Travel Retail is likely one of the firm’s highest development channels and touches over 3 billion shoppers a 12 months. This new 300,000 sq. foot facility expands upon the corporate’s present distribution footprint in Switzerland and can allow ELC to stay on the forefront of delivering its status magnificence merchandise and high-touch providers to touring shoppers all over the world.
The middle is provided to help the continued development of Travel Retail and can additional drive the corporate’s sustainability efforts.
The Opening Ceremony
Fabrizio Freda, president and chief govt officer, Israel Assa, world president, Travel Retail Worldwide and Roberto Canevari, govt vp, Global Supply Chain hosted the opening ceremony with Nadine Graf, senior vp, common supervisor, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Maike Kiessling, common supervisor, Switzerland, Jamal Chamariq, senior vp, Global Supply Chain, EMEA and Travel Retail Worldwide and Sascha Trabelsi, vp, Supply Chain, Travel Retail Worldwide.
The opening ceremony was attended by particular friends together with retailers, suppliers, native authorities officers, media and ELC staff.
Supporting Travel Retail
“Travel Retail continues to demonstrate its resilience, driving tremendous growth over the last decade for The Estée Lauder Companies. We remain extremely confident in the channel for the long-term, especially as travel restrictions ease globally and people start traveling again,” stated Freda. “The opening of our new Galgenen distribution center will enable us to adapt even better to ever-changing retail needs and growth opportunities for the channel, and expand upon our existing distribution presence in Switzerland.”
The Estée Lauder Companies has an extended historical past of success inside Switzerland, opening its affiliate workplace greater than 55 years in the past and its first manufacturing plant greater than 45 years in the past.
The firm at the moment has 4 distribution facilities in Switzerland. Switzerland can be residence to ELC’s EMEA and TR Supply Chain Management Hub in Wollerau, which drives agility, pace, and collaboration throughout the corporate’s EMEA and Travel Retail provide chain groups.
With the addition of the brand new facility in Galgenen, the Travel Retail enterprise will double its whole output capability, enabling the flexibleness essential to adapt to the channel’s excessive development potential.
“Galgenen will serve as a cornerstone of The Estée Lauder Companies’ agile, global fulfillment network,” stated Roberto Canevari. “This distribution center will not only significantly enhance our capacity but enable operational efficiencies, speed-to-market and resiliency through innovative, highly automated equipment and technologies. Additionally, we are proud that Galgenen is also a shining example of ELC’s commitment to safety, quality, and sustainability.”
Commitment to Sustainability
Galgenen will even additional advance the sustainability of ELC’s world manufacturing and distribution community and the corporate by way of its best-in-class environmental design and renewable vitality efforts.
The constructing’s design relies on the latest requirements to cut back vitality and water consumption. It options whole LED lighting, an energy-efficient HVAC system and the roof’s photo voltaic panels generate 1600 kilowatts at peak efficiency (kWp). Furthering sustainability efforts, a complete waste administration system has been carried out to separate out quite a few recyclables, with electrical vans prepared for waste removing. As a part of the recycling enterprise, wood waste pallets will generate renewable heating vitality.
Worldwide, ELC is driving strategic initiatives to cut back its environmental footprint, combine environmentally accountable practices and put money into modern expertise as a part of efforts to not solely present shoppers with transformative merchandise and experiences, but additionally to contribute to the well-being of the planet.