PRESS RELEASE
UPS has officially opened its new package sorting and delivery facility in Zaragoza, strengthening its domestic network in Spain and the country’s connection to UPS’s global network.
Occupying more than 4,000m2 the new operation can sort 3,000 packages per hour, a 30% increase compared to the previous facility, thanks to updated processing technology.
Around 70% of Spain’s GDP and 50% of its population are within a three-hundred-kilometre radius of the newly built Zaragoza, which has strong connections to Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid and the Basque provinces. Its increased capacity also benefits the entire UPS network in Spain, supporting Barcelona’s cross-border land industry and the foreign export of the Vitoria Air Bridge.
This new centre follows several recent investments in the country. The most recent was a €40 million hub in Barcelona – one of the company’s largest investments in the country. covering an area of more than 24,000m² to sort up to 22,000 packages per hour. Bomi Group, a UPS Company, also opened a new €18 million GMP- and GDPcompliant healthcare storage and distribution facility in Madrid covering an area of 27,500m² and with the capacity to hold 60,000 pallets, making it one of the largest warehouses in the European pharmaceutical sector.
Romina Lorenzo, Country Director of UPS Iberia, said: “Our investment in Zaragoza is more than an investment in UPS and our capabilities: it is an investment in our customers, in their expansion and success. In central Aragon, this new facility will play a role in optimising our Spanish network, supporting increased foreign industry and export expansion for small and medium-sized enterprises in this up-and-coming region.
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