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Aibe alliance to invest EUR 12 mln in construction of Baltic logistics center

BC, Riga, 08.09.2016.Print version
Retailers' alliance Cooperation of Independent Retailers of Latvia (LNTK) has signed Aibe alliance's contract with construction company Mitnija on construction of a Baltic logistics center that is estimated to cost more than EUR 12 mln, as LNTK board member Uldis Priekulis told LETA.

The logistics center will be located in Lithuania's Kaunas, occupying an area of 16,000 square meters. Designing the center will conclude in November, which is when construction of the logistics center will begin and continue until July 2017.

 

Warehouses with temperature controllers, administrative offices, a food store and canteen will occupy an area of about 5,200 square meters at the Baltic logistics center. The center will be designed so as to ensure efficient business processes as well as maximum comfort for employees - it will have modern ventilation and conditioning systems, a recreation area, and others.

 

Thanks to employing the latest ecological solutions, the logistics center will consume 20% less heat energy than other similar complexes.

 

The logistics center's freight turnover is estimated at around 220,000 cubic meters annually. There will be 33 loading ramps that will serve an average of 80 trucks daily, said Priekulis.

 

The logistics center will supply goods to more than 750 Aibe stores in Lithuania and, if necessary, also to the alliance's stores in Latvia. Goods will be shipped once to thrice a week. The center will be able to deliver a much broader range of goods to its cooperation partners, including in areas where most suppliers either do not supply goods any more or charge extra.

 

LNTK is a member of the Aibe alliance, the only and, in terms of outlets, largest retail alliance in the Baltic countries - with a total of 1,400 stores and annual turnover of EUR 410 mln.

 

LNTK has 326 members that run more than 640 stores in Latvia. According to Firmas.lv, LNTK turnover last year totaled EUR 20.08 mln and profit EUR 304,255.

 






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