MOSCOW, June 20 Ozon has invested about 3 billion rubles in the seventh fulfillment center, which is located in the Moscow region, the total area storage facility is about 80,000 square meters, the company's press service said.
«Ozon opens the seventh fulfillment center in the Moscow region… Ozon Marketplace launches a new fulfillment center on the territory of the Hryvno industrial park in the Moscow region… Ozon's own investments in the opening of the center exceeded 3 billion rubles,» the report says. The main part of the funds went to the purchase of high-tech equipment and the creation of its own IT systems for production automation.
It is noted that the total storage area of the facility is about 80 thousand square meters. The warehouse will accommodate up to 65 million goods of different categories.
In addition, the company will allocate another 1.4 billion rubles for the opening of the second stage of the center, as a result of which the fulfillment area will expand by 40 thousand square meters and provide storage for another 28 million goods.
“Since 2020, our logistics infrastructure has grown sixfold, and we do not plan to stop. Today, seven out of ten Russians are provided with Ozon delivery or a pickup point within a ten-minute walk from home… By placing the goods closer to consumers, we make sales on the marketplace easier and more profitable for both sellers and buyers,” Ozon Fulfillment CEO Alexander Geil said in the message.
Today, the logistics infrastructure of the marketplace in the Moscow region exceeds 500,000 square meters. The company's logistics facilities include 25 fulfillment centers in Russia and the CIS, more than 80 sorting centers, as well as almost 30,000 pickup points and parcel terminals from Kaliningrad to the Far East.
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