DecoWraps Europe starts construction at Green Park Aalsmeer


DecoWraps is a leading international manufacturer and distributor of innovative packaging materials for cut flowers and potted plants. Decowraps is moving its Aalsmeer office to Green Park Aalsmeer.  The distribution centre for packaging manufacturer DecoWraps Europe will be built on an 8,000 m2 lot and will feature a 1,500 m2 office and a 3,200 m2...

New Build to Suit DC Hollister in Roosendaal


Hollister, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products and services worldwide, has entered into a new lease contract with DC Halderberge VOF for a new 30,000 square meter distribution center, 3.560 m²  mezzanine and 1.080 m² office. The new facility will be located in a newly established industrial park Borchwerf in Roosendaal, the Netherlands, and is...

Bol.com wins international BREEAM Award


Bol.com has been named one of the winners of this year’s international BREEAM Awards in London, UK, on March 7. This annual awards program recognizes the most innovative and sustainable construction projects in various categories. The new Bol.com fulfillment center in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, that is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017, emerged...

Role of logistics in e-commerce (Online Retailer)


The trade publication OnlineRetailer features an interview with one of our experts about the role of logistics in e-commerce. Groenewout comments that, whereas they didn’t want to have anything to do with logistics a few years ago, many large e-tailers are now taking logistics into their own hands. For example, Dutch online giant Bol.com...

Logistics challenges in e-commerce (Online Retailer)


OnlineRetailer organized a roundtable session on the topic of ‘What are the logistics challenges of e-commerce in practice?’ A group of 12 experts, including Groenewout, got together around the table to provide their visions of e-commerce logistics based on their own areas of expertise. This article has been written by Roel van Gils and published...

50th Anniversary Groenewout in 2016


A wonderful milestone to be very proud of: it’s 50 years since our founder, Cor Groenewout, started the company in 1966. After a few years of operating as a traditional construction engineering firm, Groenewout was quick to shift its focus onto logistics from the mid-70s onwards – particularly to capitalize on the increasing logistics...

Innovation Session on Logistics Real Estate


On 14 April Groenewout organized the latest innovation update and networking session on Logistics Real Estate in Tilburg. The program was divided into two sets of three parallel sessions, held at the Huis van de Logistiek venue in Tilburg. With more than 30 participants and featuring plenty of knowledge sharing, interactive discussions and networking,...

Publication in magazine Etail trends


A system in which the goods automatically come to them makes life easier for employees at Wehkamp’s DC in Zwolle. Meanwhile, in the new Bol.com distribution center, the order pickers are the ones doing all the walking. These are two completely different solutions, so which factors actually determine the optimal level of automation? This article titled...

Happy, Healthy and Successful 2016


For Groenewout, 2015 was a good year from several perspectives. We started 2015 in a ‘positive flow’ and we sustained that positive line throughout the whole year, so we also have high expectations for 2016. Healthy optimism The caution which held a tight grip on the global economy over recent years has changed into healthy optimism...

Construction starts on bol.com fulfillment center in Waalwijk


Pressrelease bol.com – publication February 16, 2016 The new fulfillment center has been designed with the support of Groenewout and FKG Architecten Aan De Zaan and will be built by construction firm Van Wijnen Rosmalen. Click here for the (Dutch) press release. If you should have questions about this project and the support of Groenewout, please contact Mari van Kuijk, vankuijk@groenewout.com | +31...