European parcel and express company DPD has opened one of Eastern Europe's largest and most modern sorting facilities near Łódź, Poland. After the opening of the DPD Holland Hub at the end of last year, this is the second prestige project supplied by Vanderlande Industries. Next year a third one in Germany will also go live.
DPD, whose international parcel and express network is owned by France's La Poste, says the EUR 32 million facility at Stryków, near Łódź, represents the largest investment of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. The new sorting centre stands on a 9 hectare site with a 13,500 square metre warehouse and 2,500 square metres of office space. The sorting centre is able to handle 300 vehicles per night. The first parcels arrive at the centre at 21.00 hours, and the last ones will leave the site at 03.00 hours.
The new facility in Łódź is at the centre of DPD's diamond-shaped network in Poland, connecting the largest distribution centres across the country.
DPD has made this investment in a new hub and a sorting solution to enable it to rethink its network and to support future growth. "This highly advanced and modern sorting facility will mean a big quality increase for the Polish express parcel industry", says Rafał Nawłoka, president of DPD Poland. "This state-of-the-art investment is located at the heart of Poland, where all the major domestic communication routes meet. Together with our business partners we were looking for an optimum logistics solution, and the central location of Stryków also meets our requirement to optimise costs."
Vanderlande Industries supplied the turnkey sorting solution, with a value of EUR 16 million. The combination of two CROSSORTER 1500 and one CROSSORTER 700 systems makes it possible to sort items with a wide range of sizes – from loose-loaded small parcels right up to large parcels (up to 31.5 kg).
A smart combination of spiral chutes enables each sorter to reach every destination, which results in high capacity with a minimum footprint.
The total system consists of four communication routes: two main sorters, one small sorter for light parcels up to 5 kg and a lower route for non-conveyables. The two main sorters together can handle up to 35,000 parcels per hour.
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