FedEx has opened its first European Life Science Center in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.The temperature-controlled facility joins a global network that can receive, store, kit, and pick, pack and ship healthcare products and is GDP (Good Distribution Practices)–licensed.
The 1,000sq m warehouse has four temperature-controlled rooms and freezers for temperatures ranging from -80 °C to +25 °C and is monitored 24/7, with each temperature zone having its own alarm system. It also includes specialised packaging, proactive monitoring solutions and value-added services such as labelling and reverse logistics.
FedEx already operates similar sites in Memphis, Mumbai,, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo.
Vice president ground operations at FedEx Benelux, Marius Penninks, said: “As global demand for healthcare continues to rise, having a robust logistics solution is crucial for the safe, timely, and efficient delivery of medicines, clinical trials, and biological products. This new Life Science Center positions us perfectly to be the vital link in the medical transport supply chain, facilitating the timely delivery of care to patients.”
Veldhoven is in the ‘Brainport Eindhoven’ region which received a €2.5bn Government investment through the ‘Project Beethoven’ scheme to boost start-ups in innovative technology and biotech sciences.