Together in Automation is staged for the first time at the FIEGE location in Apfelstädt. The event is characterised by an open exchange about automation in logistics. At the end of the day, many valuable insights and stimuli are gained.

The FIEGE Group is relying increasingly on artificial intelligence for its business units. The Greven-based logistics company has now created a default framework to secure the conscientious use of AI-based technology across the Group.

FIEGE had once again invited friends to join it for its FAST & FORWARD event held in Berlin on Thursday. The goal of this year’s networking event is to bring companies and start-ups together, engage in discussions, and take along fresh stimuli for one’s teams and organisations. An expectation which once again was more than fulfilled.

FIEGE has participated in asellerate’s Series A funding round. The Stuttgart start-up formerly known as Retromotion has grown its portfolio of services, offering integrated software solutions for the automotive eCommerce aftermarket.

In 2017, FIEGE began building its own Ventures unit as the company’s fourth strategic pillar. FIEGE’s three autonomous units – XPRESS Ventures, F-LOG Ventures, and Strategic Ventures – assist start-ups during their various development phases, an approach which is beginning to bear fruit.

The logistics company FIEGE has brought two robotic arms online at its location in Greven-Reckenfeld. Two different versions of the automated solution by Nomagic which handle bin picking complexities have been installed at FIEGE.

F-LOG Ventures, the venture capital fund of the FIEGE Group, has joined Veecle's seed financing round. The young Berlin-based company, which develops software for the integration into vehicles, secured a total of 2.6 million euros from F-LOG Ventures and other investors.

The FIEGE Group is expanding its Ventures activities and has brought Dr Bernhard Gold on board. The venture capital expert will oversee XPRESS Ventures, F-LOG Ventures and Strategic Ventures at a corporate level.

The FIEGE Company Builder, XPRESS Ventures added the Dortmund-based start-up, Logistikbude to its portfolio. The seed funding for the platform for automatic management of loading equipment management amounted to 2.2 million euros.

In 2017, FIEGE invested in the robotics start-up, Magazino and has since enjoyed a close collaboration with the Munich-based enterprise. FIEGE has now sold this investment to Jungheinrich. The intralogistics company will be taking over Magazino as a whole.

FIEGE staged an Innovation Day at its branch in Marklkofen in collaboration with its client, MANN+HUMMEL. Next to an exciting look at everything from digitalisation and automation to Lean Management, participants were able to experience one of FIEGE’s new electric trucks live on location.

XPRESS Ventures, the Company Builder by the logistics provider FIEGE, is backing the start-up, HomeRide. The technology facilitates a multi-shop buying experience including same-day delivery across a steadily growing network of retail partners.

Since the summer of this year, employees at the FIEGE Mega Center Ibbenbüren have been using exoskeletons. This technology provides powerful support for lifting movements during order picking.

At the FIEGE IDC in Worms, operations are abuzz. On 80,000 square metres of logistics space, our employees turn over some 10,000 parcels packed with power tools on a daily basis. And in the context of an ongoing Proof of Concept (PoC), they have been receiving automated support from driverless floor conveyors.

At the FIEGE location in Greven-Reckenfeld, two Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) assist with the storing of small items.

Yesterday saw FIEGE once again invite clients, partners, and friends of the company to join it for its FAST & FORWARD event in Berlin. This year’s networking get-together was dedicated to sustainability.

FIEGE has invested in the German logistics start-up, sennder, as part of the company’s June extension to its Series D funding round. The logistics company will act as an investor and a strategic partner to the Berlin-based entity that, since its formation in 2015, has become Europe’s leading digital road freight forwarder.

Managing Partners Tanja Rosendahl and Tim Gudelj (second from left), Head of FIEGE Ventures Andreas Pott (second from right) and Investment Manager Michael Geers (l.). (Foto: F-LOG)

XPRESS Ventures, FIEGE's company builder, launched in 2019 as FIEGE’s very own brand. It is a further building block in the FIEGE Group's investment strategy which strives to systematically advance technology-driven ideas from within its own organisation as well as external founders.

