Daimler Truck's new logistics location in the heart of Germany, Global Parts Center (GPC), will gradually take over the global spare parts supply for Mercedes-Benz trucks from 2025. In the approximately ten months since the foundation stone was laid, the development on the approximately 900,000 square-meter site in the East Industrial Park has grown at a rapid pace.
The new building will have a gross built-up area of around 270,000 square meters and in a three-stage logistics process will serve around 20 regional centers worldwide, including in other EU countries, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and China. These local centers will supply regional dealers with spare parts.
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Project well on schedule
With this new site, GPC is at the heart of a complex network of global goods logistics. “Thanks to the excellent cooperation with the city, district and state, our Global Parts Center has already taken impressive shape less than a year after the foundation stone was laid,” says Stefan Roedler, who heads the real estate subsidiary Daimler Truck Real Estate. “We are well on schedule.”
The new logistics location is planning CO2-neutral operation, with an energy concept that completely dispenses with fossil fuels. The roofs of logistics buildings, encompassing over 90 percent of all roof space on the location, are currently being equipped with solar modules, creating one of the largest rooftop systems in Europe.
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Easily visible from the main road
Anyone driving past the Global Parts Center on the nearby motorway will see two large, parallel halls, each around 200 meters wide and 600 meters long. In the future, one hall will be used for receiving goods and the other for issuing spare parts. Smaller buildings will be for empties, recycling and offices.
Not visible from the motorway is the around 30,000 square meters – around twelve percent of the total 250,000 square meters of roof area – are already covered with solar modules. The roofs of outbuildings with no modules will be greened.
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22 megawatts on the rooftops
The photovoltaic system will have an output of over 22 megawatts and is anticipated to generate more than 20 gigawatt hours per year – significantly more than is consumed at the location. Excess energy from the Global Parts Center will be fed into the grid. In order to keep the level of self-sufficiency as high as possible, additional powerful energy storage devices are provided. In the first stage, an energy storage system of around 2,000 kilowatt hours is planned, which will be expanded later.
Neither natural gas nor petroleum are required. The buildings are heated using electric heat pumps, which bring their heat inside via floor heating systems. A high level of energy efficiency is achieved thanks to the low temperatures in the heating flow and the high thermal storage effect of the industrial floors.
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Powerful charging points for e-trucks planned
Around 30 charging points for electric vehicles are provided to make it easier for employees to access electromobility. The infrastructure is already set for further expansion. There are also corresponding charging options for suppliers' trucks, whose fleets will gradually be electrified: 16 charging points with 200 kilowatts and four charging points with 400 kilowatts of charging power are planned.
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Imposing buildings almost completed
The data on solar self-sufficiency is likewise impressive. The construction project is an indication of Daimler Truck’s big plans for the Halberstadt site. The central buildings for logistics are supported by around 1,600 reinforced concrete supports. With around 90,000 square meters (over twelve football fields), around a third of the hall floor has already been concreted.
Over half of the hall facade is completed and currently spans 30,000 installed square meters – equivalent to around four football fields. Almost three kilometers of fire protection walls have been built inside, with another 500 meters to be added in the future.
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3,000 piles drilled
The figures for the roof construction are also impressive, with over 31 kilometers of steel roof racks already installed. At around 200,000 square meters, the trapezoidal sheets laid on the roofs to date have a total area of almost 30 football fields. In the coming months, the building will expand to accommodate a high bay, which required the subsoil to be prepared with almost 3,000 drilled piles. (HS)
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