Dhl announced on 13 November 2025 an investment programme worth around one billion euro by 2030 across all its operations in India. The initiative forms part of its Strategy 2030 and aims to support steady growth through higher-capacity logistics infrastructure with lower emissions. Tobias Meyer, the Group’s chief executive, highlighted the dynamism of the Indian market and the country’s investment-friendly policies as key factors behind the decision.
Resources will focus on sectors with rising demand in both domestic and international flows, such as life sciences, healthcare, new energies, e-commerce and digitalisation. Planned projects include the first Dhl Supply Chain healthcare logistics hub in India, built in Bhiwandi, and the largest low-emission integrated facility in the Blue Dart network at Bijwasan. For express transport, Dhl Express will open its first automated sorting centre in Delhi, while the technology roadmap includes the launch of the fifth Dhl IT Services centre in Indore.
Part of the investment also targets skills development and technology applied to logistics processes. India already employs more than 1,300 digital and logistics specialists and will host a new training centre dedicated to automation and artificial intelligence. Two centres of excellence for electric vehicle and battery logistics will be created in Chennai and Mumbai, sectors considered strategic for the energy transition.
According to Dhl’s Global Connectedness Tracker, the average distance of India’s traded goods is expected to reach 6,190 kilometres in 2025, compared with 6,090 kilometres in 2024. This increase reflects a gradual expansion of trade partners, now spread across 24 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Dhl’s global network, active in 220 countries and territories, is seen as a key asset in supporting India’s growing role in international supply chains.
The investments also contribute to the Group’s environmental targets, which include reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 29 million tonnes by 2030 and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. In India, the roadmap includes fleet electrification, the construction of low-emission facilities and the expansion of the GoGreen Plus programme for shipments using renewable fuels and electric vehicles.
