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GAC Dubai’s contract logistics division has opened a new dedicated co-packing facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), as part of the company’s ongoing investment and growth strategy. The company has set its sights on increasing the current throughput of 7.5 million unit shipment customisations to 11 million per month by mid-2017.
The investment adds 800m2 to the co-packing area, making 1,800m2 of space available for printing, labelling, kitting-out and product assembly services. The facility also includes two new temperature-controlled store rooms.
“The new facility allows the customisation requirements of our clients to be handled even more efficiently, and the extra capacity enables us to deliver more services and expand the important value addition sector of the contract logistics business,” says Neil McMaster, general manager, contract logistics at GAC Dubai.
GAC Dubai’s expansion is set to continue well into 2017 and beyond. GAC Dubai’s managing director, Stuart Bowie, adds: “This latest move represents just one small step in our wider growth plans in Dubai. In the last 18 months we have invested in a dedicated warehouse for a long-term customer, The One, refurbished 24,000 pallets to a European food grade standard and implemented an energy-efficient district cooling plant and water recycling systems. We are currently in the final stages of contractor selection to build a new 72,900 pallet facility at Dubai World Central.”
In 1993, GAC pioneered contract logistics services in the Middle East by opening the region’s first distribution centre in Dubai. Today, the 103,000m2 GAC Logistics Park in JAFZA is still one of the largest and most advanced in the region, comprising 54,000m2 of warehousing space. Additionally, GAC operates a customer-dedicated warehouse in Jebel Ali north, a multi-user retail logistics facility in Jebel Ali south, and a dedicated retail logistics facility in Dubai Investment Park, comprising a further 40,000m2.
