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CMYUK has opened a major new national logistics distribution hub situated at Bloxwich, Walsall.
This new 50,000sq ft state-of-the-art warehouse is ideally suited for the storage and distribution of roll-to-roll media up to 5m wide. Capable of holding up to £15m worth of stock, this new facility consolidates CMYUK’s existing warehousing into a single sizeable central UK location that will offer an enhanced level of delivery and customer service.
Jon Price, CMYUK group finance and operations director, said: “Our new logistics hub is something we’ve been planning for over two years. Driven by the continued growth of our sustainable materials portfolio, we required a location that could logistically service the UK better and faster than our previous two warehouses in Berkshire. We will be introducing later shut off ordering times for next day and same day deliveries to all major nationwide locations.
“The new hub allows us to service customers with greater choice, and enables us to be more efficient with our stock handling.”
The purpose-built facility has three standard level access and two dock level loading bays, which provides the capacity to off-load six containers a day, equating to 3,000 rolls or 162 tonnes of rolled materials.
Brad Styles, CMYUK group operations manager, added: “As we work with our logistics partners to establish collection points later in the day and into the evening, this will naturally lend itself to a double shift pattern that will greatly enhance the flexibility and service to our customers.”
The distribution hub houses a dedicated collection point, where customers who have pre-ordered inks and materials online can use their own transport for same day collections.
The facility also includes an in-house slitter for materials conversion to shorter widths, and any offcuts from here will be repurposed for use by different departments within the CMYUK Group.
The CMYUK logistics distribution hub is in operation now.
