The logistics center, which will have a total built area of 13,500 square meters, is under construction and is due to be gradually put into use, starting with January 2024. By the end of 2024, the center will have been fully operational and integrated with the dairy factory held by the company in the immediate vicinity.
The center will serve both the local market and all the markets to which the Olympus dairy products made in Romania are exported, among which Germany, Italy, France, the UK, Bulgaria and Serbia.
The new center is a complex logistics project that will also include a temperature-controlled high-bay warehouse that covers an area of almost 6,000 sqm and is fully automated. Upon completion of investment, the warehouse will be one of the largest refrigerated high-bay warehouses in Romania, with a capacity of over 32,000 pallets.
The plant in Halchiu opened after a more than EUR55 million investment and covered 25,000 sqm. In its ten years in business, the investment increased to more than EUR140 million.
Headquartered in the Greek city of Trikala, Hellenic Dairies is a third-generation family business, with operations in 47 countries across the world. Olympus currently owns eight factories in four countries (Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus) that manufacture products from milk, vegetable juices, natural juices as well as natural mineral water and soft drinks.