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Polysius to Install new Logistics
Operations in duisport
Leading plant engineering company to move
most of its packaging and spare part operations
and its distribution warehouse to Duisburg /
Cooperation with the VTS Group / Modal shift
from road to rail
Duisburg, 17 March 2009 – Polysius AG, a company of the
ThyssenKrupp Technologies Group, will cooperate more
closely with the duisport organization and move its
packaging and practically all of its shipping services to
the Port of Duisburg. The company will in future transport
parts weighing as much as 120 tons directly by train from
the Polysius manufacturing facility in Neubeckum to
Duisburg, taking substantial heavy truck traffic off the
road.
The new logistic strategy of Polysius will above all benefit from
the trimodal capabilities and the hub function of the Port of
Duisburg. Supplies from anywhere in Europe can be bundled
in the Ruhr city. At the same time the efficiency of outbound
shipments will be improved substantially by access to
transportation service providers connecting Duisburg directly
with all major destinations in Europe.
VTS, a company of the duisport Group, will take responsibility
for all packaging logistics operations and the management of
the Polysius warehouse for semi-finished parts. In autumn this
year, all logistics operations will be centered in a new multipurpose
building in the North port area.
“We are very happy about the commitment of Polysius to the
Port of Duisburg. Polysius has been a premium customer of
our packaging logistics companies for many years. The project
we have now agreed widens the range of products we offer
and makes us a full service supplier for the mechanical and
plant engineering industries,” said Duisburger Hafen AG’s
Chief Executive Officer Erich Staake.

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Jürgen Kohnen, the Logistics Manager of Polysius AG,
commented: “The concentration of our Neubeckum
manufacturing operations on heavy parts and large plant
components necessitated a review of our logistics system. The
Port of Duisburg is an ideal location for us and the duisport
companies have for many years been dependable partners of
Polysius AG.”
Duisburger Hafen AG is the holding and management company of the
port of Duisburg, the largest inland port in the world. The duisport
Group offers full service packages in the areas of infrastructure and
superstructure for the port and logistics location, including relocation
management. Furthermore, its subsidiaries provide logistics services,
such as the development and optimization of transport and logistics
chains, rail freight services, facilities management and packing logistics.
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Polysius contact person:
Polysius AG
Jürgen Kohnen
Graf-Galen-Straße 17
59269 Beckum-Neubeckum
Tel.: 02525/99 24 22
juergen.kohnen@thyssenkrupp.com
duisport contact person
Duisburger Hafen AG
Bernd Reuther
Hafennummer 3650
Alte Ruhrorter Straße 42 – 52
47119 Duisburg
Tel.: 0203/80 32 80
bernd.reuther@duisport.de
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