Avnet, Inc. has broken ground on a 10.000 m2 expansion of its Tongeren, Belgium, central distribution center.
Housing both a pan-European distribution and logistics operation and an integration centre, both primarily serve Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA customers. The total area will be 34.000 m2, doubling the size of its current integration services area.
The facility houses Avnet's fully automated, centralized European logistics and integration services centre, which is ISO 9001 certified for quality standards and ISO14001 certified for meeting environmental management standards. A wide range of high value-added integration and logistic services for Avnet's business partners are delivered from the Tongeren facility.
In 2007, more than eight million enterprise servers, storage devices, thin clients, wireless mobility devices and other information technology equipment components were shipped through the center.
Dick Borsboom, president of Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA, said, "This new expansion will provide the needed capacity to meet Avnet's growth in EMEA and underpin our strategy of delivering high value-added services for our business partners." |
