Press release

25 April 2017

BEUMER Group awarded contract to expand

sorting system in UK Mail’s national hub

Key Facts:

  • Expansion supports higher market demand and later cut-off times
  • Automated system helps to ensure time-sensitive and secure handling of parcels
  • Original BEUMER Group system designed for easy scalability for future growth

BEUMER Group - a leading global supplier of automated parcel and post distribution systems –has been awarded the contract to extend the fully automated parcel sorting system in UK Mail’s national UK hub near Coventry. The extension is scheduled to be completed by end of 2017.

In response toincreased demand from the e-commerce sector, UK Mail has combined the flexibility to sort a wide spectrum of products with later cut-off times,leading to growth in the number of parcels that the company is handling. This growth has prompted expansion of UK Mail’s parcel network in addition tothe extension of the sorting system in its national hub.

The hub’s existing BEUMER Group automated sortation system was installed in 2014 and enabled UK Mail to quadruple the capacity of its previous system by handling 24,000 parcels an hour. The new extension will allow UK Mail to further increase the hub’s handling capacity to 29,000 parcels an hour.This higher capacity will enablecontinueddevelopment ofUK Mail’s parcels business and allow it to benefit from the resources of the Deutsche Post DHL Groupwhich acquired the company in December 2016.

“The easy integration of additional sections was an essential part of the design for the original system,” explains Stephan Heessels, Director for BEUMER Group's Logistic Systems division. “This ensuresthat the system will continue to be an essential part of UK Mail's strategyfor years to come.”

When the contract for the original system was awarded in January 2014, Richard Wenham, UK Mail’s network development director, explained; "We chose BEUMER Group's system for its ability to deliver a parcel sortation system based on the industry’s most energy-efficient sorters in addition to providing the flexibility to handle a wide variety of parcel sizes in a single system. The automated system not only enabled an immediate increase in handling capacity and process efficiency, but also secured our ability to support future growth.”

Note to Editors:

The BEUMER Group is an international leader in the manufacture of intralogistics systems for conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation, and distribution. With 4,000 employees worldwide, the BEUMER Group has annual sales of about EUR 750 million. The BEUMER Group and its subsidiaries and sales agencies provide their customers with high-quality system solutions and an extensive customer support network around the globe and across a wide range of industries, including bulk materials and piece goods, food/non-food, construction, mail order, post, and airport baggage handling. For more information, please visit: sales or marketing information, contact Peter Elmvang, Director of Marketing & Communications, BEUMER Group, tel: +45 8741 4141 e-mail:

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