Tag: delivery

Amazon Opens 10,000 m2 Logistics Centre In Sevilla

13 September 2017 – Expansión

The US company has announced the entry into operation of a new logistics station, for the delivery of orders and products, in Sevilla. It is Amazon’s first centre in Andalucia, which will allow the company to operate with greater capacity and flexibility in the south of Spain.

The space will have a surface area of approximately 10,000 m2 and will see the creation of almost 80 jobs during the course of next year. The centre in Sevilla “will strengthen the distribution network in Spain and will allow us to satisfy the needs of clients”, says John Tagawa, Vice-President of Amazon for the European Union.

Intense presence

The e-commerce giant has decided to heavily back Spain. Its network in our country dates back to 2012, with the opening of a logistics centre in San Fernando de Henares, in Madrid, and another one shorter afterwards in the Barcelona municipality of Castellbisbal.

Moreover, the company plans to open two centres in Barcelona in autumn 2017: one in El Prat and the other one in Martorellas. A few months later, it will inaugurate a centre in Illescas (Toledo). Recently, the US giant also announced the opening of two logistics stations in Getafe and Valencia.

Original story: Expansión

Translation: Carmel Drake

Amazon To Open Logistics Centre In Martorelles

7 April 2017 – Press Release

Amazon’s commitment to Cataluña continues to grow. The e-commerce giant is going to open its new headquarters in Martorelles, specifically, in the Martorelles Logistic Park. Sources at the town hall assure that this new facility in Martorelles will result in the creation of 650 new jobs over the next three years. “Amazon plans to launch operations in the autumn with 200 people”, explained the mayor of Martorelles, Marc Candela.

Amazon will take over the four warehouses in the logistics park, which cover a surface area of 30,000 m2, equivalent to four football pitches. This is Amazon’s fourth investment in Cataluña after it confirmed the creation of a logistics macro-centre in El Prat in June; in September, it will inaugurate a warehouse in the centre of Barcelona from where it will ship products for delivery in less than one hour; and in October, it will build another logistics centre in Castellbisbal.

Warehouses A and B at the Martorelles Logistic Park, the logistics platform developed by the investor group Segro on the grounds of the former Domar-New Pol, on the Martorelles industrial estate, are about to begin operating. Currently, half of the facilities are ready and construction is beginning on the second phase of the logistics complex, warehouses C and D.

Original story: Press Release

Translation: Carmel Drake