IKEA's Esipovo centre takes shape

Jungheinrich has won a tender for a massive expansion project at IKEA Russia.

IKEA is expanding the capacity of its Esipovo location in Russia. Currently, a new distribution centre is going up in the town, which is located 50 km north-west of Moscow.

The Hamburg-based Jungheinrich group was appointed general contractor for all intralogistics jobs and also as systems integrator for the project.

The Jungheinrich solution consists of a 15-aisle silo-type high-bay warehouse for pallet storage, with a total of 210,000 pallet slots. Measuring 200 m in length and 130 m in width, the IKEA distribution centre has a height of 45 m.

Following completion in 2017, it will be logistically integrated with the various production facilities run by the IKEA Industry subsidiary.

There is no indication yet of whether Jungheinrich will also be supplying forklifts for the distribution centre, but it is expected that the company will provide a "full solution".