Sierra Tequila proprietor Inventory Spirits Group has opened a logistics centre in Lublin, Poland, to extend the corporate’s operational effectivity over the long run.
The brand new 55,800-square-metre facility, situated within the 7R Park Lublin East I advanced, types a ‘vital pillar’ within the group’s transformation technique and is claimed to mix course of automation, sustainability values and robust regional ties.
Lublin was chosen as the location’s location because of the metropolis being house to Inventory Spirits’ largest manufacturing facility. It was additionally the perfect location resulting from its skill to serve each home and international markets.
The brand new centre will take over all the corporate’s home logistics operations, and is supplied with superior technological options, together with AI-based combined pallet selecting, automated co-packing and a fleet of autonomous, self-driving AMR vans.
The corporate will make use of a combined storage mannequin that mixes very-narrow aisle (VNA) high-bay racking with block stacking.
This state-of-the-art infrastructure will enhance operational flexibility and assist the corporate to reply shortly to altering market wants.
Jean-Christophe Coutures, CEO of Inventory Spirits Group, stated: “Our ambition is to create an organisation that not solely anticipates market wants but additionally units new operational requirements.
“The distribution centre in Lublin is an funding sooner or later, that can permit us to handle the provision chain much more successfully and strengthen our place as a frontrunner within the trade in Europe.”
The centre has been designed to be sustainable with a 150 kWp photovoltaic set up, photo voltaic panels for heating water, a DALI automated lighting administration system, and infrastructure electrical automobile charging stations.
Marek Sypek, managing director of the group’s Polish arm, Inventory Polska, added: “The brand new logistics centre is a key pillar of our operational transformation technique, combining technological innovation with environmental accountability.
“The Lublin mission aligns seamlessly with our long-term targets of optimising processes, lowering environmental influence, and deepening our native roots. It stands as a mannequin instance of how infrastructure growth can go hand in hand with sustainable apply.
“We’re happy to have the assist of an skilled associate like 7R – however it’s Inventory’s technique and our ambition that set the path and drive the tempo of this funding.”
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