The family-run company is in the process of building a 6,000 m2 extension to the site it opened four years ago, in order to be closer to the Mulhouse industrial area, the mainstay of its customer base. The aim is to be ready by the end of 2025 for the expected recovery, and to provide a growth driver for its business, which is dominated by road haulage. Here's an update on these plans for the SME, which will be exhibiting at the Euro Supply Chain trade show in June at the Parc Expo in Mulhouse.
An investment of €7 million for an additional 6,000 m2: Weber is determined to expand its logistics capacity in Cernay (Haut-Rhin).
Sophie Weber, the company's president, is fully aware that this decision runs counter to the current cautious mood. "It's a gamble on the future, but we're going for it. We're building now so that we're ready for the upturn we all want to see from 2025 onwards. What's more, a rapid and significant drop in interest rates and construction costs that would justify waiting seems unlikely," she declares.
As administrative delays are difficult to compress, particularly for an ICPE (1510)-classified facility such as the project site, the family-owned carrier and logistician intends to submit its permit in the next few weeks, with a view to meeting the target of commissioning by the end of 2025.
The new 6,000 m2 facility will be built as an extension to the original 3,000 m2 warehouse. Built as the future by LCR Les Constructeurs Réunis, it opened in early 2020, when part of the company's activities were transferred from Oderen, the company's birthplace at the bottom of the Thur valley in the Vosges, to its Cernay entrance. Eight dock doors will be added to the existing four.
Above all, the project marks a change of dimension in logistics, in every sense of the word. " The extension will allow....
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