Pall-Ex Realises More European Goals
4 October 2011

European domination came a couple of steps closer to palletised freight network Pall-Ex this week, as it celebrated the launch of its Pall-Ex Iberia hub and the signing of a master licence agreement in Romania, which will lead to the first ever pallet network in Eastern Europe.

Situated in Madrid and servicing Spain and Portugal, the 30-member strong Pall-Ex Iberia hub processed 211 pallets on its first night of operation. The network was established in 2010 and will now deliver small consignments of palletised freight cost-effectively throughout the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, where for the latter, Pall-Ex Iberia operates the only pallet network.

To the east of Europe, the Pall-Ex Romania network will operate from a new hub in Sibiu, which is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011. This will be the first ever pallet network in Eastern Europe.

Pall-Ex chief executive Hilary Devey is delighted with the Group’s European expansion programme, she comments:

“The successful launch of Pall-Ex Iberia represents our second Pall-Ex network on mainland Europe. Now that businesses within the Peninsular can see the operation running smoothly, we are confident that we will revolutionise the delivery of palletised consignments in the same way that we have in the UK and in Italy. This will lead to the growth of our membership and the coverage strength of our network.

“Further to this, our new network in Romania is a landmark phase in our ambition to build a pan-European palletised freight network to distribute small consignments across the continent cost effectively and quickly.”

With networks in Italy and now Iberia and shortly Romania, Pall-Ex continues to plan further expansions in Germany, France, Benelux, Turkey and Poland.

For more information on Pall-Ex’s European expansion, visit http://www.pallex.com