About Schachinger Healthcare

Schachinger healthcare is the leading pre-wholesaler in Austria and one of the region's most important logistics service providers (LSP) for pharma/healthcare. Our customerbase includes 8 of the top 10 pharma companies and many other big names from the healthcare sector. From our 3 logistics centers and 4 distribution centers in Austria, we service the healthcare market in all of Austria and also supply goods to 30 countries in Central/Southern/Eastern Europe and Asia. Our logistics centers feature storage and handling areas totaling 26,000m² and offering a capacity of 28,500 pallet spaces. In addition, they meet all legal and industry-specific requirements demanded of a state-of-the-art storage facility for pharmaceuticals.

About 1,700 shipment orders per day are processed in our logistics centers and delivered to hospitals, public pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesalers, laboratories, office-based physicians, and patients. TRCplus, Schachinger's pharmaceuticals-only distribution channel, is used to transport more than 4,500 parcels and pallets per day. Schachinger healthcare currently employs a staff of 170, including outside contract drivers.

Our pharma logistics services comprise all functions demanded of a pre-wholesaler:

Being a full service provider, we strive to further consolidate our position in the special market segment "Healthcare Logistics" in Austria, to play a leading role in ongoing developments in the distribution of pharmaceuticals, for example in direct-to-pharmacy models, and also to expand our international activities as a pre-wholesaler.

Pharma Logistics: Facts & Figures

  • 8 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and many others use our services
  • 3 logistics centers and 4 distribution centers in Austria
  • We supply goods to 30 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia
  • 26,000 m² of storage and handling area
  • 28,500 GDP-compliant pallet spaces
  • 170 employees
  • 425,000 orders with 1.45 million order lines per year
  • 81,500 incoming pallets per year
  • 70 temperature controlled trucks and 30 temperature controlled swap bodies
  • 1.13 million parcels distributed annually via TRCplus

The Schachinger Group

Established in: 1939
Headquartered in: Hörsching, Upper Austria
Locations: 15, in Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia
Storage capacity: 200,000 m² of storage area, 400,000m² of total operating area
Transport capacities: 150 own truck-trailer combinations
Group sales: EUR 160 million.
Staff: 600
Owners: the Schachinger family
Managing directors: Dr. Max Schachinger, Peter Overkamp
Business activity: market-sector-specific logistics solutions (contract logistics for food, healthcare, automotive, building supplies), transport (e.g. stake in DPD/primetime)