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Hermes opens new nuneaton hub
January 1st 2010

Hermes' new 85,000 square foot national distribution hub in Nuneaton,Warwickshire is now open. It handles a large proportion of the company's UK deliveries, and uses Vitronic's parcel identification and volume-measuring technology to process up to 9,600 items/hour.

Hermes is the UK's largest courier delivery network offering a range of services to leading high street, catalogue and online retailers. The company delivers more than 100 million parcels each year, and has over 7,500 'lifestyle' couriers that provide a flexible, high-quality doorstep delivery, combined with a friendly and local approach.

The Nuneaton hub distributes parcels to Hermes' nationwide depot network, which in turn serves local couriers. This process must run efficiently for the company to operate a timely delivery service.

Parcels arrive at the Nuneaton hub in transit vehicles, which operators unload using telescopic boom conveyors.

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