We opened a second sorting plant in Warsaw for more efficient shipment handling.
One of Poczta Polska's most important investments is becoming a reality. The national postal operator is growing in strength. The company and Panattoni have signed a lease agreement for over 50,000 square meters of operational and logistics space. Warszawa II is a complex of buildings that the company intends to acquire as part of its strategic Logistics Network Architecture project. The investment aims to optimize logistics processes, which will translate into improved timeliness, throughput, and service quality. The facilities will be ready by the end of 2023.
Poczta Polska is undertaking a number of activities aimed at modernising the current logistics network and introducing machinery into it, which in the coming years will allow the Company to achieve its goals, which constitute one of the pillars of its strategy, including further business development in the areas of CEP (courier, parcel, express), e-commerce and logistics services.
From the market perspective and in order to gain a competitive advantage, it is very important to have a properly planned network of connections, optimally located halls adapted to local needs and equipped with modern sorters for automatic processing of shipments.
The agreement between Poczta Polska and Panattoni for the lease of the logistics hall was signed following a tender process for a 20-year term. According to the schedule approved by Poczta Polska, the developer of warehouse and industrial space will soon begin design and construction work, which will include the construction of two separate buildings connected to the associated facilities and transportation network.
" Poczta Polska's goal is to maintain a competitive position in the dynamically evolving e-commerce market. Acquiring a new logistics facility directly in the Warsaw area will enable it to handle the growing volume of parcel and pallet shipments and automate logistics processes. Increasing the efficiency of the logistics network will improve the standards of services provided, particularly their timeliness, " emphasizes Tomasz Zdzikot, CEO of Poczta Polska.
The investment will be built in the Warsaw area and will consist of two facilities, each intended to serve as a distribution hub for handling parcel and pallet shipments arriving from other distribution hubs across the country and from within the company's own area of operation, including those shipped by bulk customers. These facilities will include a cross-dock warehouse with an area of over 12,000 m² and a warehouse and operations hall with an area of over 26,000 m². Additionally, support and technical support areas will be located. The facility's functionality, as planned by Poczta Polska, will be complemented by over 400 parking spaces located in the immediate vicinity of the operations halls and at the entrance to the facility.
" Improving infrastructure will enable the introduction of a new standard for processing KEP parcels, which will significantly increase the capacity of the Warsaw sorting facility and translate into increased efficiency across Poczta Polska's entire logistics network. The launch of the new location will optimize parcel processing costs and will also significantly benefit ergonomics and work organization, " says Andrzej Bodziony, Vice President of Poczta Polska.
According to the adopted investment implementation schedule, the contractor will hand over a facility with an area of over 50,000 m² to Poczta Polska in the fourth quarter of 2023. At the same time, the procedure for equipping the new hall with machinery is planned to begin this year.
The logistics network of Poczta Polska includes 14 regional sorting centers and 13 local sorting centers, which, combined with a network of 7,600 post offices, constitute the infrastructure base for the development of logistics.