BUILDINX 2025, a business platform around the value chain of innovative logistics and industrial real estate, opens its doors from 18 to 20 November in Dortmund. The event of Messe Dortmund aims to provide space for the exchange of expertise, innovative solutions and forward-looking developments surrounding the construction, maintenance and upkeep of suitable properties. This was made clear recently at a press conference held during the BVL Supply Chain CX 2025 in Berlin by exhibition representatives and partners.
The congress programme of BUILDINX 2025, drawn up in consultation with industry representatives, is set. The first day is to start with high energy: After the welcome by Kuno Neumeier, CEO of the Logivest Group and spokesperson for the Logistics Real Estate topic area of the German Logistics Association (BVL), Michael Dufhues, board member of Bremer AG, will address the professional audience for the trade fair
days. The first conference day is focused on energy: How industrial real estate can function as power plants and thus become an active part of the energy transition, reports Ricardo Melón Martínez, Account Manager at Greenflash. Frank Bernlochner, Managing Director of Greenopeak, and Sebastian Durst as Head of Project Engineering will show how companies from logistics, industry and commerce can transform their spaces with smart photovoltaic rooftop solutions into sustainable value creation.
Not only energy generation, but also the storage of energy carriers plays an important role on the first day: The Automotive Focus Group of the BVL Theme Circle Logistics Real Estate is developing a recommended course of action that takes into account the aspects for safe storage. Participants include Volker Rügheimer, Head of Logistics Division at Volkswagen Group OTLG, and spokesperson for the Automotive Focus Group of the BVL Theme Circle Logistics
Real Estate, Nico Anderten, Head of Environmental Consulting & Approvals at Rhenus Logistics, Markus Boberg, Business Development Manager, Denios SE and Co-Chair of VDI and Christian Kürpick, Project Lead RETRON, Remondis Industrie Service.
Brownfields and technical building equipment
On the second trade day, everything revolves around Brownfields and technical building equipment. The opening is by Mario Kling, Managing Director of Goldbeck Nord GmbH. In his presentation, he explains how defined processes and intelligent system solutions enable existing properties to be efficiently, economically and future-proof to meet future requirements. Brownfields are also to be rethought by Raphael Thießen, Managing Director of Deutscher Brownfield Verband e.V., Tobias Kassner, Head of Research & ESG at Garbe Industrial, and Rick Mädel, Managing Director Garbe Regeneration, in the panel talk. How needs-based lighting helps to fully exploit potentials for the highest possible energy and CO2 savings is explained by
Alexej Schulz, Head of Sales at SchahlLED Lighting GmbH, on stage.
Datengetriebener dritter Messetag
Datengetrieben geht es dann durch den dritten Tag der BUILDINX: Frank Weber, Senior Director Client Solutions Germany at JLL Industrial & Logistics Agency, discusses with further experts the topic of data centers, followed by a panel discussion on Big Box 360 and Data Intelligence. How lifecycle-oriented planning with FM know-how, low-maintenance and durable systems as well as a digital handover (BIM2FM) lay the foundation for low operating costs and long-term value retention, explain Frank Drexhage, Managing Director of Bremer Immobilien Service GmbH, and Sebastian Stirnberg, Head of Acquisition / Calculation.
BUILDINX celebrated its premiere in 2024 (LOGISTIK HEUTE reported). The trade fair in Dortmund is aimed at project developers, component manufacturers, industrial companies, logistics service providers and retail as well as logistics initiatives, investors, research institutions, economic development agencies and
