IKEA Group opens its first Distribution Center in the Middle East
IKEA Group unlocked to its first Distribution Center in the Middle East. The large advancement will support the brand's ambitious strategies to broaden across the area.
Found in Dubai South, the new unit boasts 100,000 square meters of storage area, which is equivalent to almost 20 football pitches. The structure is made up of 120,000 cubic meters of racking, plus 8 levels of storage dispersed throughout 2 modules of operations. It is approximated to take more than 10,000 steps just to stroll around the brand-new.
" We are thrilled to invite IKEA as part of our Dubai South community," stated His Excellency Mr. Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation. "This facility represents among the best in class examples of an efficient and effective distribution solution. At Dubai South, we are ideally put to support business of all sizes in fulfilling their logistical challenges. We do so by providing function built, completely adjustable solutions, offering them the freedom to operate and grow their companies in the very best method possible."
"Today IKEA Group is writing one more important chapter of its history with the opening of its very first direct financial investment in the Middle East. The new warehouse will enable the company to deliver fast-moving products more effectively to shops across the GCC, reducing handling expenses in addition to shipment times," stated Abdeldaziz Kadri, Managing Director of IKEA DC Dubai at the center's opening occasion.
The brand-new IKEA Distribution Center is already the office for more than 200 employees, and is generating numerous chances for local suppliers. They are interacting with the objective to enhance product availability in IKEA shops and take full advantage of consumer fulfillment.
"I am proud to see the financial investments of IKEA in the UAE-- a natural hub for sell the area. Sweden has a long custom of offering innovative design and cutting edge retail solutions and IKEA is a good example of this", states His Excellency, Mr. Jan Thesleff, Ambassador of Sweden to the United Arab Emirates.
Today there are seven IKEA shops in the GCC: 2 in the UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), one in Doha (Qatar), 3 in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran) and one in Kuwait City (Kuwait).
