport
purposes. The portfolio of services
is supplemented with a wide spectrum
of services in the area of high-tech
logistics with its own comprehensive
network, as well as extensive technical
services. Tailor-made logistics solutions
from all areas of our service portfolio
are developed individually for custo-
mers by the Solutions division of the
company.
Wincanton serves companies that are
mainly active in the following industries:
automotive, FMCG, general industry,
paper, high-tech, health care, trade and
chemicals.
The German Wincanton organisation
originated in Baden-Württemberg.
Company
WebsiteHeadquarters (Germany)
EstablishedEmployees throughout Europe
Annual turnover in EuropeEmployees in Germany
Facilities in Baden-WürttembergConsignments via the German network
Container transport p.a. (in thousand euros)
Wincanton GmbH
www.wincanton.euMannheim190830,0002.8 billion Euros4,100125.5 million600,000
Today‘s intermodal section of the
company was established in Mannheim
100 years ago. Here, in one of
12 Wincanton locations in Germany,
the German headquarters of the com-
pany has been operating since 1908.
Wincanton is the largest facility in the
city‘s port and uses the local transship-
ment centre for bulk-goods to serve
all of the south, as well as large parts
of western Germany.
The company has been working closely
with many traditional firms from the
region for decades.
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As a logistics group active
throughout Europe and with
headquarters in Weinheim,
trans-o-flex provides an express
delivery service with a compre-
hensive transport network for
the efficient and safe transport
of packaged articles and pallets
(combined freight).
In addition to 24-hour delivery throug-
out Germany with numerous express
and supplementary services such as
hazardous-goods transport, trans-o-flex
developed the EURODIS network
which enables deliveries to be made
anywhere in Europe. This makes trans-
o-flex one of the leading providers of
combined-freight services in Europe.
The company implements made-to-
measure logistics concepts and has deve-
loped numerous specialist solutions
Example of a specialist company: trans-o-f lex
for various industries such as the phar-
maceutical industry or the entertain-
ment and household electronics sectors.
The trans-o-flex network is also able
to transport hazardous goods in large
quantities.
Moreover, the company has developed
a special delivery service for products
that are sensitive to temperature fluctu-
ations. Here, trans-o-flex was the first
company to transport medicines and
vaccines that have to be kept cool in
a temperature zone between 2° and 8°
Celsius, whereby the temperature is
measured, monitored and logged along
the entire transport chain by means
of the futuristic RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) technology.
Österreichische Post AG has had a
majority shareholding in trans-o-flex
since January 2007.
More information at:
www.trans-o-flex.de.
Company
Turnover in 2006Consignments in 2006
Operating network locations Logistics facilities
ThermoMed locationsEURODIS
EstablishedEmployees (December 2007)Vehicle in use in the network
trans-o-flex
480 million Euros51.2 million39 (including 5 in Baden-Württemberg)5 (including 2 in Baden-Württemberg)1 central hub and 37 facilitiesDelivery everywhere in 21 European countries via the EURODIS-Netz19711,193 (including 410 in Baden-Württemberg)Around 2,700
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Outstanding higher education infrastructure ensures the transfer of logistics knowledge
Given the growing global net-
working of complex added value
chains and the associated inten-
sive use of information techno-
logy in industry and trade, logis-
tics services are increasingly be-
coming a matter for specialists.
Baden-Württemberg has an especially
dense, thematically-varied and modern
structure in terms of internationally-ori-
entated institutes of higher education.
Whereas just a few years ago, specialists
from outside the field of logistics also
used to be hired by logistics companies
and practical experience was sufficient
for making progress up the career ladder,
the industry today has access to a supply
of well-educated graduates with specialist
logistics knowledge in different major
subject areas.
Apart from the universities, the professi-
onal academies in Lörrach, Mannheim,
Heidenheim, Mosbach and Ravensburg
represent, with their dual courses of
study, an important source of training
with a focus on logistics.
