
Gefco has opened its new automotive logistics centre in the North West England city of Liverpool, providing storage and sequencing operations for Tier 1s and OEMs and creating around 100 jobs.
The new GBP10m (US$13m) centre, based next to Liverpool Airport, is close to automotive manufacturing sites in neighbouring Halewood and will open up opportunities for Gefco business growth.
The12,000m² warehouse is designed to provide a range of storage, inbound sequencing and outbound transportation services to support the supply chains of Gefco customers.
Features and services provided by the facility include: inter-sequencing of different suppliers and multi-commodity solutions, simplified and reduced point of fit delivery, live stock visibility, hourly inbound flows to plant, Quality Engineering Assurance (QEA) activity and Right First Time (RFT) sequencing operations.
“Let’s keep in mind it [new warehouse] has been erected in less than 11 months,” said Gefco EVP Central Europe, Balkans, Middle-East, Western Europe & Mediterranean, Pierre-Jean Lorrain, at the recent formal opening of the Liverpool site. “It will provide our customers with added value for the supply chain.
“Supply chain complexity is increasing particularly in the automotive sector – we at Gefco aim to support OEMs for current and future challenges by offering more flexibility and efficiency.
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By GlobalData“It is also a demonstration of Gefco’s commitment to manufacturing industry. I thank JLR and Delphi for their participation, [for] the trust they put in us – we [will] make our best efforts to deserve this trust.”
The centre was officially opened during an inauguration ceremony and attended by Councillor Malcolm Kennedy, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Transport and Climate Change and Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson.
“This investment by the global company GEFCO Group is another vote of confidence in Liverpool,” said Anderson.
“We are rightly proud of the huge success of the automotive sector in Liverpool City Region and the associated jobs the sector creates. It is among the best in the world, and only by providing the right environment for the surrounding supply chain can we ensure it continues to thrive in to the future.
“This is another boost to Liverpool’s ongoing renaissance which is seeing huge investment pouring into the city, helping us compete globally, secure more employment and create a city that can sustain itself.”
The new facility represents part of Gefco’s integrated logistics offering, which incorporates flows management, multimodal solutions, logistics engineering and fiscal and customs procedures management.
It marks the next step in the development of a blueprint for Gefco’s supply chain excellence programme which will be rolled out in other locations, notably Slovakia, France and Spain.
Gefco’s warehousing business is operated across 700,000 square metres of space globally, in 59 facilities, employing more than 2,400 people worldwide.
In the UK, Gefco will move Jaguar Land Rover products from the Halewood production site to dealers in Central and South East Britain.