The European Distribution Center (EDC), the new logistics hub of the HARTING Technology Group has been distinguished with the prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD 2021. The award went to the internationally active architecture firm “3deluxe” from Wiesbaden. The office designed a high-tech logistics center with an adjacent administration building for HARTING.
The EDC was officially commissioned in the summer of 2019 with numerous guests from
politics, business, and administration attending, in addition to employees and their families.
Featuring an automated small parts high-bay warehouse and a high-speed shuttle, one of
the most innovative logistics centers in Europe has been created in Espelkamp in Eastern
Westphalia – spreading out over an area of 18,000 square meters. Advanced, state-of-
the-art logistics technology and ergonomic workplaces have been optimally combined
here.
The European Distribution Center was awarded in the architecture discipline, in the
Office / Industry category. Once a year, the IF DESIGN AWARD is bestowed by the
world’s oldest independent design institution, the IF International Forum Design
GmbH in Hanover. The EDC convinced the 98-member, independent, international
jury of experts thanks to its modern, pleasantly open, and light-flooded architecture.
The number of applicants was huge: The jurors were tasked with awarding the
coveted seal of approval from among almost 10,000 entries hailing from some 52
countries.
The EDC underscores the company’s technological logistics expertise, as all of our
innovative HARTING products and solutions are part and parcel of this lighthouse
project, as CEO Philip Harting stated. ” I am proud of this acknowledgment. The iF DESIGN AWARD honors the work of the entire team, emphasized Peter Seipp, managing director of “3deluxe”.
In June 2020, 3deluxe had already garnered the German Brand Award in Gold -also for the EDC assignment. The staircase in the reception area took the “Staircase of the Year 2019” award.
HARTING’s European Distribution Center (EDC). The logistics hub was officially
commissioned in the summer of 2019.
independent design institution, the IF International Forum Design GmbH in Hanover.
