Norbert Secures new Heathrow Contracts

Norbert Dentressangle has won a number of new contracts at its handling center at Heathrow Airport, securing business with companies including vegetable suppliers Barfoots and Sandfields, and freight forwarders Morgan Air and Jones Dooly since the end of 2009.

The facility, which was established 10 years ago as a perishables handling center to serve Norbert Dentressangle’s major contract with British Airways World Cargo, now provides chilled storage and handling services to importers, freight forwarders and retailers of fresh food products along with an increasing number of pharmaceutical companies.

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Norbert Dentressangle’s Heathrow facility is the largest chilled airfreight distribution centre in the UK and is designed to allow importers and exporters around the world to reach their markets faster and keep their products fresher.

All consignments are handled in a controlled environment until ready for dispatch.

Activities within the centre include on-site customs clearance, container unloading, sorting of consignments to individual customer orders, blast cooling, storage and stock control in segregated cold stores, Quality Control inspection and shelf life testing, labeling and order picking, store tray assembly and onward distribution to retailers’ RDCs.

The company also operates an EU and DEFRA approved Border Inspection Post for seafood, meat and dairy products requiring Health inspection on arrival.

Mark Price, General Manager of Norbert Dentressangle’s Heathrow operations said: “At Heathrow, we are able to combine tailored solutions to meet individual customer requirements with cost savings based on economies of scale and logistical efficiencies – this is proving an attractive proposition for companies seeking to improve their existing operations or to establish a first foothold in the UK.

“With established systems, processes and specialist resources, Norbert Dentressangle also ensures that our customers comply – and can demonstrate that compliance - with the UK’s strict security and quality protocols.”

SOURCE: Norbert Dentressangle

Edited by Chris Farnell