Logistics
Stable productivity and service level
At the end of 2025, Group logistics comprised the central logistics centre for installation and flushing systems and piping systems in Pfullendorf (DE) as well as a decentralised network of 13 European distribution sites for ceramic appliances and bathroom furniture.
Productivity and the service level in logistics increased slightly in the reporting year. This is mainly due to ceramics logistics, which achieved better productivity as a result of a continuous improvement process together with a slight increase in volumes. Productivity remained stable at the logistics centre for non-ceramic products in Pfullendorf, accompanied by increased volumes and a sustained trend towards a smaller-scale business.
Investments at the logistics centre in Pfullendorf
In the reporting year, a new “Cobot” – a robot that works in collaboration with people – was put into operation at the logistics centre in Pfullendorf. It is used for fitting out the automated small-parts warehouse. Additionally, further investments were made in the ergonomic optimisation of workplaces for heavy loads.
Work also began on the replacement of the stacker cranes in the high-bay warehouse, which had reached the end of their service life. This complex renovation work will be continued in 2026 and completed.
Optimisation and expansion of distribution logistics
As the logistics centre in Pfullendorf has been working to capacity for several years, a new second centre is being planned in the municipality of Ibbenbüren in North Rhine-Westphalia (DE) on a plot of land measuring 180,000 m2. The completion of planning and award decision of the project are expected in mid-2026, with commissioning following in 2029.
Additionally, the new construction of a logistics centre for ceramic appliances and bathroom furniture is planned on the site of the Geberit ceramics plant in Bromölla (SE). Logistics for a large part of the Scandinavian countries will be taken care of from here in future. The completion of planning and award decision of the project are also expected here in mid-2026.
Reliable partnerships in transport management
Available freight capacities remained in short supply in 2025. This situation is not expected to improve in the foreseeable future. Among other aspects, this is due to the shortage of truck drivers across Europe and reductions in vehicle fleets. Despite this, the associated challenges were overcome thanks to close partnerships between Geberit and the transport service providers.
In the reporting year, a range of measures was implemented to increase efficiency and reduce the environmental impact. High-capacity transport is now running between the Geberit production plants in Bromölla (SE) and Ekenäs (FI). This involves trucks with a significantly larger loading capacity per trip. The measure will relieve the shortage in freight capacities and also lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions per trip. Additionally, a fixed daily round trip with electric trucks between Pfullendorf and the Geberit plant in Rapperswil-Jona (CH) has been established, bringing with it a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. Finally, an electric truck has been purchased at the logistics centre in Pfullendorf, which travels around the site and also significantly reduces CO2 emissions.
Geberit’s transport service providers are contractually obliged to actively support Geberit in its efforts to use energy and packaging material efficiently and to reduce emissions – for example, through investments in a fleet of clean electric trucks and the use of larger loading units. They also have to provide the corresponding data for Geberit’s environmental reporting. Further initiatives by Geberit led to additional synergies and a reduction in the number of empty kilometres in the reporting year (see also Reduction measures in the value chain).