Airbus Helicopters has officially opened a new logistics hub at Albacete, Spain, which is equipped and operated by Daher as the lead logistics partner.
Located adjacent to the Airbus Helicopters production facility at Albacete, this 50,000m² warehouse is designed to optimise operations and creates several hundred new skilled jobs for the wider Castilla-La Mancha region. The inauguration was attended by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
During the design of all aspects for the new hub, Airbus Helicopters called on Daher, its trusted logistics service provider. Daher has equipped the hub with a highly automated and robotised storage system using technology from Exotec, a French warehouse automation systems specialist.
The hub’s technologies reduce the total amount of storage space required, and were chosen to deliver the specified levels of efficiency and responsiveness, while also reducing the need for operators to move around the site. The design focuses on optimising quality control, reducing human error, maximising safety and improving operator working conditions. Inter-site transportation – also provided by Daher – will utilise biofuel-powered trucks.
The new facility will eventually employ more than 300 people – 85% of them operators recruited and trained by Daher in partnership with the Confederation of Employers of Albacete (FEDA) based on a strictly defined procedure to guarantee the long-term future of the jobs created, Daher shared.
“We’re proud to be putting our expertise and innovative capabilities to work for Airbus Helicopters, using technology that positions Daher firmly on the pathway toward Industry 4.0, and fully delivering on the goals of this project,” said Aymeric Daher, CEO of Daher’s Logistics division.
