supply chain management experts for fashion and lifestyle brands is expanding with 60.000 m2 of warehouse space Herentals and Grobbendonk support the growth of customers who also benefit from Bleckmann’s growth opportunities and additional logistics flexibility Belgium is both historically and geographically crucial for Bleckmann Bleckmann is also committed to reducing its ecological footprint The company is currently expanding in three different locations in Belgium a new distribution centre was set up specifically for a new customer the largest Bleckmann warehouse in Belgium is also being further expanded In Belsele, Bleckmann opens a completely new distribution centre at a strategic location By making optimal use of the available surface area and by placing mezzanines the total operational capacity will be increased to 31.000 m2 the distribution centre has a good connection to the Port of Antwerp and the European hinterland the fulfilment centre is entirely focused on rapidly operationalising and serving new customers we create the capacity to anticipate customer requests quickly and flexibly each new brand immediately benefits fully from the group’s expertise and solutions,” says Mark Van Onna The site in Herentals is an example of how quickly Bleckmann responds to a customer’s demand we opened this fulfilment centre of 8.500 m2 operational area In a smooth way and in a very short timeframe Bleckmann took over the e-commerce fulfilment of another service provider to meet the customer’s needs Chief Operations Officer Belgium & UK at Bleckmann: “Our customers hire us to relieve them of all their logistics worries We therefore put everything in place to set up the complete solution even in a very short period of time: our knowledge of setup Grobbendonk: largest campus in Belgium under one roof located directly on the Albert Canal connected to the Port of Antwerp is further expanded to a total operating area of 120.000m2 Bleckmann has added an additional unit and equipped the existing ground area with mezzanines This will make Grobbendonk one of the largest campuses under one roof within Bleckmann This site is also at the forefront of innovation Mark van Onna: “Grobbendonk is a technological pioneer within our group we test logistics possibilities with robots and implement innovations in daily fulfilment We then roll out successful projects to the other customers and sites.” Investments are made in each project to improve the sustainability of the sites LED lighting will be installed and combined with motion sensors to further reduce energy consumption We do this through mezzanines and the most optimal rack structures we expand our floor space in the existing buildings far more than the land area we occupy,” adds Reinardt van Oel The current nearly 300.000 m2 of operational area in Belgium will soon be complemented by operational area of Crosswoods – a brand new distribution centre in Kruisem Tweet Logistics Business © 2025 All Rights Reserved. | Privacy | Terms | Site Map Subscribe to our quarterly magazine and weekly newsletter to stay updated with the logistics industry By submitting this form you agree that the personal data you provided will be transferred to Logistics Business for processing in accordance with our Privacy Policy Alexander Miller recently competed in the Puivelde 2022 Belsele in Belgium taking part in a road race over a distance of 120 km while Jo Maes was second with the same time and Peder Dahl Strand finished third also with the same time Miller — representing Jonge Rakkers — finished 101st clocking a time of 2:33:33 Category: All, Sports Police charged a 20-year-old unemployed Belgian with murder after two babies and a woman were killed and 13 others wounded in a frenzied and motiveless knife attack at a creche that stunned Belgium a village some 30 km from the scene of Friday's attack in the town of Dendermonde When he was arrested he was carrying a knife so we don't know about his motive," Du Four said Local media dubbed the assailant the 'Joker' killer because his face was painted white and his eyes blackened like the criminal mastermind in the Batman films He arrived at the Fabeltjesland - Fairytale Land - creche in Dendermonde in mid-morning last Friday saying he wanted to ask a question But he then ran into the creche's rooms and launched his attacks There were 18 infants aged up to three years and six adults in the creche Those killed were aged six and nine months and a woman child minder Some of the wounded children would require plastic surgery De Morgen newspaper bore the headline 'Cold while the Gazet Van Antwerpen simply asked 'Why?' please register for free or log in to your account.