IKEA opened a new Customer Distribution Center in Jarostów near Piotrków Trybunalski, which will fulfill the execution of orders placed via the Internet and sent directly to customers. It is estimated that it will process as much as 100,000 such orders during the first year of operation. Thanks to the new logistics solution, the company will improve the quality of deliveries and delivery time to customers.

Information about the IKEA Distribution Center:

• From the beginning of its existence, i.e. from 2001, the center in Jarosty is managed by an external operator - FM Logistic, currently employing about 400 staff in service of the facility.
• The total area of ​​the IKEA Distribution Center in Jarostowo is 145 thousand m², or 20 football fields.
• The building includes two automated high storage warehousing systems: one with a height of 22 m and a capacity of 52.5 thousand m³ and the other with a height of 34 m and a capacity of 90,000 m³.
• The building and its surroundings have been equipped with solutions conducive to sustainable development. Two-thirds of the building is heated with renewable energy using heat pumps and heat recovery from geothermal water intakes. In addition, the outdoor lighting was entirely done in LED technology, and the water in the building is heated by a system of 16 solar collectors.