Azkar continues to expand in Spain
The Spanish express and freight company Azkar has continued its expansion in Spain by opening three new distribution centres in Toledo and Jaén provinces.
The two Toledo centres, located on plots of 8,000 sqm (3,348 sqm constructed) and 2,028 sqm (1,962 sqm constructed) will be staffed by 55 people with 25 vehicles, and are located on the Mariola industrial estate in Huecas and at Talavera de la Reina, respectively.
Azkar has also built a 1,052 sqm facility on the Los Olivares industrial estate in the Andalusian city of Jaén, where 28 employees will work with six pick-up and delivery vehicles.
The logistics operator has been expanding rapidly over the past five years, investing EUR 175 million modernising and automating infrastructure and fleet. It has invested nearly EUR 40 million since the beginning of 2006, including opening new platforms near Bilbao and Zaragoza to improve distribution across the Iberian peninsula and connections with the rest of Europe. It also bought Barcelona-based freight forwarder Boss Continental earlier this year.
Azkar now has around 90 installations in Spain and Portugal on over 1.1 million sqm of land (over 640,000 sqm of warehouses and offices), employs 5,000 workers and has a fleet of more than 2,200 vehicles. It is a member of the EuroExpress urgent package delivery network and has an office in Shanghai.
