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Maximize your logistics potential:

Location, Real Estate and Automation

 

And e-com fulfilment pioneers

Combined we have gained fifty years of experience working for leading eCom, 3PL, and Real Estate corporates.

We were in the room when e-commerce giants emerged. We have seen sustained exponential growth and the multiple challenges of setting up infrastructure in a hyper-growth phase.

Even though we have already faced many challenges, we know they are constantly altering.

That's why we remain pioneers, facing them open-minded.​

we love logistics
Since 2024 we continue our journey under the banner of logivalue GmbH
Bezos Paetzmann Helicopter
1999, Entering uncharted waters. Amazon takes off in DE. Jeff Bezos and Raimund heading to Bad Hersfeld
Early Days Amazon Bookshelves
How e-commerce fulfilment started: Bookshelves everywhere 
Logistics - 1 (1)-1
2017: advanced automation. Carl Friedrich's and Raimund's paths crossed  
mission to net zero~2 (1)
ESG topics are on top of our minds - we are on a mission to net zero jointly with out clients
Investors
warehouse investor
  • Cycle through your pipeline by quickly assessing logistics potential of properties

  • Run Due Diligences of target logistics properties

  • Identify potential logistics use-cases of a site and determining the ideal occupier

  • Help to market a site with a consultative selling approach

  • Guide through difficult negotiations & distress situations

Operators
AGVs in warehouse bunt
  • Determine the optimal target logistics network setup

  • Search for optimal site locations

  • Advise on how to approach & strucutre warehouse automation projects

  • Negotiate contracts with landlord, integrators and automation providers

  • Synchronize real estate & automation planning processe

  • Ensure ESG-compliance

                     

 

"You experienced first-hand the highs and lows, the challenges and the opportunities of being an operator & occupier to acquire, rent, operate a property. You know what it takes to build & run a highly automated logistics operation. This gives you a clear edge  - and you can focus on solving the right questions for your clients."

Michal Bezdeka
Sr. Lead Logistics Real Estate, Zalando SE

We planned

  • Network design & location white spot analysis
  • Location search, landbanking, developer contracts, financing
  • Subsidies & tax reduction
  • Warehouse automation.

We built

  • >40 new greenfield logistics sites in Europe
  • Four retrofits
  • >1.2 bn EUR CAPEX in warehouse automation
  • Entire real estate life cycle (incl. sale & lease-backs)

We ran

  • Day-to-day operations (5 warehouse, 500 FTEs) 
  • Introduction of robotics to warehouse operations
  • Project Management
  • Procurement of indirect goods
Raimund Paetzmann - Photo
Raimund Paetzmann
Carl-Friedrich zu Knyphausen - Photo
Carl-Friedrich zu Knyphausen

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