Rafter party held in Smartpost’s new sorting centre

On 1 November, we held the rafter party for the new sorting centre in Rae Municipality. This was an important milestone for the 14-million-euro investment of the company, which will soon result in the completion of the largest sorting centre of the Posti Group in the Baltics. The construction company NOBE is performing the work as scheduled and the new centre will be completed by Valentine’s Day, 14 February. In the first half of the following year, Smartpost Itella will also introduce the new SmartPost trademark, dropping the former Itella name and thereby aligning itself closer with the parent company, Posti Group.

“I am delighted to see that the construction work is going as planned – this is testimony to how reliable and professional our partners are,” said Erich Jeerik, Estonian Operations Manager of Smartpost Itella. “Even though there are a few months remaining until the final completion of the building, we have already started installing the new sorting technology, which will elevate our work processes to a new level of automation.”

The new 7,500 square metre sorting centre allows for more than doubling the parcel sorting capacity compared to now. The possibility of extending the premises by an additional 2,400 square metres has also been provided for the future in order to meet the increasing market demand and respond to the popularity of e-commerce. The centre, founded on the smart building concept, is equipped with sensor systems that support energy efficiency and remotely operated processes. The necessity for electric vehicle charging stations has also been considered in the building – the plan is to create 82 charging stations by 2030.

“Statistics and consumer behaviour show that the rise of e-commerce will continue, especially in the peak season of the year, when parcel volumes increase exponentially,” added Jeerik. “Thanks to the new centre, we will be able to ensure our customers an even higher standard of service and maintain our market quality leader role,” Jeerik noted.

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