DHL Express opens new service center in Vadodara
Dec 06, 2016: International express services provider DHL Express, 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 kilometres. The 8,500 square feet facility was inaugurated by RS Subramanian, senior vice president and country manager, DHL Express India along with Dhirendra Savla, director, Matrix Comsec.
“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,” said Subramanian.
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. It will also provide real time checkpoint visibility of shipments and 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 and manufacturing units, pharmaceuticals and traders spread across this area.
