Correos invests in new sorting equipment
Correos has invested EUR 4.7 million in acquiring 15,000 new sorting cages to be used for sortation, internal transportation and distribution of parcels between different postal divisions to improve the company’s delivery service. The cages will be equipped with RFID control tags.
The acquisition of this equipment is part of Correos’ modernisation programme aimed at simplifying the transportation of mail and parcels. It is integrated in the “Automation Plan” of the company drawn up to improve the distribution quality.
This investment in new transport and storage equipment is expected to make the distribution of parcels and freight in general more efficient and to simplify the working processes in the big logistics centres of the company. These include 17 automated sorting hubs, 38 postal handling centres and 57 mass volume injection points in addition to about 1,800 distribution units and 100 special services centres used for the delivery of express shipments.
Correos has invested EUR 4.7 million in acquiring 15,000 new sorting cages to be used for sortation, internal transportation and distribution of parcels between different postal divisions to improve the company’s delivery service. The cages will be equipped with RFID control tags.
The acquisition of this equipment is part of Correos’ modernisation programme aimed at simplifying the transportation of mail and parcels. It is integrated in the “Automation Plan” of the company drawn up to improve the distribution quality.
This investment in new transport and storage equipment is expected to make the distribution of parcels and freight in general more efficient and to simplify the working processes in the big logistics centres of the company. These include 17 automated sorting hubs, 38 postal handling centres and 57 mass volume injection points in addition to about 1,800 distribution units and 100 special services centres used for the delivery of express shipments.
