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Transportation / Storage Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation Warehousing and storage 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Amazon Logistics, the logistics service provider of US online retailer Amazon, is creating around 150 new jobs at the distribution center in Lahntal-Goßfelden (transport and logistics), which will open in September 2025.
New full-time positions will be created in sorting and delivery preparation.
The municipality of Lahntal expressly welcomes the expansion; according to the mayor, it strengthens the regional economy.
Amazon last announced a new logistics center in Germany in August 2024 Amazon 2024 - DE.
Eurofound (2025), Amazon Logistics, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 202872, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202872.
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