Motor factor GSF Car Parts has opened its new National Distribution Centre which is set to create 400 jobs.
The facility near Wolverhampton covers 500,000 sq ft and serves as the central logistics hub, modernising the company's supply chain infrastructure and streamlining delivery processes into its 海角视频 network of 194 branches.
GSF, which is headquartered in Minworth, said the new base in the Four Ashes area was designed for future scalability as it is expandable to up to 750,000 sq ft of space with a mezzanine.
The site includes office space, logistics capabilities with 58 docks, eight loading doors and nearly 700 parking spaces for cars and HGVs.
This news comes off the back of a year of growth for the car part distributor, with sales year-on-year up by more than 22 per cent so far in 2024, it said.
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Chief executive Steve Horne said: "The opening of our National Distribution Centre is a landmark moment for GSF Car Parts.
"For years, we recognised the need for a centralised facility to elevate our service and now that vision is a reality.
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"Located in an ideal, central position, this facility empowers us to deliver exceptional service and product availability to our customers.
"The National Distribution Centre will ensure branches have more products on the shelf and will remove lots of time-consuming processes so our network can focus on serving the customer.
"It is the flagship of a broader investment programme that's transforming GSF Car Parts at every level.
"It doesn't just enable us to serve customers better, it also creates a host of jobs across the West Midlands and beyond, reflecting our commitment to invest in the growth and success of our branch teams."
Last year, the business welcomed fresh investment from private equity firm Epiris which backed the business alongside the Ahluwalia family office.
Chairman Sukhpal Ahluwalia added: "The centre will be an absolute gamechanger for GSF and the industry.
"GSF has desperately needed a central distribution centre for years but similar projects under past owners have been met with false starts.
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"As soon as we acquired the business last year, we knew we needed to get it done - no ifs, no buts. We made the commitment and we delivered.
"The new centre is all about putting our customers at the centre of the business. When I was speaking with our customers last year, they all said that availability was one of their top priorities."