E-tailing is a booming market with the number of online transactions on marketplaces like Zalando, Amazon, Otto growing by the minute. The Hamburg-based start-up Heyconnect helps brands and retailers connect with online platforms and supports them in using marketplaces as a sustainable sales channel. The fulfilment provider Fiege has now joined forces with the company.

FIEGE is strengthening its digital services offering for eCommerce clients with the new FIEGE E-Commerce Suite. Using modular, integrated and AI-based solutions across the entire value chain, the logistics company facilitates seamless scaling of D2C business for e-tailers.

The logistics company FIEGE invests in its location in Bülach. In close proximity to Zurich airport, an additional multi-user centre has been built for clients operating in eCommerce, fashion, FMCG and the industry. On the occasion of the grand opening last Friday, some 70 guests had been invited, including Carmen Walker Späh, member of the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich.

Room to grow: Vorwerk has inaugurated a new warehouse and logistics property in Schwelm. The Greven-based logistics service provider FIEGE, which has been working for the Vorwerk Group for over 25 years, is taking over operations.

Hisense Gorenje is set to rely on expertise of the FIEGE Group in the future. Next to procurement logistics, the contract logistics expert will oversee both warehousing and order picking plus delivery of the complete product assortment for the international electronics group in Austria.

The logistics company FIEGE has successfully completed the ramp-up for its new Autostore at its multi-user centre in Greven-Reckenfeld. During peak times, the automated system which integrates with robotic and packaging technology, will store up to one million items for Contorion, a tools e-tailer.

The FIEGE Group is expanding the management team for its Healthcare business unit by bringing Andreas Thiede on board. In the future, the industry expert will oversee the hospital, pharmaceutical and MedTech division of the 150-year-old family business in the position of Managing Director jointly with Michael Lorca.

St. Franziskus-Stiftung and FIEGE joined forces and entered unknown territory in 2001. The medicalORDERcenter (MOC) in Ahlen was the first of its kind and remains a unique facility within Europe to this day. In the meantime, it operates as a hospital dispensary, commodity trading company or central sterilisation for 600 doctor’s offices and more than 50 clinics even outside of the Münster-based network.

The family business FIEGE is expanding its location in Zülpich near Cologne by an additional 50,000 square metres of logistics space, creating around 250 new jobs. The first sod was turned on Wednesday. The new multi-user centre is scheduled to be completed in autumn of 2024.

The FIEGE Group is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Over the past one and a half centuries, the family business from Greven in Westphalia has grown from a small haulage company to a provider of international logistics with a headcount of 23,500. Attending the ceremonial act: the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst and the Lord Mayor of Münster, Markus Lewe.

The FIEGE Group expands its Executive Board. Kenza Ait Si Abbou, an AI and data expert, will be overseeing the Digital Services, IT and Data Driven Company units at the Greven-based logistics company.

The logistics company, FIEGE and the tire maker, Continental have been working together in tire logistics for over 20 years. At the location in Bellheim, FIEGE will now also oversee the delivery to customers of Continental based in Germany’s south.

Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is a crucial factor in upholding competitiveness. FIEGE recently trialled a new tool together with a long-time client. The aim of the so-called bootcamp: to expand knowledge, to strengthen the team spirit, and to optimise outbound operations.

FIEGE is expanding its location in Bülach, Switzerland. In the immediate vicinity of Zurich Airport, a new logistics centre offering 17,000 square metres of additional storage space is being built. The building is expected to be completed in the summer of 2024.

Tannico has what must be the world’s largest collection of fine Italian wines. The international e-tailer holds licences for 15,000 wine labels from 2,500 wineries. The logistics was outsourced to FIEGE in 2016. Only five years later, FIEGE opened a fully automated warehouse for Tannico in Castel San Giovanni near Milan.

Just in time for the start of a new school season, roughly nine million schoolbooks are delivered every year in Austria. FIEGE will be handling this in the future for Österreichische Bundesverlag (öbv), a publishing house that specialises in educational textbooks.