In Baden-Württemberg, numerous
courses of study have been introduced
which allow the training of new staff
for the logistics industry. The courses
mainly concentrate on engineering-
related and IT-related disciplines –
the following table provides an overview
of the current courses of study:
Universities
Universities of Applied Sciences
Vocational Academies
Private Universities
Elite Universities
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Varied and interdisciplinary courses of study
Source: Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of Baden-Württemberg as a logistics location, SCI Verkehr GmbH, 2008; www.mwk-bw.de
Faculty/Institute/Chair
Chair of industrial management,
institute for business administration
Institute for transport and logistics systems
Institute for applied information science/automation
Chair for business administration and logistics
IFT = institute for transport systems and logistics
Institute for automation and software engineering
Institute for labour studies and
technology management
Business administration institute
Faculty of economic science
Institute for product management and logistics
Faculty for industrial economics 1 –
industry and transportation
Faculty for technology 2
Faculty of economics and social sciences
Institution
University of Hohenheim
University of Karlsruhe (TH)
University of Mannheim
University of Stuttgart
Aalen College
Esslingen College
(technical college)
Heilbronn College
(technical college)
Constance College
Course of study on offer
Economics, business information technology
Mechanical engineering, industrial engineering,
Master of Science in Production and Organisations Management
Mechanical engineering, process engineering, mechatronics and microsystems engineering
Business administration, business information technology, business administration studies
with intercultural qualification
Mechanical engineering, technically-oriented business administration, technology management
Masters: Online Logistics Management
Electrical engineering and information technology, information science, software technology
automation, information technology
Technology Management, mechanical engineering, vehicle and engine engineering,
technically-oriented business administration, automation
Technically-oriented business administration/business information technology
Business administration for KMU; Bachelor‘s degree: Basic Logistics Lecture and
Logistics Project; Master‘s degree: Logistic Networks
Foundation course in material management and logistics, advanced course in
material management and logistics, procurement logistics
Course leading to a diploma and bachelor‘s degree in
transport business administration and logistics
Course of study in production and logistics
Business administration with logistics as major subject
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Varied and interdisciplinary courses of study
Source: Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of Baden-Württemberg as a logistics location, SCI Verkehr GmbH, 2008; www.mwk-bw.deSource: Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of Baden-Württemberg as a logistics location, SCI Verkehr GmbH, 2008; www.mwk-bw.de
Institution
Mannheim College
Nürtingen College
Offenburg College
Pforzheim College (technical college)
Ravensburg/
Weingarten College
Reutlingen College
Stuttgart Engineering College
Ulm College
Professional Academy, Heidenheim
Professional Academy, Karlsruhe
Professional Academy, Lörrach
Professional Academy, Mannheim
Professional Academy, Mosbach
Professional Academy, Ravensburg
Professional Academy, Stuttgart
Faculty/Institute/Chair
Faculty for industrial engineering
Business administration and others
Chair of logistics
Faculty of economics and law
Mechanical engineering,
tourism business administration
Faculty of production management
Egle institute for applied research,
area: information logistics
Information science, mechanical engineering
Business administration; mechanical engineering
Engineering
Business studies
Business administration engineering;
information technology
Business studies
Business administration;
industrial engineering, mechanical engineering
Business studies
Course of study on offer
Industrial engineer; major subjects logistics and procurement (bachelor and master)
Master‘s degree process management
Industrial engineer, main subject logistics
Bachelor‘s degree of business administration/procurement and logistics
Business administration; industrial engineering, main subject logistics
Bachelor of Science in Production Management with advanced courses of study:
Operation Management/Logistics Management, Master of Science Production Management,
Master of Science Logistics Management
Bachelor in Information Logistics
Collaborative course of study with the technical college in Neu-Ulm:
Industrial engineering and logistics (bachelor and master); production methods and organisation
Sales management and logistics; production management and logistics;
production und management; business administration logistics information systems
Industrial engineering
Business administration haulage; transport and logistics
Transport and logistics
Goods management and logistics, industrial engineer for production/logistics
Sales management and logistics; electrical engineering
Business administration service and logistics
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A wide range of three to four-year professional in-house training
options using the dual system is an important foundation for
a good supply of specialist employees. Especially in logistics,
professional in-house training is undergoing profound changes.
The following trainee jobs with a logistics background
are currently being offered by companies in the state of
Baden-Württemberg:
Dual training in Baden-Württemberg: A solid foundation for the logistics industry
In Baden-Württemberg in 2006,
altogether almost 6,000 people
were trained in the professions
listed on the left.
• Commercial specialist for haulage and logistics services (formerly: haulage specialist)
• Specialist for warehouse logistics
• Warehouse specialist• Professional driver• Commercial specialist for
rail and road transport (KiES)• Business specialist for
courier, express- and postal services (KEP)
• KEP specialist• Specialist for furniture, kitchen
and removal services• Specialist for port logistics• Commercial shipping clerk• Commercial air transport clerk
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Baden-Württemberg: Specialist in intralogistics
Intralogistics encompasses the
organisation, execution and
optimisation of in-house flows
of material in industry and trade.
The providers of intralogistics services
include companies from the classic
mechanical and electrical engineering
sectors as well as IT specialists, system
integrators, planners and consultants.
