# Kuehne+Nagel Opens Own Tech Centre in Chennai

**Category:** Digitalization  |  **Source:** Frachtportal Redaktion  |  **Published:** 2026-10-10  |  **Updated:** 2026-10-23

**Tags:** Logistik News, Transport News, Fracht News, Speditions News, Supply Chain News, Zoll News, Frachtportal News, Digitalisierung

> Kühne+Nagel opens Tech Centre in Chennai for proprietary logistics software and AI. India becomes increasingly important for internal technology development.

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Kühne+Nagel has opened a new technology center in Chennai, India. The group wants to develop its own digital logistics products there and scale existing solutions faster.

Chennai is particularly attractive to Kühne+Nagel because of the large pool of software and engineering professionals. The company explicitly mentions applications around artificial intelligence.

For the freight forwarding industry, this is a good example of how large logistics providers are changing. Previously, their own strengths lay primarily in network, procurement, and operational execution. Today, software, data, and automation are increasingly becoming competitive advantages.

This does not mean that the freight forwarder becomes a software company. However, customers increasingly expect real-time data, automatic interfaces, and rapid analytics.

For smaller freight forwarding companies, the development is still relevant. They do not need to program everything themselves, but should understand which processes can be automated and where quality data is lacking.

With the new location, Kühne+Nagel demonstrates that technology is no longer just a supporting department, but rather a separate production factor.

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For dispatchers, this means in the long term: more automated suggestions, better data, and fewer manual entries.

Shippers will increasingly expect such functions as standard.

Smaller freight forwarders should therefore pay greater attention to interfaces and automation when choosing their software.

In short: Major freight forwarders are not only investing in warehouses and trucks, but also massively in code.

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Opening: October 1, 2026 (Inauguration); Full operations from early 2027.
Location: Chennai, India.
Operator: Kuehne+Nagel.
Focus: Proprietary digital logistics products, including the SALOG platform for sea and air freight.
AI Solutions: Explicitly mentioned as a development priority.
Talent Pool: India leveraged for its large pool of engineering and software specialists.
Staff Expansion: Approximately 250 specialists by early 2027 (according to source, not included in original document).
Partnership: Collaboration with Accenture for team building (according to source).
The center expands Kuehne+Nagel's global technology network.

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