Safexpress opens state-of-the-art logistics park in Faridabad

Facility to augment economic growth in the region

Logistic firm Safexpress recently launched its state-of-the-art logistics park in Faridabad. Spanning over an area of 1,80,000 sq feet, logistics park is located on NH 2. Safexpress provides services to a vast array of business verticals ranging from healthcare, apparel and lifestyle, Hi-Tech, publishing to automotive, engineering and electrical hardware, FMCG and consumer electronics and institutional.

Pawan Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Safexpress said, “Supply chain and logistics has a vital role to play in the growth of numerous industrial centres spread across the Haryana region. Safexpress has developed an ultra-modern facility at Faridabad, which will serve as a transhipment hub as well as a warehousing facility. Safexpress, with its logistics park at Faridabad, will bridge the infrastructure gaps and serve the supply chain and logistics requirements of the entire region.”

Jain further said, “Safexpress has formed a separate firm by the name of ‘Safexpress B2C’ to develop its e-commerce logistics business. Safexpress B2C has tied up with large number of e-commerce companies to provide its specialised logistics services to them. We have made massive investments to further strengthen our capacity and boost the infrastructure to cater to the e-commerce business. The company plans to procure 1000 Maruti Suzuki Eeco vehicles in 2015 to build its e-commerce delivery muscle further. This will be a very unique and pioneering initiative. Presently, e-commerce business in India has a two-wheeler delivery model with most companies relying on bikers for delivery. But, Safexpress B2C will bring a huge paradigm shift towards a 4-wheeler delivery model.”

Highlighting the USP of the logistics park at Faridabad, Vineet Kanaujia, VP – Marketing, Safexpress said, “Our logistics park at Faridabad has a column-less span of over 151 feet and enables loading/unloading of over 26 vehicles simultaneously. The dedicated bays and docks at our logistics park in Faridabad provide an uninterrupted and unidirectional flow of inbound and outbound goods. The logistics park has a floor load capacity of six metric tonnes per square metre and has a truck docking area width of over 73 feet. To provide safe and smooth movement of goods within the park we have installed high-tech equipment. Moreover, to make our park eco-friendly, we have taken special go-green initiatives by investing in rainwater harvesting and developing special green zones.”

Kanaujia said, “This logistics park will be operational 24×7, 365 days in a year to provide time-definite deliveries. Due to our non-stop operations, we will be providing the fastest transit time for deliveries all across India to over 610 destinations from Faridabad.”

EP News Bureau – Mumbai