Budapest, 2 October 2020 – DPD Hungary held an opening ceremony on Friday afternoon for its new environmentally-friendly distribution centre in the 15^th district of Budapest, doubling the companies parcel sorting capacity in Hungary.

 

One of Europe’s leading logistics providers, DPD Hungary financed this around €14 million greenfield project entirely from its own resources. The new distribution centre covers an area of 5.6 hectares, and parcels are sorted in a brand new 6,300 m² building. In line with its international CSR programme through which it compensates 100% of its carbon dioxide missions – and is actually reducing them under a new five-year plan – DPD Hungary took maximum heed of environmental considerations. The most advanced and energy efficient plumbing, HVAC and electrical equipment has been installed in the interior space, 20,000 m² of green space has been laid out around the building and 70 deciduous trees have been planted.

The building has 58 loading docks and a fully automated parcel sorting system, also highly energy efficient. An important criterion for selecting the technology was to minimise noise levels and environmental load. A key feature of the conveyor system is its modularity, enabling it to be expanded quickly and flexibly. The conveyor track is 340 metres long in total, and the parcels travel in complete safety at a speed of 2.5 m/s. At maximum capacity, the system can handle up to 11,250 parcels per hour, and it is presently served by nine input conveyors and thirty-six output chutes. In the “cross-belt” sorting procedure, the parcels travel across the belt under constant control, and arrive at the appropriate loading dock by transverse movement without being subject to any impacts, thus eliminating the chances of damage during sorting.

The new distribution centre was opened by Szabolcs Czifrik, CEO of DPD Hungary. He said:

“The new sorting centre launches DPD Hungary from the stone age to the space age, bypassing several stages of development. At a stroke, we have made up for all our deficiencies in this area and gained an actual market advantage. I have the feeling in the distribution centre of travelling on the world’s most advanced magnetic railway, silent and environmentally friendly. We are particularly proud of completing the new logistics centre according to the original plan and to the original time limit even in the critical Coronavirus situation. This facility lays the foundations for further development in the company, because we are looking forward to continued two-digit growth in the Hungarian parcel market. Export volume growth naturally depends on the epidemic control measures that are in place, but in the consumer segment we are certainly expecting further – sometimes explosive – growth. The new distribution system has doubled our sorting capacity and is fully automated, greatly reducing the human labour involved."

Owing to the Coronavirus situation, Yves Delmas, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Europe of DPDgroup, welcomed the participants online. He described DPD Hungary as a fantastic success story. He highlighted the importance for DPDgroup of the extremely fast growth of the regional market and its role in transit traffic. The new distribution centre will strengthen the company’s market position. In closing, he thanked everyone involved in completing the project in such a short time – the Hungarian project management, Milos Malanik, DPDgroup’s Central and Eastern Europe Regional Manager, and all of the staff and partners of DPD Hungary.

The general contractor for the centre and the building was Market Építő Zrt., the parcel sorting system was manufactured and installed by the Danish company Beumer Group A/S, and the security system and the logistics centre control system were provided by Tavacom. Planning and management work was executed by AddVal.

 

About DPD Hungary

As a member of the international DPDgroup network, DPD has been present in Hungary as the expert in the domestic market since 2003. Rapid development has resulted in two depots in Budapest and nineteen in other cities. The company employs 220 people and has nearly 400 subcontracted delivery drivers serving its customers’ needs in both internal and international parcel delivery.