The German wholesale company Rosenbaum Group is about to open a huge branch in the Dutch Moerdijk industrial area. The subsidiary RFV Fruits is currently moving into a high-tech building with an area of 20,000 m2, including 45 ripening rooms for both bananas and exotics. From here, sales will go out to both the main site in Cologne and Emstek as well as extensive exports to customers in 15 European countries.
The logistics center on the Dutch Moerdijk industrial area
Maturation & Sales
The complete quality control as well as the logistic process will then be directed from the giant complex in Moerdijk. It is no coincidence that the ultramodern building has high-tech control equipment, which makes it possible to measure the brix and juice content of exotic fruits such as mango, avocado and citrus. A very important aspect of the new location, however, is the big ripening installation. "The building has 45 double ripening rooms, about a quarter of which are for mango and avocado, and the rest is for banana ripening. This ripening plant has a total area of 5,000 m2; The customs depot is 15,000 m2. This is bigger than all existing locations in Germany together. The proximity of Rotterdam harbour in combination with the existing infrastructure make Moerdijk a perfect location," said Leon Siborgs, Managing Director of RFV Fruits.
The Moerdijk location will also have a completely different function than the German branches. Where Cologne and Emstek mainly focus on the smaller 'Colli' deliveries, the Dutch branch will focus exclusively on large-scale sales. In addition to the maturing and transport on behalf of the main branches in Cologne and Emstek, distribution to wholesale companies in 15 European countries will be the main task of the new branche. Siborgs: “Even the separate banana trade in Germany will be partially housed in Moerdijk and will get a new function. This will become clearer in the near future."
Import and export
The Rosenbaum Group has existed for more than 170 years, making its name on the local wholesale market in Cologne. Over the years, the family business grew stronger and in the 1950s the focus was on import of tropical fruits. Later, the current main office Am Eifeltor was opened, as were the branches in Emstek and Melle. In 2015, the definitive plan for the construction of the Dutch distribution center was born. The official construction of RFV Fruits will follow at the beginning of 2017, as will the construction of the Moerdijk site.
For more information:
Rosenbaum Fruchtimport & Logistik GmbH
Am Eifeltor 16, 50997 Köln
Tel.: +49 221 93721-0
Fax: +49 221 93721150
Mail: info@rosenbaumgruppe.eu
Web: www.rosenbaumgruppe.eu
RFV Fruits Netherlands B.V.
Middenweg 35A
4782 PM Moerdijk
Tel.: 0031 - (0)168-350-100
Mail: info@rfv-fruits.eu