The FIEGE Group has received the Logivisor Award. The Carrier Claims Management of the Greven-based contract logistics expert won in the Retail category.

The online platform Palettenheld.com traces the journey of unit load devices in real time. FIEGE thus creates a more efficient pallet management with short routes that saves time, money, and effort.

The contract logistics expert is automating its storing and order picking of small parts. The new autostore features over 75,000 bins as well as intelligent robots and packaging technology.

The Bünting Group of Companies from East Frisia optimises its Germany-wide delivery service for its online supermarket, myTime.de. ANGEL bringt’s, a FIEGE subsidiary, will make sustainable deliveries for the Bünting trading company using reusable distribution boxes.

The logistics company FIEGE has added yet another client from the expanding Home Décor and furniture segment to its portfolio with the Dutch interior design brand, POLSPOTTEN. FIEGE will provide a new home for this business at its multi-user centre in Westzaan, which is to the north of Amsterdam and where the contract logistics expert is already running operations for the Zuiver Group.

From today onwards, the logistics company FIEGE will be using electric trucks. The battery-powered vehicles will be in operation for the Healthcare and Fast Moving Consumer Goods business units at four locations. They are expected to help FIEGE move one crucial step closer to its declared goal of climate neutrality.

Construction of the new office complex by the logistics company FIEGE at Münster’s Hafen district is rapidly advancing. Structural engineering work is already in full swing – and the name for the x-shaped edifice has also been chosen.

The logistics company FIEGE has acquired Vienna-based AV Logistic Center GmbH. Next to a large part of client operations, all employees as well as fixed assets relocated to the neighbouring FIEGE logistics centre situated at ‘in der Schußlinie’.

The logistics company FIEGE has added a further warehouse to the multi-user centre located to the south-east of Hamburg. The region of strategic importance now offers around 90,000 square metres of logistics space to clients from a range of different industries.

In Switzerland, FIEGE is renewing its location in Bülach and investing into the construction of a 17,000-square-metres-large logistics centre near Zurich Airport.

In April 2020, FIEGE incorporated a new business: FOR Freight. Fast forward two and a half years, and it has become a success story – despite Covid. Its performance speaks for itself.

The big 150-year celebration is about to take place in 2023, but this year will already see corks flying: Our colleagues at Central Eastern Europe are celebrating 25 years of FIEGE in Poland. On the occasion of the anniversary celebration that took place this week in Warsaw, we look back at a story that started in a village called Odrzywołek.

The Greven-based logistics company strengthens its presence in the Netherlands. At the new logistics centre in Zaandam, the Dutch subsidiary FIEGE B.V. consolidates a large part of its clients’ business in the consumer products sector.

The Greven-based logistics company is responding to the growth performance of its longs-time client, CBR Fashion Group. At the logistics centre in Burgwedel, autonomous robots by Locus Robotics will be doing the work in the future.

The Greven-based family business is building a particularly sustainable multi-user centre for healthcare north of Magdeburg. Completion is scheduled for the end of 2022. The key tenant and biggest client has already been found for the location.

The family-owned company from Greven in Westphalia is implementing a major automation project together with the sports shop retailer at the Apfelstädt site – on an area of almost 10,000 square metres.

The Greven-based family business is adding 32,000 square metres of logistics space to its Lower Rhine facility. The start is scheduled for January 2023. The key tenant has already been named.

The family business from Greven in Westphalia is building new offices in the heart of Münster. The move-in is scheduled for 2024. The foundation stone was placed last Thursday.

5.7 million euros – that is the amount that FIEGE has helped its clients save with optimisation projects that were rolled out in 2021. Lean Management is the magic word on the way to greater improvement and less waste.

On an area of around 90.000 square metres located to the north of Magdeburg is where a new multi-user location is being built for the healthcare business unit.

The Fiege Group has increased its interest in heyconnect GmbH to over 90 per cent. This makes the family business from Greven in Westphalia the largest shareholder of the Hamburg-based specialist for online marketplaces. Its founders, Marcel Brindöpke and Florian Curdt will remain on board as managing directors for the long term.

