XPO Logistics is scaling up considerably ahead of the holiday season. With the deployment of four new logistics locations,cobots and 3,500 new employees, the logistics provider hopes to cope with the expected record rush in the Netherlands.
XPO Logistics expects to process 3.7 million parcels in the busiest week around the holidays. That is almost 60 per cent more than the average week in 2020.
To serve new and existing customers, the company is scaling up with four new facilities in the Netherlands. Together, these account for 233,000 square metres of warehousing space. Collaborative robots are being deployed. In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, it will hire 3,500 new employees to work side by side with the cobots.
Globally, XPO Logistics expects to recruit 25,000 new employees. It is also deploying a total of 200 million square metres of additional warehouse space.
