The UK’s leading timber and panel products distributor James Latham is making significant financial investments in new sites during 2008.
The company opened its first Scottish depot in April, based at Eurocentral in Lanarkshire. This 40,000ft2 operation has installed a state of the art racking system, using guided rails and specially adapted Combi trucks. Stocks of panel products, hardwood, North American softwood, Bausen hardwood flooring and hardwood decking are all held and are available for prompt delivery.
The Eastleigh site closed at the end of February and was relocated to a 35,000ft2 facility at Matrix Park, Fareham. Significant additions have been made to the stock profile and new staff have been taken on to handle the extra business being generated. Training in how to operate with high, narrow aisle racking and Combi trucks has been provided to the warehouse staff and this has helped to improve and reduce order processing times.
Towards the end of the summer, the Dudley depot will relocate to a purpose built site only one mile away from its current facility. Again, the intention is to operate along the lines of the 2 other new depots and will add further products to its already extensive stock profile.
Chris Sutton commented, "James Latham is now in it’s 251st year of trading and our strategy is to continue building for the future. Not only are we investing in new sites, we have also carried out significant improvements in the longer established depots at Wigston, Ossett and Yate and when necessary, we will improve operations at the remaining depots. Both Scotland and Fareham have seen significant benefits and a whole host of visitors to these sites have been very impressed with what they have seen. We firmly believe that substantial investment now is the correct long term decision for the company".
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