“Twenty years after entering the Serbian market, the international transportation and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss enjoys a positive evaluation. “Serbia has witnessed remarkable economic development in recent years. Our decision to establish a central logistics hub for the Western Balkans here has proven to be the right one,” Wolfram Singer Weiss, CEO of Gebruder Weiss, explained to media representatives in Belgrade on October 18.
Serbia has developed into an attractive market for car parts, food, textiles and furniture, with about 70% of its exports going to the European Union. In addition, the Balkan country is a major supplier of agricultural products to many of its neighboring countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
Today, Gebrüder Weiss offers its customers in Serbia land, air and sea freight transportation services, customs clearance and logistics solutions. Combined freight shipments go to neighboring countries and the EU single market several times a week. The logistics provider has a total of 20,000 square meters of logistics space in the country. In 2023, the company achieved net revenues of €53 million.
IIn addition to its headquarters in Dubanovci near Belgrade, Gebrüder Weiss has three other locations in Serbia: in Novi Sad in the north and in Niš and Strojkovci near Leskovac in the south. A new logistics warehouse in Dubanovsy has recently come into operation. The company has already invested more than 20 million euros in its logistics facilities. “By the end of the year, we will have invested an additional 1 million euros in our home delivery services and additional warehouse space,” says Thomas Schauer, Regional Director for Central and South-Eastern Europe at Gebrüder Weiss.
Another area of focus is sustainability. For example, the Dubanovsy site gets all its electricity from a solar power plant, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 90 tons per year. Eight natural gas (CNG) trucks operate on four routes for the consumer goods industry. In addition, detergents and cleaning materials are transported sustainably by rail to Germany. “Every year, 1,500 containers move by rail from Budapest to the Ruhr area. This saves us more than a thousand tons of carbon dioxide compared to traditional truck transport,” explains Roland Reith, regional director of Gebrüder Weiss in Serbia. , zero-emission electronic transportation will also be used for deliveries to end customers in Serbia.
Gebrüder Weiss started with a small office in Belgrade in 2004, and now employs 300 people in Serbia. Gebrüder Weiss was one of the first logistics companies to apply the principle of dual training for young professionals there. Since 2018, young professionals have been receiving practical and academic training in cooperation with the Transport and Technical School in Belgrade. “We provide young professionals with long-term employment opportunities in a range of logistics careers,” says Roland Reith.
