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GLS Ireland expands Cork locationDublin, 15 December 2005. Expanded capacities: in time for the end of the year, GLS Ireland is relocating to a larger depot in Cork. “Recent months have witnessed a continuously upward trend in consignment volume; the old depot has had its day in terms of capacity”, explains Olaf Stüwe, Managing Director of GLS Ireland. “With the move, we are doing justice to the high transportation volume. At the new depot we can handle up to 4,000 parcels a day.”The new location of GLS Ireland in the Wallingstown Business Park in Cork is not just excellently connected but is also centrally situated for the catchment area. From this depot, the company serves the areas of City Cork, County Cork and County Kerry. On the 2,000 square metres of grounds, there is not only a transhipment point, but also a Parcel Shop, where private and commercial customers with sporadic shipments can hand in their parcels – for reliable and safe delivery at attractive rates. Quality and Security From the automatic parcel-sorting system to the IT equipment – the expanded location features the very latest in efficient, state-of-the-art parcel logistics. Furthermore, modern 24-hour video monitoring and a powerful alarm system make for the greatest possible security all over the grounds. “Even in peak times when depot capacities are exploited to the full, we offer our customers constant GLS quality”, says Olaf Stüwe. “This means: a high reliability and adherence to promised deadlines as well as extremely low rates of less than 1 in 10,000 parcels in losses and damages”. Quality delivered by GLS GLS Ireland is a subsidiary of General Logistics Systems B.V., Amsterdam (GLS). GLS is a Pan-European company providing reliable, high-quality parcel and express services as well as value-added logistics solutions. The company offers its services through wholly owned and partner companies in 34 European states. The GLS system consists of 29 central transhipment points, 667 depots and 14,500 people. Some 17,700 vehicles are on route moving 280 million parcels annually for 220,000 customers throughout Europe. In the financial year 2004/2005, GLS achieved revenues of 1.34 billion euros. GLS stands for “European Leader in Quality“. This is something that everyone working for GLS strives to achieve every day. |