Following 13 months of construction, FIEGE has completed a new single-user centre for zooplus SE in Hungary.

FIEGE is the new logistics partner of Beam Suntory Deutschland GmbH. Starting 1 July 2022, the logistics company based in Greven in Westphalia will take charge of warehouse logistics, value-added services, and transportation within Germany, but also to Austria as well as parts of France for Beam Suntory, a world leader in premium spirits.

After a good ten months of construction, the FIEGE family business has completed its multi-user centre at the Peine Ost industrial estate, which is based in the Hanover metropolitan region. The roughly 30,000 square metres of logistics space split across three hall bays.

The logistics provider FIEGE has brought a PV system online at its location in Zülpich which will generate power for captive consumption by FIEGE. Covering a 5,000 square-metres-large rooftop, the system will produce over 400,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year. This is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 115 households.

Movement on the B side: Excavation has started for the modern office building which FIEGE is building in Münster’s Stadthafen I. Preparations for the bored pile wall to waterproof the retaining walls have been underway since September. The FIEGE family business will have around 10,000 square metres of useful area at its disposal once the new building is completed.

WERNS, ruler of animal kingdom. Since the end of last year, the young designer brand from Münster has been selling their extravagant products from the animal kingdom via their own online shop across the whole of Europe – backed by logistics from FIEGE NOW.

shopdaheim is an online platform that was called to life by the booksellers Thalia Mayersche and Osiander in 2020 with the goal of boosting local retailers in the long term and assisting them with their digitalisation drive.

Since spring, the logistics company has been storing a broad product range for the Swiss online giant at its warehouse in Oftringen.

What does the city of the future look like? What role will inner cities play? Many people around the globe are tackling questions like these. One of them is the renowned Danish architect, Jan Gehl who has overseen urban development projects around the world. His conclusion: “A good city is like a good party – people stay longer than really necessary because they are enjoying themselves.”

And to achieve this, our urban centres need to change. New mobility concepts, progressing digitalisation and changing consumer habits put pressure specifically on the brick-and-mortar retail trade. “The problems existed long before Covid did. However, the crisis and here in particular, the lengthy lockdowns acted like an accelerant”, says Felix Koch, Strategic Project Manager City Logistics at Fiege.

The Fiege Group has taken over World Fashion Logistics (WFL) to expand its contract logistics operations in Asia.

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FIEGE has devised a whole new product family. Under the name of FIEGE NOW, the logistics company offers a range of fully standardised services.

FIEGE is the new logistics partner of Lobenbergs Gute Weine GmbH & Co. KG. Since mid-2021, the Greven-based family business has been managing the warehouse and distribution logistics for the international wine e-tailer headquartered in Bremen.

FIEGE is defining new product development processes to spot market niches sooner and fulfil its customers’ needs more purposefully by drawing on the power of information.

Fiege is building a new logistics hub in the province of North Holland. By August 2022, Zaandam, which is north of Amsterdam, will see around 43,000 square metres of warehouse space being built. Excavations started at the end of October 2021.

Smartlane uses algorithms to handle piece goods more efficiently and just received financing in excess of €6 million. The start-up’s business model also won over the venture capital fund, F-LOG Ventures, whose anchor investor is the Fiege Group.

BOXIT in charge of Germany-wide delivery of periodicals

Jens and Felix Fiege, who together have been spearheading FIEGE since 2014 as fifth-generation family members, have received the Family Entrepreneur of the Year award from INTES Academy. The award is presented jointly with FBN Deutschland and the German association of family entrepreneurs, Die Familienunternehmer.

FIEGE is upping capacities. As of mid-2023, the Vienna multi-user centre situated directly in the heart of the city will add around 20,000 square metres of extra space for clients operating in a variety of sectors.

Since July 2021, new rules on how to pay and to calculate value added tax on cross-border online sales have come into effect within the EU. To take the pressure off eCommerce players, FIEGE has partnered with the Berlin tech company, countX.

