Investment of 45 million euros at the Düsseldorf site: Henkel opens high-bay warehouse expansion

• Henkel’s largest warehouse for consumer goods in Europe
• Consolidation of five existing warehouse locations in Germany and the Benelux region
• New logistics center strengthens supply chain efficiency and improves distribution across Europe

After a two-year planning and construction phase, Henkel has opened its new high-bay warehouse expansion for consumer goods at its Düsseldorf site. With an investment of 45 million euros, the company is strengthening its European supply chain and will consolidate central warehousing capacity for laundry, cleaning, and hair care products at its Düsseldorf headquarters.

The new high-bay warehouse expansion is seamlessly integrated with the existing fully automated facility, which opened in 2014. The result is a fully integrated logistics center with a capacity of over 200,000 pallet spaces on a 24,000-square-meter footprint - more than three football fields in size. It is Henkel’s largest consumer goods warehouse in Europe.

“Düsseldorf is our global headquarters and at the same time our second-largest production and logistics site worldwide. We are continuously investing in the site - on average, around 100 million euros per year. The new state-of-the-art warehouse, in which we have invested 45 million euros, represents an important step toward more efficient logistics structures in our consumer business. Especially in our anniversary year, this investment is also a clear commitment to our home base in Düsseldorf”, says Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel.

With the expansion, Henkel is consolidating five warehouses previously spread across Germany and the Benelux region in Düsseldorf, following the integration of its consumer goods businesses into one business unit, Henkel Consumer Brands. This simplifies supply chains, reduces transport distances, and significantly improves both efficiency and sustainability.

“The new high-bay warehouse is a key lever for our integration and creates the foundation for more efficient, consolidated and more sustainable customer supply,” says Wolfgang König, Member of the Management Board for Henkel Consumer Brands. “In the future, our customers in Germany and the Benelux region will be able to order products from the entire consumer goods portfolio with a single order, one delivery, and one invoice.”

Another advantage of the new logistics center is its direct rail connection. Goods are transported in a CO₂-efficient manner by rail from the production site in Wassertrüdingen, Bavaria, to Düsseldorf. At the Wassertrüdingen site, Henkel produces hair products for Germany and around half of the European market.

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Wolfgang König, Member of the Management Board for Henkel Consumer Brands, Sylvie Nicol, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Infrastructure and Sustainability at Henkel, Christian Zaum, Head of Economic Affairs, State Capital Düsseldorf and Carsten Knobel, Chairman of the Henkel Management Board at the opening of the expanded high-bay warehouse (from left to right)