Gillette Group Poland and DHL Solutions

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion południowy; Śląskie; Sosnowiecki
Location of affected unit(s)
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
52.1 - Warehousing and storage
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
16 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Gillette Group Poland and DHL Solutions, business unit of DHL Logistics, jointly opened a logistic centre in Dąbrowa Górnicza, which will become one of Gillette's largest distribution centres in Europe. The investment outlays amount to €2.5 million. The centre will supply Gillette products to customers across Central Europe: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia as well as distributor markets in Africa and Asia.

In addition to storing goods, DHL will offer services such as goods packaging, stickering, and re-packaging according to specific needs of various commercial operators, special packaging for promotional purposes, PCV foil packing and welding.

Sources

  • 16 May 2005: The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Gillette Group Poland and DHL Solutions, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 61591, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61591.