UPS last week officially opened a new automated package sorting and delivery facility in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, which facilitates cross-border trade while enhancing package delivery service for businesses small and large. The 27,000 m² Superhub – approximately five football fields in size – is equipped with advanced technology that can sort up to 29,000 packages per hour, with the potential to expand to 40,000 per hour.
“Superhubs like this one are game changers and drive our European transborder connectivity, especially in the tech corridor where Eindhoven sits, the fastest growing part of the country where speed and reliability count,” says Nando Cesarone, President, UPS International. “This tech-enabled facility provides fast and efficient connections to UPS’s smart global logistics network that moves 3% of the world’s GDP every day.”
Worldwide, more than 80% of tech start-ups are global from day one – they’re micro-multinationals – because they leverage digital platforms for instant access to world markets. “Our network is an engine for inclusive trade that enables growth from all parts of the economy, including women-owned businesses. Their businesses are, on average, more than 3.5 times more productive than those not exporting. There is a return on investment waiting for us all: Women hold the potential to increase global annual GDP by $28 trillion by 2025,” adds Nando Cesarone.
Eindhoven is strategically located in a region whose key industries include high tech and healthcare. The facility is a transit hub for goods traveling through the region and helps ensure the fast and reliable flow of goods between Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
“With the growing number of entrepreneurs in this part of the Netherlands looking to seize cross-border opportunities, automated superhubs like the one here in Eindhoven give them the quick access to Europe – and the world – that they demand,” says Stijn Steenbakkers, Vice Mayor of Eindhoven.
The new EUR 130 million facility is a part of the company’s multi-year, USD 2 billion European investment plan, which aims to modernize and expand the UPS network across the continent. Over the past four years, ground time in transit reductions of up to one day from the Netherlands to 25 European countries have made further contributions to UPS’s ever-increasing European transborder connectivity.
UPS has been offering service in the Netherlands since 1985 and currently has 16 facilities across the country. Near Eindhoven, UPS has 66,000 m² of dedicated healthcare facilities in Venlo and Roermond, offering customers services such as temperature control, a formal quality management system and a compliance program.