Their services range from perfected,
innovative technical components and
reliable equipment and machines for
transportation and storage to efficient
customised all-round solutions from
a single source.
At least 800 mainly small and medium-
sized companies from the intralogistics
sector exist in Baden-Württemberg
and they control around 6% of the pro-
cessing industry turnover.
Baden-Württemberg has the highest
intralogistics density in Germany and
is home to numerous world-market lea-
ders. Its lead, in terms of innovation, is
based on a more than 200-year-old tradi-
Photo: Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH 2007
tion of transport technology in Baden-
Württemberg and on close and fruitful
collaboration with the research institutes
in the state.
Intralogistics in Baden-Württemberg is
a growth industry with an export orien-
tation and, at the same time, is indis-
pensable for all other manufacturing and
trading industries here.
The intralogistics network in Baden-
Württemberg bundles the activities in
the logistics segment, which is so im-
portant for the state.
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Knowledge transfer is ensured
through the exemplary close
collaboration of universities and
associated research institutes
with the providers and users of
intralogistics services. There
is therefore a lively interaction
of theory and practice. The
following key factors in global
competition are thus secured:
• Competitiveness of the logistics loca-
tion due to technological leadership
• Innovation competence
• Use of human capital
In Baden-Württemberg, companies and
colleges/universities have joined up with
each other in the Intralogistik-Netzwerk
in Baden-Württemberg e.V. (www.intra-
logistik-bw.de) (Intralogistics Network
Association). The purpose of this asso-
ciation is to promote communication,
the exchange of experiences, basic and
further training (in particular technology
transfer) and the specific acquisition
of know-how from science and practice.
Exemplary co-operation in the intralogistics sector ensures competitiveness
Member companies (as at March 2008)
• Aberle Automation GmbH & Co. KG
• Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG• August Faller KG• barth-Logistik-Systeme
GmbH & Co. KG• Dambach Lagersysteme
GmbH & Co. KG• Dr. Thomas + Partner GmbH• ebm-papst St. Georgen
GmbH & Co. KG• etifix-GmbH• Euroexpo Messe- und
Kongress-GmbH• Genkinger-HUBTEX GmbH• FIFL GmbH• Grenzebach Automation GmbH• InnoMetall GmbH• ISTEC – Industrielle
Software-Technik GmbH• IWL AG• Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG
• Koch, Neff & Volckmar GmbH• Leuze electronic
GmbH + Co. KG• MLOG Logistics GmbH• Müller – Die lila Logistik
Deutschland GmbH• Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH• PPI-Informatik, Dr. Prautsch &
Partner Ingenieure• ProLog brand logistics GmbH• Protema Unternehmensberatung
GmbH• ratiopharm GmbH• Schunk GmbH & Co. KG –
Spann- und Greiftechnik • SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG• Sick AG• Sit-SteuerungsTechnik GmbH• STILL-WAGNER GmbH• viastore systems GmbH• Würth Industrie Service
GmbH & Co. KG
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E-Logistics: A young discipline with a future
The term E-logistics refers to
the use of communication and
IT systems to plan, control and
monitor the flow of goods, in-
formation and money along the
entire supply chain. Information
is exchanged via public and
private networks (internet or
intranet). In many contexts,
E-logistics is used as a synonym
for IT-based logistics.
Without IT systems, the increasingly
global and complex networks of relati-
onships – from procurement to produc-
tion and distribution – could not be
efficiently monitored and controlled.
Supply-chain management tools help to
handle these processes. E-procurement
systems support procurement, ware-
house management systems control the
processes in the warehouse, haulage
software or transport management
systems co-ordinate distribution, and
identification technology ensures the
tracking of the goods.
The E-logistics companies located in
Baden-Württemberg are mainly medi-
um-sized firms and include a large num-
ber of very successful service providers.
However, there are also two huge com-
panies operating in this area in Baden-
Württemberg; SAP AG in Walldorf and
the headquarters of IBM Deutschland
GmbH in Stuttgart.
RFID (radio frequency identification)
is a technology of the future, enabling
contact-free identification of goods.
In this area of new technology as well,
companies from Baden-Württemberg
occupy a leading position both in deve-
lopment and application.
© Sven Hoppe - Fotolia.com
23
In the image ranking of logis-
tics locations in the framework
of the SCI/logistics barometer,
two locations from Baden-Würt-
temberg were placed, namely
Stuttgart and Ulm.
