The logistics service provider Movianto, specializing in pharma and healthcare, has significantly expanded its temperature-controlled storage capacities at the Neunkirchen site. Since May 2025, a total of 8,000 pallet spaces have been available in the cooling area between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius. Previously, the capacity was 7,200 spaces. This keeps the site as one of the largest cold logistics hubs for pharmaceutical products in Germany. The expansion was carried out during ongoing operations in compliance with all GDP requirements for the storage of medicines.
"We were able to expand the largest pharmaceutical refrigerator of a logistics service provider in Germany by another 800 pallet spaces," says Dennis Spamer, Managing Director of Movianto for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. "And this during ongoing operations while complying with all GDP regulations for pharmaceutical products."
The additional storage capacity was realized without physically enlarging the existing hall. Instead, Movianto replaced conventional high-bay
racks with modern push-back rack systems. These allow for more efficient space utilization as pallets can be stored on inclined roller tracks and automatically moved into picking position by gravity.
Push-back racks with up to seven levels
In Neunkirchen, the push-back racks were installed with up to seven levels one above the other and up to ten units next to each other. By eliminating intermediate aisles, the space utilization in the respective cooling area was increased by approximately 50 percent.
The investment sum for the new storage technology amounted to around 500,000 euros. The actual refurbishment took four months, with a large part occurring over the turn of the year. Including planning, the overall project duration was nine months. In addition to the rack system, the cooling technology and fire protection in the area were brought up to the latest technological standards.
Temperature-controlled storage logistics and transport
Since 2020,
Movianto has been part of the French Walden Group and is one of the leading outsourcing partners along the supply chain for pharmaceutical, biotechnological, medical technology, and diagnostic products. The range of services includes temperature-controlled storage logistics and transport as well as comprehensive services such as order-to-cash and procurement processes. The company is certified according to the quality standards ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. In the European network, Movianto operates 23 of its own logistics centers in twelve countries, employs more than 3,700 staff, and has more than 600,000 temperature-controlled pallet spaces.
Part of the Walden Group
The parent company, Walden Group, was founded in 1951 in France and is a family-run company focusing on comprehensive logistics solutions for healthcare. The group is divided into two main areas: healthcare logistics – with Movianto for storage, Eurotranspharma for temperature-controlled final-mile distribution, and Transpharma International for first-mile collection – and express
services with brands such as Ciblex, DPXS, Eco course Optic, and Relais Colis. The range of services is supplemented by the subsidiary Pharma Pilot, which develops IT solutions tailored to the specific requirements of customers in healthcare.
Currently, the Walden Group is represented in 16 countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, and several Central and Eastern European states. The group employs more than 6,000 staff at 250 locations and manages a total of around one million square meters of storage space. In the 2023 business year, Walden achieved a turnover of 2.9 billion euros.
According to a report by the news portal "Bloomberg," the Walden Group's owning family is currently considering a potential sales procedure. Potential interested parties are said to include the German logistics group DHL and the US company Cencora. The value of the potential transaction is estimated at about one billion euros. An official confirmation
