Network region - The potential of a successful logistics location The network region, comprising the cities of Gelsenkirchen, Herne and Herten, has become established in the last few years as the optimum location for last mile logistics. All logistics functions are now in the capable hands of some 24,000 persons.
The special advantages of this location at the heart of the Ruhr conurbation are readily apparent: Central location within the Ruhr region Excellent transport infrastructure A positive climate highly attractive for logistics enterprises Existing logistical expertise Large range of available sites

Last mile logistics companies, i.e., those specializing in the final stage of the long-distance and local distribution of goods, encounter in our region a unique range of resources providing them with all they need to respond to the ever more frequent innovations in the requirements made on the logistics sector.

The attraction of industry to the region, and expansion in sectors such as trade and chain-store logistics and express-courier services have generated more than four thousand new jobs in Gelsenkirchen, Herne and Herten since 1990.

The region's logistics and trading enterprises include national and international players, such as:

• Aldi GmbH & Co. KG
• Anton Graf GmbH
• bofrost* Dienstleistungs GmbH & Co. KG
• Burgmer Lager & TransportService GmbH & Co. KG
• Dachser GmbH & Co. KG
• Franz Morsbach KG
• Klaeser GmbH
• Lidl GmbH & Co. KG, LC Herne
• Loxx Holding GmbH
• Müller | Die lila Logistik GmbH
• Panopa Logistik GmbH
• Phoenix Pharma Handel AG & Co.KG
• Spedition Grewer
• Tchibo Logistik GmbH
• UPS Transport GmbH
• v.d.Linde-Arzneimittel GmbH

The involvement of logistics enterprises established here in the company board and marketingclub last mile logistics is a further plus for the location.

The companies already based here are, without doubt, the best illustration of our locational advantages.