FIEGE is launching yet another customer service location. As from 1 October, the family business from Greven in Westphalia will be setting up a further service site in Essen to assist eCommerce players with the implementation and development of their customer care ideas.

Anyone who wants to know what the current state of e-commerce is like should take a look at FIEGE’s balance sheet on Black Friday weekend.

Motatos is a start-up that combats the waste of food with the help of FIEGE’s know-how in Großbeeren.

Greven-based logistics company takes over eCommerce fulfilment for the e-tailer specialising in wound care.

The logistics companies FIEGE, Grieshaber and Rothermel cooperate under the name of FGR Logistics & Distribution GmbH for efficient tyre distribution operations at the location in Fürth.

Fiege has reached an agreement with AIT Worldwide Logistics to sell the legal entities within the Business Unit International Freight Forwarding (IFF) as well as the Forwarding Business in Far East. Closing of the transaction is anticipated on December 29th, 2020.

FIEGE will be building a new home for the logistics provider’s digital business units in Münster’s Stadthafen I district. An architectural competition was sponsored which called for design proposals of the planned building to be situated on the B-side of the Hafen area.

At the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt, “Fiege Air Cargo Logistics GmbH & Co. KG” (FACL) will take over the operative handling and co-ordination of inbound and outbound standard shipments in several phases until mid 2021. The physical cargo handling processes in the LCC had already been largely outsourced to various external service providers for many years.

At the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) in Frankfurt, “Fiege Air Cargo Logistics GmbH & Co. KG” (FACL) will take over the operative handling and co-ordination of inbound and outbound standard shipments in several phases until mid 2021. The physical cargo handling processes in the LCC had already been largely outsourced to various external service providers for many years.

Fiege was the readers’ and experts’ first choice for Best Logistics Brand 2020 in the category of contract logistics.

The logistician Fiege is distributing urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical staff working across Germany on behalf of the country’s Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).

The logistics service provider Fiege is implementing additional steps under its contingency plan following the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.

The logistics company Fiege is actively preparing a concept which secures the flow of critical goods throughout Europe should the coronavirus continue to spread. This includes pharmaceutical as well as medical supplies, food and crucial production materials for the industry.

The fulfilment specialist FIEGE is one of the investors seed-financing the start-up Zenfulfillment. Zenfulfillment’s software development enables online retailers to connect with market places and online shops like Shopify and WooCommerce with a few clicks only. Shipping and returns management can be conveniently outsourced.

The logistics company FIEGE has fitted its healthcare location in Barleben with a high-output photovoltaic system. The system will produce roughly two gigawatt hours of power annually, which corresponds to the electricity consumed by about 580 households.

Made by Vielfalt: German family businesses campaign for tolerance and openness.

Special jersey, special message: SC Preußen Münster and FIEGE will be launching a limited-number, special edition jersey in collaboration with Münster 4 Life, to send a clear message ahead of the European elections taking place on 9 June. The maxim: Münster 4 Love.

The logistics company FIEGE has published its second sustainability report. The report provides an insight into the developments of the past year while offering detailed information on all sustainability activities of the Greven-based family business.

Between 22 and 25 May, over 1,800 athletes with a mental disability will be competing in Münster. The family business FIEGE lends its support to Germany’s biggest inclusive sports event of the year in more ways than one.

Specialising in services for children and young people, Outlaw welcomes the financial contribution received from the Josef Fiege Stiftung. Outlaw is a Germany-wide provider of child and youth services that runs eleven daycare facilities in the district of Steinfurt alone. Beyond this, the provider offers mobile on-site childrearing and consultation support at primary schools.

As an outpatient hospice care service for children, Königskinder welcomes the financial contribution received from the Josef Fiege Stiftung. The team of the Münster-based organisation offers care and comfort to children and teenagers suffering from a terminal illness by providing a broad range of help services to them and their families.

