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Kerry Logistics has opened a 20,000 sq. m. logistics centre in Hefei to focus on the growing automotive industry sector in Anhui Province. The logistics centre is customised for the increasing number of automobile manufacturers in the Hefei region and there are a broad range of specialist logistics solutions available at the facility. Services include VMI, sub-assembly and kitting, JIT delivery, milk run transportation and a wide range of value-added services, such as functional testing, CKD or SKD operations.

“Demand has been growing from our automotive customers in Hefei for us to deliver specialist automotive logistics services and we have now opened the Kerry Hefei Logistics Centre to enhance our offering to the car manufacturing community in Anhui,” said Edwardo Erni, Managing Director, Mainland China.

Kerry Hefei Logistics Centre is 3.5 km from Hefei Luogang International Airport and adjacent to express highways linking to Hening, Hewu, Hehuang and Hexu. There is also a railway connection linking to Hejiu, Heband, Ningxi, Huhanrong and Jingfu.

Situated in the Economic and Technological Development Zone, the new logistics centre comprises five warehouses. Four of the warehouses are already in use and a fifth, a 5,000 sq.m warehouse, will be operational by the end of 2011.