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Transportation / Storage Postal and courier activities Other postal and courier activities 53.20 - Other postal and courier activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
19 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
The express service trans-o-flex, part of the Geodis Group, opened a new distribution centre in Steinach (Bavaria) in May 2025, creating around 100 new jobs in the goods handling area.
The merger of the trans-o-flex Express (15-25 °C) and ThermoMed (2-8 °C) networks will create synergies and increase delivery capacity in eastern Bavaria and neighbouring regions of Austria and the Czech Republic.
Further details on the type of employment were not disclosed.
Trans-o-flex employs around 2,100 people in Germany.
Eurofound (2025), trans-o-flex, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 203027, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203027.
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