Belfast DC launched partly for tariff benefits
Specialist copper supply chain firm Metelec has announced the launch of a new distribution facility in Belfast.
METELEC HAS strengthened its relationship with ARO Logistics to open the operation in its new 36,000 sq ft distribution facility in Newtownabbey, from which deliveries will be made across the country.
One of the UK’s largest distributors of copper bars, busbars, copper profiles and copper components, Metelec has a 47,973 sq ft head office in the West Midlands, England, as well as operating from another 35,000 sq ft distribution centre in Tullamore, Republic of Ireland.
The Newtownabbey centre will shorten delivery times for dozens of Northern Ireland customers, while increasing capacity.
Having a Northern Ireland base also offers the business tariff benefits as it moves its stock between England and Northern Ireland, improving the service for the whole of the island of Ireland.
Global demand for copper is at an all-time high due to decarbonisation policies and subsequent electrification.
