Irish logistics firm expands in Europe

Irish logistics company Walsh Western International (WWI) have opened a new €15m plant in Tilburg, Holland, to cater for a major expansion of business in Europe.

WWI, whose headquarters are in Dublin Airport, currently have two existing sites in Tilburg.

The new 265,000 sq ft site will provide services across Europe to existing clients including Dell, Sony and Epson.

WWI's new Tilburg operation is taking on 100 new staff in logistics and administrative support roles within the.

The company has also invested €1m in a high tech sorting system that will triple operational capacity.

The addition of the new site has increased storage facilities in Tilburg by 100%, providing 30,000 pallet locations across both sites offering additional storage capacity to the existing customer base.

WWI was founded in Ireland in 1969 and provides fulfilment, reverse logistics, transportation and dynamic in-transit merge solutions to a broad range of customers with particular focus on the hi tech and healthcare sectors.