Construction of Wärtsilä's new central distribution centre officially
begins in the Netherlands
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 9 September 2009With the drilling of 1000 pillars, Wärtsilä has officially begunconstruction of its Central Distribution Centre (CDC), located inKampen, Netherlands. The realisation of this centre is one of themilestones towards establishing a new global parts and logisticsorganisation, Wärtsilä Global Logistics Services (WGLS). This newunit will enable Wärtsilä to supply parts world-wide, 24 hours perday, 7 days per week. This 24/7 service strategy will improve bothdelivery time and performance for the customers.The new facility will allow Wärtsilä to centralise its spare partslogistics from eight existing, product-line specific spare partswarehouses, to a single central distribution centre. This centre willbe fully operational by the end of 2011 and will deliver spare partsto customers and Wärtsilä service locations around the globe. Byusing one global logistic centre, and through the creation of ahighly efficient logistics flow, Wärtsilä will be better positionedto serve both customers and suppliers, as well as its own serviceorganisation. Wärtsilä' global service network continues to serve thecustomers in all services and repairs. Wärtsilä has service units in160 locations in 70 countries."By building this Central Distribution Centre, Wärtsilä is optimisingits 24/7 service approach all over the world. This, in combinationwith our centralised logistics management, will result in faster andmore efficient spare parts deliveries to our customers," says CarstenEisenkrämer, Vice President, WGLS."The development of the CDC at Kampen strengthens Wärtsilä's uniqueglobal service approach," says Fred van Beers, Managing Director ofWärtsilä Netherlands. "From the Netherlands, we can transport ourspare parts quickly to any country in the world, and this is anatural location for logistics," adds van Beers.The co-operation between Wärtsilä and the municipality of Kampen hasworked extremely smoothly. Kampen's Alderman of Economic Affairs,Pieter Treep, commented as follows: "The Zuiderzeehaven is a symbolof Kampen's development into the 21st century, and the new Wärtsiläfacility is a highly important part of this development."Wärtsilä made decision to build the Central Distribution Centre in2008Wärtsilä in briefWärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions forthe marine and energy markets. By emphasising technologicalinnovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmentaland economic performance of the vessels and power plants of itscustomers.In 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMXHelsinki, Finland.Fact sheet CDC- Built-up area of 37,000 m2- Possibility to expand- Warehouse for all parts from very small to extremely large,such as engine parts over 50,000 kg- Partly automatic and partly manually operated- Over 60,000 pallet locations and over 60,000 totes inmini-load- Wärtsilä has its own quay at the Zuiderzeehaven, with seatransport possibility- Next to N50 highway and the river Ijssel, for road transport- Total Investment of approximately EUR 70 million- Good logistics connections to Rotterdam, Hamburg and toSchiphol (Amsterdam) airport- Location will reduce emissions from transportationMore information:Eeva Kainulainen,Vice President, Global CommunicationsWärtsilä CorporationTel +358 40 568 0591E-mail: eeva.kainulainen(at)wartsila.comEllen de JongCommunication, Wärtsilä Netherlands B.V.Tel: +31 (0)38 - 425 3451 or +31 (0)6 - 5191 3865E-mail: ellen.dejong(at)wartsila.comwww.wartsila.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 09.09.2009 - 09:13 Uhr
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