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Hermes’ new 85,000 square foot Tim Thomas jersey national distribution hub in Nuneaton, Warwickshire is now open. It handles a large proportion of the company’s UK deliveries, and uses Vitronic’s parcel identification and volume-measuring technology to process up to 9,600 items per hour.

Hermes is the UK’s largest courier delivery network offering a range of services to leading high street, catalogue and online retailers. The company delivers more than 100 million parcels each year, and has over 7,500 ‘lifestyle’ couriers that provide a flexible, high-quality doorstep delivery, combined with a friendly and local approach.

Efficient distribution

The Nuneaton hub distributes parcels to Hermes’ nationwide depot network, which in turn serves local couriers. This process must run efficiently for the company to operate a timely delivery service.

Parcels arrive at the Nuneaton hub in transit vehicles, which operators unload using telescopic boom conveyors. These transfer items onto one of two infeed conveyors, each of Tim Thomas jersey which runs through a scanning tunnel. From here, parcels flow onto two sorters, which direct them to the appropriate loading bays for dispatch.

Laser technology

The scanning tunnels use Vitronic technology to capture detailed parcel-related data. In each, a VIPAC D1 volume-measuring unit builds a three-dimensional image of each parcel using lasers, and calculates its dimensions. Hermes will use this data to Tim Thomas jersey optimise transit space in vehicles, and verify package data provided by customers, and automate invoicing.