UPS distribution centre

It is not the enormous size (approx. 40,000 m2) that makes the UPS distribution centre built by Geelen Vastgoed & Bouw so remarkable. No, this new-build project, acquired by tender, is a unique automated parcel sorting centre.

Project properties

Project name

UPS distribution centre

Location

Eindhoven

Client

UPS

29,000 parcels per hour

The complex provides space for a sorting centre and several other buildings. Up to 29,000 parcels can be processed per hour and more than 100 trucks can dock simultaneously to load and unload. The centre is based in Eindhoven and is the UPS headquarters in the Netherlands. It also serves as a transit point for Belgium and Germany.

Ancillary buildings

Three ancillary buildings are connected to the sorting centre and include restaurants, changing rooms and offices. There is also a separate office building as well as several outbuildings, including a car wash, workshop and tank island. The total surface area of the site is 148,000 m².