PartsCloud expands its business in the USA in cooperation with Gebrüder Weiss

PartsCloud is expanding its business in the USA by opening a warehouse in Chicago and working together with Gebrüder Weiss. The Stuttgart-based startup digitizes spare parts logistics in mechanical and plant engineering.

Stuttgart, October 19, 2023 - Stuttgart-based PartsCloud, which specializes in logistics-as-a-service (LaaS) for digital spare parts logistics in mechanical and plant engineering, has announced that it is expanding its activities into the United States. PartsCloud has opened a warehouse in Chicago and is working in partnership with the internationally active logistics company Gebrüder Weiss from Austria.

With Gebrüder Weiss, we have gained a partner for our platform model with whom we are ideally positioned for further expansion in North, Central and South America.

Benjamin Reichenecker, CEO of PartsCloud

This expansion marks a major step in the growth strategy of PartsCloud, which was founded in 2021. The startup is pursuing the goal of creating a global logistics network that is accessible via a user-friendly interface. This project is supported by an Industry Advisory Board, which brings together experts from the industry.

2.5 million euros raised so far

Thanks to previous investments totaling around 2.5 million euros from pre-seed rounds, including investments from SquareOne, Johannes Plehn (founder of Seven Senders) and Rainer Hundsdörfer (former CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen), PartsCloud is financially well equipped to tap into the US market. The company has already acquired its first customer in the United States.

Spare parts logistics in mechanical and plant engineering is very complex, and we can provide support here with our many years of logistics expertise.

Lothar Thoma, Managing Director Air & Sea Gebrüder Weiss

The importance of PartsCloud solutions becomes clear when you consider the costs incurred by production companies due to machine downtime. On average, such companies lose around 13.5 million euros per month. PartsCloud offers efficient solutions to minimize these costs.

The strategic partnership with Gebrüder Weiss, an established logistics company with a presence in 34 countries and its own organization in the US since 2017, enables PartsCloud to seamlessly transfer proven operating models and fulfillment processes to the US.

Further expansion planned

Spare parts procurement is a critical factor for the mechanical and plant engineering sector, which is one of the leading export and innovation industries in Germany. In addition to expanding into the US, PartsCloud plans to expand into Asian markets as well as other regions such as Mexico, the UK and the Middle East. Its aim is to make global spare parts procurement more efficient and to help strengthen the mechanical and plant engineering sector.