Despite the global recession, DHL is spending millions on a new facility in Thailand and new mail-sorting equipment in Europe.
DHL and Makro to build US$4.6m facility in Thailand
DHL Supply Chain is extending its five-year partnership with wholesaler
& retailer, Makro, with the building of a new US$4.6 million
automated warehouse in Wang Noi on the northern outskirts of Bangkok.
The 14,500 m2 warehouse has a handling capacity of more eighty million
cases a year, and offers a six-hour lead time from receipt of
supplier's goods at the warehouse to delivery to retail stores in
Bangkok - an efficiency improvement of up to 50%.
The
facility features an advanced Autosort system that can handle more than
9,000 cases per hour. Other key automated features of the facility
include high-speed belt conveyer inductions, camera scanners, chute
sorter, and real-time monitoring system.
DHL Supply Chain has
provided Makro with warehousing and logistics services in Thailand
since 2004, and currently handles two distribution warehouses for
Makro's ambient and fresh products at Klong Luang, and Wang Noi
respectively.
Scheduled to begin operations in July, the new facility will replace the dry food warehouse at Klong Luang.
Deutsche Post invests €420 million in the mail business
Deutsche Post has ordered €420 million worth of new generation of mail
sorting machines, and by 2012, Siemens will supply a total of 288
sorting machines for standard and compact letters and up to 97 sorting
systems for large and maxi letters.
According to Jürgen
Gerdes, Deutsche Post DHL board member for MAIL, this is the biggest
investment in new mail technology since the construction of the mail
sorting centres in the mid-nineties. The new machines, which
require 22% less electricity, will enable Deutsche Post to increase
mail processing speed and accuracy, and reduce its annual CO2 emissions
by almost 5,000 tons.
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