Press release
12th July 2017
BEUMER Group awarded a second contract by Relais Colis for its second automated parcel sortation system
Key Facts:
· BEUMER Group to install a cross-docking sortation system in Lyon hub
· New contract follows BEUMER Group’s installation of a similar system at Relais Colis hub in Combs-La-Ville
· Automated system supports 8pm order cut-off time and next-day delivery
· System designed for easy expansion to meet future e-commerce growth
BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of automated parcel and post distribution systems, has been awarded a second contract to design and integrate a new parcel sortation system at Relais Colis’ Sortation Centre in Genas, France. The new contract follows BEUMER’s installation of an almost identical automated parcel sortation system in Relais Colis’ Combs-La-Ville Hub which went into operation in April 2017.
The new cross-docking sortation system is based on an energy-efficient LS-4000 sorter which will provide Relais Colis with the flexibility to handle a wide range of parcel sizes. This ensures a highly efficient parcel delivery which enables an 8pm order cut-off time combined with next-day delivery to consumers throughout France.
BEUMER Group has designed the new system to fit into a more compact footprint than the Combs-La-Ville system due to the shape of the Genas Hub facility.
Jean-Sébastien Léridon, Managing Director of Relais Colis, explains; "BEUMER Group’s close partnership and co-operation resulted in the on-time delivery of the Combs-La-Ville system. This has given us the confidence to award the second contract for the Genas Hub to BEUMER Group. These automated systems are central to Relais Colis' business strategy to combine a higher delivery speed with a lower cost for all of our customers.”
The new sortation system is part of a 40 million Euro transformation in the Relais Colis brand which includes launching new services, in addition to tripling turnover and driving a 25-fold increase in customer numbers within the next four years. “The specific purpose of this site is to be both a hub and a regional agency”, explains Sébastien Coelho, Relais Colis Transformation and Flow Manager. He continues, “The Lyon hub agency project is a result of the experience developed with Beumer when designing the sorter installed in Combs-La-Ville and is part of an innovative approach in order to design this new double-use machine.”
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: www.beumergroup.com.
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About Relais Colis:
As the inventor of the relay point delivery concept in 1983, Relais Colis is today the 1st individual delivery network in relay points and at home. With a 45-year experience, Relais Colis has become the partner for many e-trade and distance selling leading stakeholders providing them with comprehensive solutions combining deliveries in relay points and home deliveries for voluminous parcels with investments in tracking tools. Relais Colis delivers more than 30 million parcels per year, 2 million parcels at home and its network is divided into 3 national hubs, 22 regional agencies, 5,500 local shops in France and Belgium. Relais Colis is a company of New R Group managed by Nathalie Balla and Eric Courteille.
For more information, please visit www.relaiscolis.com
Relais Colis Press Contact:
Agence Etycom – Aelya Noiret – / 06 52 03 13 47