Gauselmann Group completes the biggest building project in its history: “A trendsetting step for the entire region”

“Our development and production location in Lübbecke now features a state-of-the-art logistics centre that didn’t take long to build” said the group’s founder and host Paul Gauselmann in his speech, welcoming the 150 guests present. “It was a pleasure to watch the project’s progress”. The 151 by 74 meter centre is 17 meters high and has a usable area of 21,000 square meters - plenty of space for the Gauselmann group’s innovative products. In the new centre there is storage space for logistics as well as additional space for development, production and service.
The group's founder considers the location only natural. After all, the group’s home is in this region. This is where what was once a one-man operation started up. Initially it was based in Espelkamp, the production site in Lübbecke was built in 1977. The whole group is now a multinational selling its products all over the world. This investment in Lübbecke is a more than emphatic acknowledgement by the group of its roots.
The host also thanked everyone concerned for their active support. “Mastering this mammoth task in addition to the normal daily workload was a real challenge, only surmountable by a team effort. I’d like to express my sincerest thanks to all involved, particularly our colleagues and the 48 local companies who helped carry out the work”.
There was plenty of praise from the guests of honour, too. Eckhard Witte, mayor of the city of Lübbecke, praised the entrepreneurial family’s loyalty to his city. “As a family-owned company the Gauselmann Group is not solely concerned with commercial success but also acts with strategic foresight, creates a lot of jobs and training opportunities and involves itself with its home region long term. It is a major prop of this city’s economic strength”. Espelkamp’s mayor Heinrich Vieker agreed. “The Gauselmann Group ensures quality of life and prosperity in our home town. Building the new logistics centre is hence a trendsetting example for the entire region”. Hartmut Heinen of the Economics and Finance department of the municipality of Minden-Lübbecke added that “family run companies such as the Gauselmann Group are the economic backbone of our region. Without them the region would be very much the poorer”.