Spanish express company Seur, partly owned by France’s GeoPost (La Poste), is to invest EUR 40.5million in new facilities in Barcelona to further upgrade its infrastructure.
The new 16,400 sqm facility, which is one of the ten hubs of the Seur network in the IberianPeninsula, is divided into a 8,400 sqm cross docking bay and the 8,000 sqm Seur franchiseBarcino. It constitutes a strategic location of the company considering its shipment volume and itsfavourable location.
The new loading platform incorporates the latest technologies which include a double conveyorworth EUR 6 million with a capacity to sort up to 14,000 parcels per hour.
Furthermore, the goods are controlled by means of a barcode reading system which transfersreal-time information according to the position of each parcel.
The Seur franchise Barcino is located next to the hub and is one of the 85 franchises of theSeur network, which has invested EUR 11.5 million of the total EUR 40.5 million in its newfacilities. With an extension of 7,994 qm the franchise Barcino employs a workforce of 290professionals to ensure the best service possible. Barcino has generated a turnover of EUR 32million in 2006.
Manuel Valle, Seur CEO, pointed out during the inauguration the importance of the newfacility for the company. “The new platform is a reference of modernity and is well situated interms of land, sea and air. These conditions are suitable to enhance the service quality forthousands of customers and follow the path of continuous improvement after the inaugurations of theSeur franchise in Sevilla and the franchise and hub of Lisbon.”
