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  • Pistor’s growth requires larger buildings

    Pistor’s growth requires larger buildings

    Pistor has expanded the WUZ West goods handling centre in Rothenburg. According to a press release, the investment for the fully automated replenishment warehouse amounts to CHF 34 million. The building now has space for 22,000 pallets, 7,000 more than before.

    According to Pistor, a solar system on the roof will supply enough electricity to power 66 households each year. “We have also installed a large underground storage system that allows us to heat the site with our own summer waste heat in winter and minimise CO2 emissions,” says business performance member and logistics manager Richard Betschart. Pistor is also reportedly expanding the number of electric lorries.

    With the expansion measures, the catering wholesaler and service provider is reportedly responding to the continuously increasing demand. In addition to its core business of supplying bakeries and patisseries, the company also supplies catering and healthcare businesses such as hospitals and retirement homes.

    However, Pistor says that the big leap is still to come: the company is planning new office, warehouse, goods handling and distribution space at its headquarters in Rothenburg, covering an area the size of four football pitches, by 2030. In addition, the ground-breaking ceremony for a distribution centre in Sennwald SG will take place this year. The aim is to supply eastern Switzerland even better from this centre.

  • Holcim acquires Indar from Mexico

    Holcim acquires Indar from Mexico

    Zug-basedHolcim has acquired Indar, a Mexican hardware wholesaler. As part of Holcim, the company, based in Tlaquepaque in the state of Jalisco, will strengthen Holcim’s Disensa retail network, according to a media release.

    According to the statement, Holcim’s acquisition of Indar adds more than 10,600 additional hardware products to its range of solutions for the Disensa retail network, including roofing supplies, tools and adhesives, and electrical and plumbing supplies. Indar carries hardware from more than 80 brands and had net sales of $71 million last year.

    The acquisition includes Indar’s nine distribution centres nationwide, as well as its fulfilment centre in Guadalajara. According to its own information, Indar distributes its products from there within a radius of 500 kilometres with its own fleet of vehicles. This is supplemented by contracts with the “most important parcel services in the region”.

    Holcim welcomes Indar’s 420 employees and looks forward to “the next era of growth,” Oliver Osswald, head of the Latin America region, is quoted as saying in the media release. “With its powerful logistics network and focus on providing the best possible service, quality and customer experience, Indar fits perfectly into our Disensa network by strengthening its product range and value proposition.”

    Furthermore, Holcim plans to distribute its bagged cement, including the low-carbon ECOPlanet cement, as well as other products such as roofing membranes through Indar’s online sales portal.

  • Holcim acquires Indar from Mexico

    Holcim acquires Indar from Mexico

    Zug-basedHolcim has acquired Indar, a Mexican hardware wholesaler. As part of Holcim, the company, based in Tlaquepaque in the state of Jalisco, will strengthen Holcim’s Disensa retail network, according to a media release.

    According to the statement, Holcim’s acquisition of Indar adds more than 10,600 additional hardware products to its range of solutions for the Disensa retail network, including roofing supplies, tools and adhesives, and electrical and plumbing supplies. Indar carries hardware from more than 80 brands and had net sales of $71 million last year.

    The acquisition includes Indar’s nine distribution centres nationwide, as well as its fulfilment centre in Guadalajara. According to its own information, Indar distributes its products from there within a radius of 500 kilometres with its own fleet of vehicles. This is supplemented by contracts with the “most important parcel services in the region”.

    Holcim welcomes Indar’s 420 employees and looks forward to “the next era of growth,” Oliver Osswald, head of the Latin America region, is quoted as saying in the media release. “With its powerful logistics network and focus on providing the best possible service, quality and customer experience, Indar fits perfectly into our Disensa network by strengthening its product range and value proposition.”

    Furthermore, Holcim plans to distribute its bagged cement, including the low-carbon ECOPlanet cement, as well as other products such as roofing membranes through Indar’s online sales portal.