DHL Express opens 3rd facility in Gujarat

The Dollar Business Bureau

DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, has expanded its Gujarat operations with the launch of a new service center in Vadodara. This is the third facility of DHL Express in Gujarat, along with those in Ahmedabad and the recently opened facility in Surat.

The Vadodara Service Center caters to Vadodara city and the surrounding areas of Savli, Halol, Waghodia, Por and Padra covering a radius of approximately 45 km. The 8,500 sq ft facility was inaugurated by Mr. RS Subramanian, Senior Vice President & Country Manager, DHL Express India along with Mr. Dhirendra Savla, Director, Matrix Comsec.

Commenting on the launch, RS Subramanian, Senior Vice President & Country Manager, DHL Express India said, “For DHL, the state of Gujarat represents a huge growth opportunity – our continuing investments in Ahmedabad, the recent facility in Surat and now this new service facility at Vadodara – are testimonies to its potential. Vadodara is also strategically located to take advantage of the developing golden quadrilateral highway network that will connect Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi. One can see significant growth in industrial investment in and around Vadodara, and we are well positioned to deliver excellent service quality to our customers.”

The service center has been set up to focus purely on international shipments, and will offer:

- extended cut off times for the pick-up of documents and parcels, which will give customers more time to handover shipments, all within the committed Transit Time
- real time checkpoint visibility of shipments
- reduced transit time for inbound shipments with a same-day delivery commitment

Vadodara is considered as one of India’s fastest developing cities and is home to major MNCs. It is a major hub for industries such as electrical equipment manufacturing, organic compounds and fertilizer processing, machine and automotive technology, biotechnology, commercial glass manufacturing and dairy processing. DHL’s major customers will include banks, engineering & manufacturing units, pharmaceuticals and traders spread across this area.

DHL Express has maintained its leadership position in India for more than 35 years, and provides access to 598 cities and over 33,000 locations within the country. DHL Express India has over 60,000 customers including importers, exporters, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and small and medium sized businesses. With a robust network of over 400 vehicles on road, 19 weekly inter-continental flights, 67 daily international and 80 domestic commercial flights, DHL customers in India have access to an international network of over 220 countries and territories.