The logistics company FIEGE is the driving force behind the expansion of its electric mobility infrastructure. At its location in Ibbenbüren, FIEGE charge point no. 150 for EVs in Germany went online.

Sternenland in Telgte welcomes donation from the Josef Fiege Stiftung. The society specialises in grief counselling for children and young adults at its centre. The Sternenland team currently offers counselling to 60 families living in the Münsterland region.

Once again, the FIEGE family business has honoured five employees with the FIEGE Volunteer Award this year. The prize is awarded by the Josef Fiege Stiftung, to reward and honour social commitment.

FIEGE remains the main sponsor of third-league SC Preußen Münster. The contract was originally to end in summer 2024 but has now been renewed early by a further two years, until 30 June 2026.

The Josef Fiege Foundation has honored two elementary schools in Münster and Greven for special projects in the areas of sustainability and environmental protection. The Martin Luther School in Greven and the Clemens School in Münster won the 2023 Environmental Award, which comes with prize money of 1,000 euros.

The Josef Fiege Stiftung supports 'MExlab ExperiMINTe'. The central operating unit at the University of Münster and also the networking point for 'Kinder forschen Münster' – a Münster-based foundation that focuses on education in STEM from an early age – doubles as an after-school destination where children and young people learn about STEM. The donation of 500 euros goes towards expanding the funding programme for children’s day-care centres.

The logistics company FIEGE signed the Commitment Letter of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The Greven-based family business commits to ambitious climate goals and lowering CO2 emissions to achieve net zero targets in the long term.

The Josef Fiege Stiftung has donated € 500 to the Anne-Frank-Realschule, a secondary school in Greven. The money will go towards a free breakfast programme for pupils who are unable to eat breakfast before lessons for various reasons.

The logistics company FIEGE installs a photovoltaic system on the rooftop of its logistics centre in Peine, Lower Saxony. On an area of 30,000 square metres, around 8,000 solar panels will generate 2.7 gigawatt hours of electrical power every year, most of which will be fed into the public grid.

The FIEGE Group has pledged its commitment to becoming carbon neutral and has now published its first sustainability report. The report is informed by the internationally recognised Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and refers to the financial year 2022. In anticipation of the mandatory EU regulations which will come into effect starting 2025, it aims to create transparency for clients, partners, and other stakeholders.

FIEGE regularly donates IT equipment that it no longer needs to educational and social organisations. Now the Greven-based family business has handed over 46 laptops to three institutions from Münster that are involved in child and young welfare.

»für nierenkranke Kinder« e.V. is a Münster-based charity supporting children with kidney disease. The organisation was thrilled to receive a donation from the family business, FIEGE. The funds were donated by employees of the Greven-based logistics company as well as the company’s own foundation, the Josef Fiege Stiftung.

Climate neutrality is not achieved overnight – but FIEGE is definitely on its way. Climate neutrality has been laid out clearly and established as a goal. But how does an enterprise change into becoming a sustainable business? It needs determination, focus, conviction – and a good plan.

The logistics company FIEGE and its long-time client, ESPRIT held their annual sale of samples for staff members. Proceeds reached a record 55,000 euros and will be donated to charity.

The family business FIEGE has recognised five employees with the FIEGE Volunteer Award. The prize is awarded by the Josef Fiege Stiftung in support of personal social commitment.

The joint airlift by SunExpress, Lufthansa Cargo, DPD, FIEGE, time:matters and Customs Broker has transported more than 3,000 parcels on eight cargo flights to Turkey since its launch. The initiative will be maintained in the coming days.

Synergien nutzen und gemeinsam unbürokratisch helfen: Das ist das Ziel der Hilfsgemeinschaft führender Transport- und Logistikpartner SunExpress, DPD, FIEGE, time:matters, CB Customs Broker GmbH und Lufthansa Cargo.

FIEGE regularly donates IT equipment that is no longer needed to educational and social institutions. In January, the Greven-based family business handed over 40 laptops plus the respective accessories to the Anne-Frank-Realschule, a secondary school in Greven, to boost digital teaching.