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DHL opens warehouse at Devanahalli airport

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EXPORTERS’ DELIGHT: Tony Widmer (left), Senior Vice-President and Worldwide Head Airfreight, DHL Global Forwarding, with Madhav Thapar, Sub-Regional Airfreight Director-South Asia, addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Tuesday.

BANGALORE: DHL, the global logistics company based in Germany, inaugurated its 1,255 sq. m. bonded warehouse at the new airport at Devanahalli here on Tuesday. The facility at the cargo terminal will be operated by DHL Global Forwarding. DHL is fully owned by Deutsche Post World Net. The company has leased bonded space from the cargo terminal managed by Air India-SATS. The facility includes an airfreight office and employs 50 personnel.

Tony Widmer, Head of Air Freight, DHL Global Forwarding, said the company had a 24 per cent share of the market for goods flowing through the existing HAL airport in Bangalore. He expects the company to grow by about 20 per cent in the current year.

Madhav Thapar, Sub-Regional Air Freight Director, DHL Global Forwarding, said the facility would cater to the needs of exporters and importers in South Indian States. These States, he said, accounted for “50 per cent of the company’s business in India.”

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