Source: SCI/Logistikbarometer 8/2007
LOGISTICS LOCATIONS IN GERMANY
0%
Hamburg
Ruhr DistrictHalle/Leipzig
Bremen/Bremerhaven
Stuttgart
Cologne/Bonn
Munich
Ulm/Westschwaben
Berlin/Brandenburg
Frankfurt am Main
North Hessen
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
■ Very dynamic
■ Dynamic
■ No change
■ Regressive
■ sehr dynamis ■ dynamis ■ keine Verä ■ rückläufig
Four of Germany‘s 21 outstanding logistics competence regions
marketed by Invest in Germany are in Baden-Württemberg;
Rhein-Neckar, Stuttgart-Heilbronn, Ulm and Freiburg-Lörrach.
The image of the respective logistics locations
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Logistics centres in Baden-Württemberg: Logistics for production
Baden-Württemberg is a leading
location when it comes to new
logistics centres.
Over 16% of new logistics centres in
Germany have settled in Baden-Würt-
temberg since 2000.
Baden-Württemberg is especially strong
in respect of logistics centres that are
close to production locations.
The strongest industries with high logis-
tics value are mechanical engineering,
automotive, electrical/electronic engi-
neering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and
the food industries.
Source: Studie „Logistikimmobilien in Deutschland“,
SCI Verkehr GmbH 2007
LOGISTICS CENTRES IN GERMANY
North Rhine Westphalia
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
Hessen
Lower Saxony
Rheinland-Pfalz
Hamburg
Saxony
Bremen
Brandenburg
Thüringen
Berlin
Schleswig-Holstein
Sachsen-Anhalt
Saarland
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
23.51%
19.00%
15.88%
8.43%
7.67%
4.77%
4.50%
2.77%
2.50%
2.50%
2.01%
1.92%
1.38%
1.29%
1.20%
0.67%
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Rhein-Neckar
Heilbronn-Franken
Region Stuttgart
Ost- württemberg
Donau-Iller
Neckar-Alb
Nord-Schwarz-
wald
Mittlerer Ober-
rhein
Südlicher Oberrhein
Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg
Bodensee-Oberschwaben
Hochrhein-Bodensee
Hochrh.-Boden.
The binding force in each region is
provided by a regional association
which is responsible for the implemen-
tation of regional planning.
In each region, a competent chamber
of industry and trade as well as industry
promotion bodies at communal, district
and regional levels are available as con-
tact points for companies.
The economic regions of Baden-Württemberg
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ARA ports: This refers to the ports in
Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam.
DUSS: Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft
Schiene-Straße (DUSS) (German
railway transshipment company),
a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG,
operates transshipment terminals and
loading facilities for road transport
(rolling roads) at the interface of
rail and road.
Extended logistics industry:
Demarcation of the logistics industry
according to logistical activities in all
sectors (in industry and trade as well).
Hub: In logistics, a main transshipment
facility for goods in a transport network.
Intermodal transport: A synonym for
combined methods of transportation.
KEP specialist: Trained professional in
the area of courier, express and postal
services.
GLOSSARY
Core segment logistics: Demarcation
of companies which, due to the
WZ03 branch system, are to be directly
assigned to logistics.
Combined transport: Transport chain
that integrates different means of trans-
port. Most of the distance is travelled
by rail, sea or inland ship and road
transport is kept as short as possible.
Goods are transshipped in standard-
sized transport units (container, inter-
changeable containers, semitrailers).
Trans. terminal: Transshipment facility
between different means of transport
(usually road-rail).
Logistics nodes: Concentration of
logistics functions in one place.
Multimodal transport: Transport which
involves several changes in the means
of transport between the starting point
and destination.
RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification.
RFID is a method of automatically
identifying objects and living creatures.
Apart from non-contact identification
and the localisation of objects, RFID
is used for the auto-matic acquisition
and storage of data.
Rolling road: Accompanied combined
transport. System whereby complete
trailers or semitrailers are carried
on special wagons. The truck driver
accompanies the transport in a passen-
ger train.
SCI/Logisitics Barometer: Indicator
of the logistics industry for economic
developments, tendencies and trends.
The indicator is based on a monthly
survey of over 200 decision-makers
from all areas of the logistics industry
and is published in the Deutsche
Verkehrszeitung (DVZ, a German trans-
port magazine).
Supply chain: The route travelled by
raw material from its storage depot to
the consumers, including the increase
in value it undergoes in each stage
(added value), is called the value-
adding chain (also logistics chain or
supply chain).
TEU (Twenty feet Equivalent Unit):
Unit of measurement for uniform
counting of containers; it is used for the
loading capacity of container ships
as well as for transshipment quantities
in ports and goods railway stations.
Trimodal transport: Means of transport
that uses three different carriers.
VDMA: Verband deutscher Maschinen-
und Anlagenbau e.V. (association of
German mechanical and industrial
engineering)
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