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DHL Expands in Italy, Opens New Malpensa Hub

Arun Sivasankaran - : Mar 12, 2021 - : 10:27 am

DHL Express has opened a new €110m logistics hub at Malpensa Airport as part of an ongoing investment in Italy and  Europe.

In the new state-of-the-art hub, which is its fourth largest in Europe,  the company will operate over 30 daily flights and handle  nearly 38,000 pieces per hour through automated sorting and scanning systems. The facility employs 900 people – during peak periods this number could increase by a further 10%.

“The Malpensa Hub is the flagship of our strengthening strategy in Italy, in which we have an ambitious investment plan of over €350m with the aim of being the partner of companies that produce and export Italian excellence in the world,” said DHL Express Italy chief executive Nazzarena Franco. ““Despite the pandemic our business has never stopped, and we have always tried to meet the needs of companies by supporting their efforts particularly in foreign markets.”

The new hub is able to move express shipments to and from Italy through the national airports of Ancona, Pisa, Naples, to and from Europe with transit on Leipzig, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, Vitoria, London, East Midlands, Cologne, Zagreb, Athens, Budapest and Thessaloniki. Additionally, shipments can be moved outside Europe to Bahrain, Seoul and Cincinnati.

“The pandemic has not only changed our current lives, but also changed our future. Globalisation and digitalisation play a crucial role in the economic recovery from Covid-19,” said DHL Express Europe chief executive Alberto Nobis. “They enable E-commerce and cross-border trade, which nurtures an increasing demand on express services. With our new logistics hub in Italy, we can react to this increase in demand by further connecting markets internationally.”

All industries verticals served by DHL Express are managed in the new  hub, from manufacturing to luxury, from e-commerce to automotive, chemical, aeronautics. Since Dec. 30 last year, DHL Express Italy has been managing the delivery of Covid19 vaccines and their distribution to the regional and national health system from the Malpensa hub.

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