61st FEFPEB congress 2008, Hamburg - Germany

Company visit

Thursday, 18th Sept. 2008 approx 8.00 am to 6.00 pm

Tour 1 Pallets

  • Company vistit Schlesselmann in Asendorf
  • Lunch break
  • Company vistit Tchibo high-stack warehouse in Bremen

Firma Schlesselmann GmbH

Company profile

On 11th March 1910 Friedrich Brockmann opened a saw mill and carpentry on the premises of today's Schlesselmann GmbH. Klaus Schlesselmann directed the company after World War II as a saw mill, furniture makers and carpentry before the carpenter Rolf Schlesselmann who is still active today oriented the company additionally towards the production of crates and pallets. Schlesselmann GmbH has developed from a manual firm active in the classical house builidng sector to an industrial company. Today, the business produces customized pallets for various industrial sectors.

  • Managing directors: Rolf and Ralf Schlesselmann
  • Staff: 40
  • Products:
    • Custom pallets (approx. 1 Mio/year) for various industrial clients in the drinks, chemicals, construction materials, paper, cosmetics and food sector.
    • IPPC treatment and drying to prevent molds and funghi.
  • The company's particular strength is to be found
    • In its great flexibility and quality adjustment to individual clients' needs.
    • In order to continuously guarantee this quality and flexibility, the lion share of the approx. 38.000 m3 sawn timber needed annually is produced in the company's own saw mill. Sawn timber production in 2007 equalled 33.000 m3.

The product range is completed by the production of special sizes from woods such as beach and oak for the pallet industry.

Company Arthur Hitscher & Sohn GmbH

Hitscher & Sohn is looking back on an over 100 years old company tradition. Today, Thomas Hitscher (graduate engineer) is directing the company, which was founded in 1902, in the fourth generation. The company stays for flexibility, innovation, and costumer proximity and is specialized on solutions of packaging and transportation problems. The nowadays scope of services includes:

  • Design and consulting
  • Storage and consignment sale
  • Heavy cargo- and special packaging
  • Container storage
  • Individual- and serial production of one way- and returnable packaging
  • Off-site packaging at the costumer’s
  • Consignment and logistics

Hitscher has a total area of 28.500 m² at its disposal, thereof 13.750 m² indoor. Hitscher is holding an own vehicle fleet with five trucks, ground conveyors up to 30 tonnes, and crane equipment up to 20 tonnes load capacity.
Besides the parent company in Schwarzenbek, Hitscher is running two branches in Hamburg, and a subsidiary company in Hungary.

Further information you find on www.hitscher.de

Tour 2 Export packaging

  • Company vistit Hanseatischen Kistenfabrik Pannecke in Wentorf
  • Company vistit Hitscher in Schwarzenbek
  • Lunch break
  • Company vistit Container terminal Altenwerden in Hamburg

Hanseatische Kistenfabrik K. Pannecke GmbH*

Members of:
The German Federal Association for Wooden Packaging (HPE e.V.) and audited member of the technical group for packaging according to HPE standards, company number 59.

Established in 1981 - managing director: Klaus Pannecke

Our business is a reliable and flexible partner of major industrial companies in Hamburg and the Hamburg hinterland. We have approx. 40 members of staff and provide the following services:

  • Manufacture of solid timber, plywood and OSB crates and boxes according to HPE standards
  • Made-to-measure special packaging according to clients' requirements
  • Production of multi trip packaging
  • Packaging according to HPE standards for sea, air and road transport
  • Storage of packaged and unpackaged goods
  • Stowage of lorries, containers and flats
  • Client focused dispatch management

Our team of long standing and regularly trained staff carries out packaging on clients' premises if required or on our own heated premises in hangars fitted with lifting gear.
The associated joinery manufactures crates for high-tech aviation parts based on own measurements, calculations and provision of technical drawings. All this within very short delivery times.

Order processing and job preparations are assisted by our own LAN system.

  • Hanseatic Crate factory K. Pannecke
  • North German Crate factory Otto Oelbermann
*= plus Norddeutsche Kistenfabrik Otto Oelbermann GmbH
and Tischlerei HKW K. Pannecke GmbH
Südring 36 in 21465 Wentorf bei Hamburg
Tel. 040 - 720 78 79 Telefax 040 - 720 32 88
E-mail Hanseatische-Kistenfabrik@gmx.de

ALTENWERDER (CTA)

HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder is recognized worldwide as state-of-the-art. With its high degree of automation and its compact layout, HHLA's newest terminal sets the scene for the future of container handling. The most advanced technology and innovative EDP system ensure efficient discharging and loading of large container ships, especially. The volume of standard containers handled annually has grown steeply since the terminal was taken into service in summer, 2002. By 2006, this had reached 2.1 million TEU.

HHLA CONTAINER TERMINALS

Highly efficient container terminals ensure the Port of Hamburg's supreme importance as a logistics hub. In 2006, HHLA's three Hamburg Container terminals Altenwerder, Burchardkai and Tollerort for the first time handled more than 6 million standard containers (TEU). Technical innovations and automated working processes ensure high productivity and short laytimes. Specialized companies offer all box-related services, whether repair or storage of empty containers or handling of project and heavy cargo. HHLA also operates container terminals in Odessa and Lübeck.

HAMBURGER HAFEN AND LOGISTIK AG

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is one of the leading port logistics groups in Europe. With its Container, Intermodal and Logistics segments, HHLA is positioned vertically along the transport chain. Efficient container terminals, high-capacity transport systems and a full range of logistics services constitute a complete network between the overseas port and the European hinterland.