Overall, FM Logistic leases in excess of 15,000 m2 of storage and distribution space cater to the needs of its client Nestlé. The project clearly underscores the current trend of companies preferring strategically located logistics parks that provide synergies with storage, distribution and, where appropriate, sales in the same place.
The new warehouse features a total floor area of 39,282 m2. FM Logistic uses more than a third of the space to store foods, with chocolate and sweets accounting for a third and coffee for a quarter of the company's stock. The rest includes cereals plus baby and other foods. The facility has been designed and built specifically for this purpose, with the ability to maintain a stable temperature of 16 °C in certain parts of the warehouse.
"Heating and cooling costs are reduced by extra-thick façade panels and insulated loading and unloading bays and ramps. As is the case with all our new warehouses, internal lighting is provided by state-of-the-art LED technology. The building has an attractive roof clearance of 12 m, which creates additional storage capacity. Moreover, the warehouse meets strict ecological requirements, including rainwater management. Thanks to an ingenious drainage system, water from the roof and treated wastewater from the parking lots is drained into retention tanks, where it is gradually absorbed into the ground," said Tomáš Míček, P3’s Country Head for the Czech Republic, summarising the advantages of warehouse's design.
The building provides generous space for logistical operations and features over 80 truck and 150 car parking spaces. An invaluable benefit for employees and visitors alike is the fact that the complex is only a three-minute walk from the Mstětice train station, which offers a fast, regular services to downtown Prague as well as to Kolín and Kutná Hora.
Closer to our customers’ customers
With a growing number of new customers and increased volume of services provided to existing clients, it was inevitable that FM Logistic would need a new building. At P3 Prague D11 alone, FM Logistic loads and unloads 45 trucks every day. Overall, the company ships 24,000 pallets a month. The new warehouse space has increased FM Logistic's operations to a total of 75,000 m2, with the possibility of further expansion.
FM Logistic monitors its clients' needs on a continual basis, which is one of the reasons for choosing Prague's eastern outskirts. The company now has strategically placed facilities in both eastern and western parts of the Czech capital, and has moved closer to the retail operations of its customers. Specifically for Nestlé, moving to the eastern side of Prague has brought a sizeable reduction of transport costs. "The opening of a new facility in the eastern part of Prague underscores our strategic partnership with Nestlé in the CEE region, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania.
“As in our other branches, we plan to carry out multi-client and multi-active operations at P3 Prague D11, including storage, transport, packaging, and customs services. That will allow us to benefit from synergies offered by both technical and human resources," explained FM Logistic CSO Štěpán Ladányi.
The new warehouse at P3 Prague D11 was built at an above-average speed of 230 m2/day, allowing the first customer to move in within 171 days* FM Logistic is one of P3's biggest partners, with facilities at as many as five P3 logistics parks in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania, where the company occupies a total of over 80,000 m2 of space. An additional 7,200 m2 will be added to the company's portfolio at P3 Poznan park in Poland in the coming weeks. In the Czech Republic, FM Logistic has previously only leased space at P3 Prague D1. "The new storage and distribution complex at P3 Prague D11 is not only another step in the development of our partnership, but also explicit confirmation that P3 is able to meet the highest standards in architectural design, state-of-the-art technologies, and the quality of construction work. Even though we have only been at the new distribution centre for a short while, everything works as if we have been here for a year," Ladányi added.
The firm's client, Nestlé, is pleased with the superior ecological credentials of the new facility, which it uses for the storage of some 23,000 products from factories in Zora Olomouc, Sfinx Holesov and across Europe including confectionery and culinary goods, coffee and beverages, cereals, pet and baby food and nutritional products which are then distributed to customers throughout the Czech Republic.
"The new warehouse not only saves energy an improves the quality of the storage of our products. but thanks to its strategic position, it will reduce our carbon footprint in transporting goods to customers, by approximately 100 tons of CO2" said Stanislav Martínek, Director of Supply Chain for Nestlé.
"Moving into a new warehouse went smoothly and our customers did not notice at all," continued Martínek.
P3 responds to growing popularity of park with plans further development
Apart from FM Logistic, Warehouse 1 at P3 Prague D11 park houses 5,000 m² of facilities that are home to LIDL retail chain, and a slightly smaller space (4,700 m²) leased to the Turkish logistics company Ekol Logistics. Approximately 13,000 m2 of additional floor area is available in the building for other prospective customers. It is expected that local economy as a whole, and P3 Prague D11 Park in particular, will see the construction of more distribution and production facilities this year. Further development in the local area is logical – thanks to its strategic position on the outskirts of Prague in the direction of North East Bohemia and Poland on one side, and its proximity to, less than 8 km, the Černý Most shopping district and the nearby retail-oriented P3 Prague Horní Počernice Park on the other. P3 Prague D11 is predestined to become one of the most important modern logistics centres that will offer an optimal ratio of accessibility and range of services. The optimal conditions for further development were confirmed by the Mayor of Zeleneč, Michael Husinec: "Further development of P3 Prague D11 will reinforce local economic stability, and the partnership with P3 will provide us with additional ways of improving civic amenities and services in our municipality."
* Construction began on 13 June 2016, and P3 officially completed the building on 1 December 2016.