LEDVANCE, a global lighting specialist, has announced the opening of a new warehouse and distribution centre just outside of Birmingham, UK.
The centrally located warehouse will provide customers across the UK with swift access to LEDVANCE’s extensive line of intelligent and efficient lighting products for commercial, industrial and residential applications. The vast range of lighting products being stocked at the new warehouse include LED lamps and luminaires, LED strip lighting, smart lighting, and light management systems.
Jean-Marc Vogel, CEO Europe West at LEDVANCE, says, “With the UK being the second largest market in Europe, our ambitions are to develop LEDVANCE lighting and renewable business in the UK. A new warehouse will support our portfolio extension and establish LEDVANCE as a lighting market leader, and at the same time increase our market presences and be closer to our customers in the UK.”
Nelo Neves, LEDVANCE UK Managing Director, comments, “Until now, our stock was housed and distributed solely from our central warehouse and distribution facility in Molsheim, France, with a lighting portfolio that caters to the whole of Europe. However, the increasing awareness of sustainability and energy-saving technologies has driven the decision for us to establish a local warehouse to help meet customer demand more efficiently and cost-effectively by importing our UK-specific lighting solutions directly to the UK.”
Lee Hickling, Logistics and Warehouse Manager at LEDVANCE, adds, “We wanted a UK-based warehouse to streamline our logistics and reduce lead times for deliveries to our wholesale customers across the UK. Any improvement in service levels greatly increases customer satisfaction. Another plus is that our UK warehouse reduces shipping costs and lowers import tariffs, which leads to significant savings in transportation expenses. It also gives us full control of our local stock. All these benefits ultimately accrue to our valued customers in the UK.”
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