Swiss Post has opened a new regional parcel center in Buchs. According to a press release , the company has invested around 15 million francs in the necessary conversion of a warehouse.
After 15 months of planning and construction, the logistics center has been in operation since mid-July. Vertical, spiral conveyor belts are used here for the first time at Swiss Post. They save space and "heave the parcels to the sorting machine at a height of almost three meters in just a few seconds".
In this way, up to 5,000 parcels per hour are sorted, which are posted and delivered in the greater Aarau, Lenzburg, Seetal, Suhrental and Wynental areas. You no longer have to go via the large parcel centers such as Härkingen SO, Frauenfeld and Daillens VD. This shortens transport routes and makes parcel processing faster and more sustainable.
A total of 175 people are employed in Buchs, of which 60 positions were newly created. Another 100 are to move there from the Aarau letter delivery point in the coming year.
“Post is an attractive employer in Aargau, employing almost 2,500 people. With the new logistics center, she is committed to our business location, which makes me very happy," Dieter Egli, government councilor and economics director of the canton of Aargau, is quoted as saying in the media release.
According to Rümlang, Buchs is the second regional parcel center that Post has put into operation this year. The group has opened further regional parcel centers in Vétroz VS, Cadenazzo TI, Untervaz GR and Ostermundigen BE. In recent years, Swiss Post has invested a total of around 250 million francs in expanding its sorting and delivery infrastructure.
