Global group set to open UK headquarters in Leicestershire

BEUMER Group, the global supplier of intralogistics and materials handling systems, is set to open a new UK head office in Ashby de la Zouch today (19 April).

The ribbon cutting event that will officially open the new office in Ivanhoe Business Park, will be attended by the mayor of Ashby, councillor John Deakin.

BEUMER Group has had an office near Heathrow Airport for a number of years. The new Leicestershire office will bring the firm’s staff together under one roof. The Heathrow premises will remain active as a satellite office.

BEUMER Group been operational in the UK since the early 1980s. Its most recent projects have been the design and installation of the parcel processing technology for Royal Mail’s two new fully automated parcel super hubs in Daventry and Warrington, a sortation system for the new Evri eco-friendly hub in Barnsley, and the new baggage handling system for London Stansted Airport. Previously the company has supplied automated handling systems to a range of UK organisations including DHL, DPD, British Forces Postal Services, ASOS, New Look and Sainsbury’s, and upgraded the baggage handling system between London Heathrow’s T1 and T2 to process departure and transfer baggage for passengers in the Queen’s Terminal.

David McGarry, CEO, BEUMER Group UK, said: “The opening of the new UK head office reinforces our strong partnership and commitment to our customers in the UK and Ireland, this will enable us to provide an even more seamless service to support them in their continued growth investing in local expertise in the long term.”