Cost savings and efficiency help Kinaxia seal contract extension with Eurocell

Kinaxia Logistics has sealed a two-year extension to its multimillion-pound contract with Eurocell, the UK's largest manufacturer, recycler and distributor of PVC-U products for the construction industry. The initial five-year agreement covering the whole of the UK and Ireland will now run until September 2026. Kinaxia deploys a dedicated core fleet of more than 40 vehicles to provide a 24/7 service to Eurocell and has consistently achieved an on-time, in-full performance level of 99.96 per cent.

As part of its strategy to get closer to its customers and provide a service tailored to their specific needs, Kinaxia is now trialling night fulfilment to ensure optimum stock levels are maintained at key Eurocell branches. To further improve efficiency, Kinaxia and Eurocell will be implementing new artificial intelligence software to improve routing and reduce delivery miles and emissions by analysing real-time traffic information, congestion and distribution data. Kinaxia shunts stock from Eurocell's manufacturing facilities in Derbyshire to the customer's national distribution centre in Alfreton.

From there, Kinaxia undertakes daily deliveries to more than 200 Eurocell branches and fabricators. As part of the contract, Kinaxia also provides on-demand flexible warehousing - which gives Eurocell the agility to scale storage up and down - and import and export services. Eurocell's vast product range includes doors, windows, roofline, rainwater, decking, flooring, fencing, conservatories and garden rooms.

It supplies more than 10,000 home improvement products through its branch network and online to trade customers, homeowners and housebuilders. Simon Nelson, chief operating officer at Kinaxia Logistics, said: "The extension to our contract is testament to the excellent service and great teamwork with Eurocell. "The Kinaxia and Eurocell teams have put in a tremendous amount of hard work to ensure continuous improvement, boost productivity and achieve exceptionally high service levels over the initial five-year period.

"Our actions have resulted in significant environmental and financial savings and have enabled Eurocell to leverage the improvements we have implemented to consolidate its market position. "We will be implementing further enhancements, including the latest AI-based routing and scheduling system, to deliver additional operational and environmental benefits to Eurocell." Robin Balderstone, Eurocell's head of procurement, said: "I have worked with many logistics companies over many years.

The relationship with Kinaxia is open and honest. As a result of the great teamwork between the two companies, we are now delivering great cost and delivery improvement projects. This has made the decision to extend the contact for two more years an easy one."

Kinaxia, which has its headquarters in Macclesfield, Cheshire, has 1,600 staff nationwide and operates a fleet of 800 vehicles transporting goods for the retail, leisure, food and drink and manufacturing sectors.

Its national network of hubs provides a full source-to-shelf logistics service.

It has 2.7 million sq ft of strategic national warehousing facilities offering contract packing, e-fulfilment, returns management, storage services and a complete distribution service.