Chep opens its largest logistics hub in Italy on the outskirts of Milan

Chep has announced the opening of the new Service Centre in Lacchiarella, south of Milan, a strategic facility designed to support the company’s growth in Italy and strengthen its capacity, operational efficiency and service quality.

The new hub

35.000 sq m of efficiency and modernity, designed and developed in collaboration with AF Group, Chep’s long-standing partner. This creates a platform for the future, capable of supporting business growth for the next decade and beyond.

Lacchiarella is now Chep’s largest Service Centre in Italy in terms of volumes handled nationally, with significantly greater capacity than the previous site.

Sustainability

The new Service Centre is also characterised by a high degree of automation to support operations. Pallet inspection is fully automated thanks to a camera system that analyses every pallet, checking its compliance with quality standards and determining whether it needs repair or washing, where necessary. With the aim of constantly improving the quality of pallets in circulation, automatic systems are integrated into the line for removing surface contamination, measuring wood moisture, painting and detecting Ispm-15 phytosanitary marks.

The comment

“The future growth of the supply chain depends on the ability to combine scale, innovation and sustainability. It is on these three elements that we built the new Lacchiarella site: an investment designed to make our network even more efficient and resilient and to continue supporting the evolution of our customers over the long term. The collaboration with AF Group was instrumental in translating this vision into a concrete and strategic project for Chep in Italy”, said Ugo Geraci, director, supply chain Italy, Greece and Balkans.

Sustainability guided the design of the site from its earliest stages. Planned measures include the installation of a photovoltaic system, the gradual conversion of handling equipment towards a 100% electric fleet and the development of an electric pallet-drying system.

This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.