Europa Celebrates Warehouse Excellence

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• Image 1 - Several members of the Europa Team
• Image 2- Dionne Redpath - COO - Europa Worldwide Group

Dartford's Europa Warehouse is proudly celebrating five successful years of warehouse excellence since completing its network of state-of-the-art 3PL facilities with its sister sites in Corby and Birmingham.

 This milestone is one that not only reflects a period of significant operational change and growth, but also one that honours the extraordinary resilience and determination of its teams across its trio of state-of-the-art 3PL sites.

 The site on Shield Road, Dartford, is the business's headquarters, home to the largest European groupage hub in the UK and 204K sq. ft of dedicated warehouse and fulfilment space.

Strategic Location

Part of ambitious logistics provider Europa Worldwide Group, the facility is strategically located next to the Dartford Crossing, a key trading route for British businesses. With a total racked storage capacity of 25,000 pallet spaces, the site benefits from direct input into its European and domestic networks, as well as its proximity to London.

The £30m building was one of Europa's biggest investments until its flagship warehouse in Corby (Northants) was constructed, completing its Europa Warehouse network. The trio of warehouses provides manual fulfilment, storage, product manipulation and returns management services to customers across a wide range of sectors including e-commerce and retail, drinks, toys, apparel and industrial.

 The £60m facility in Corby transformed a former brownfield site on an ex-British Steel quarry that had been dormant for years.

 Investment

Europa has continually invested to create high-quality, innovative and efficient automation and manual 3PL solutions that support a growing list of National and International customers.

Europa Warehouse marked its landmark anniversary with a birthday celebration across all three sites. In addition, colleagues were treated to free food and recognition activities, with leadership attending each one to personally thank 'Team Europa Warehouse' for its unwavering support, grit, and determination through some extraordinary times.

 Dionne Redpath (FCILT) Chief Operating Officer and Warehouse Divisional Director at Europa Worldwide Group, comments: "It was really important that we took time to mark five great years of our Europa Warehouse network, whilst at the same time saying a huge 'thank-you' for the resilience and determination of our amazing teams at each of the sites. Everyone has performed brilliantly in some very challenging circumstances.

 "Despite navigating numerous industry challenges, we have succeeded because of five key things,

 1. continued investment 2. dedication to innovation, 3. close customer partnerships 4. strong partner networks, 5. creating a workplace culture where people and ideas thrive.

 "Our people have adapted and innovated. One of our core values is 'do what's right and not what's easy' which is one of the constant drivers for customer satisfaction, and we are continuously developing, with new or better solutions.

 "Across all three sites, it is important to us that individuals feel inspired and that the teams come together to take pride in their commitment to providing exceptional service for our customers. We're proud to offer a combination of operational excellence and market leading technology, powered by a passionate team dedicated to exceeding customer expectations." 

 Europa Warehouse, is a division of Europa Worldwide Group, one of the UK's largest independent logistics providers. Its warehouse facilities were created to support market growth in retail, wholesale and e-commerce – offering excellent links to onward pallet and parcel distribution networks as well as to Europa's own Air & Sea freight specialist operation. Serving a range of sectors, Europa Warehouse's current client base includes both B2B and D2C companies from a wide range of market sectors including food and drink, nutrition, clothing, consumer goods and packaging.

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Further Information:

Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.

Europa's Road Freight division is now the UK market-leader in European Road Freight, having invested over £5 million in its innovative market-leading product, Europa Flow. The product, which has successfully provided a frictionless flow of goods between the EU and UK post-Brexit, is now available on goods being transported between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Europa Road was also the first road cargo company to offer a Money Back Guarantee on all European road freight operations post Brexit.

 Recognising the need for local Benelux-based teams to handle shipments to and from the UK, Europa acquired the full load unaccompanied operator Continental Cargo Carriers in 2018. In 2022 it rebranded to become Europa Road, expanding its service to include groupage, part-loads, and express vans. The following year, Europa Road opened its first branch in the Netherlands. Now, the Belgium and Netherlands operations are the first to create a DDP customs solution for Benelux customers, complete with a Money Back Guarantee.

 Its 3PL division, Europa Warehouse, has over one million square feet of state-of-the art automated and manual fulfilment facilities in Corby, Birmingham and Dartford. Having been awarded both HMRC wet and dry bond authorisation, and British Retail Consortium certification, it is strategically located to optimise supply chains throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2023 and 2024, Europa Warehouse demonstrated its excellence across the "Golden Logistics Triangle' at the Northampton Logistics Awards being recognised as Big Logistics Company of the Year, achieved an accolade for Health, Safety & Wellbeing and its Director won the Logistics Person of the Year in 2024.

Europa Air & Sea has grown rapidly over the past two years, significantly increasing its branch network in the UK and opening strategically located branches in Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Shenzhen and India to service its international customer base. With a worldwide agent network and a proprietary software solution, LeoWeb, Europa provides customers with complete visibility, tracking and order management facilities.

The group employs over 1,300 people with 17 sites across the UK and Ireland, plus Europa's own teams in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, China, India, the UAE and South Africa. The global operator has an annual turnover of £300m+.