The STIHL D7 logistics site in Ludwigsburg is responsible for supplying STIHL’s sales companies and importers worldwide with spare parts, accessories, forestry equipment, and promotional materials. It also handles the final packaging and dispatch of finished products.

To prepare for future growth in the product range and shipping volumes, the logistics processes had to be extensively reorganised and the necessary facilities newly installed. The previously almost entirely manual logistics operation is now being largely automated.

The required measures included the construction of a high-bay warehouse and a dispatch staging hall, as well as the conversion and complete refurbishment of some existing buildings, in some cases up to 40 years old. The work was carried out while operations remained ongoing, in close coordination with the operator and the companies involved.