Europa celebrates 5 years of Warehouse excellence
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE / AGILITYPR.NEWS / July 08, 2025 / Europa Warehouse is proudly celebrating five years since it opened the doors on its flagship 3PL facility in Corby, at the heart of the ‘Golden Logistics Triangle.’
This milestone is one that not only reflects on a period of significant operational change and growth, but also one that honours the extraordinary resilience and determination of its teams across all three of the 3PL operator’s UK sites in Corby, Dartford, and Birmingham.
Opening in June 2020, when the country was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, the launch of Europa’s Corby site - and its journey ever since – has been anything but ordinary. When Europa opened its £60million facility ahead of schedule, it had effectively transformed a former brownfield site on an ex-British Steel quarry that had been dormant for years.
Located on a 25-acre site at Midlands Logistics Park, the ground floor of the warehouse is equivalent to seven Premier League football pitches with 715,000 ft2 dedicated to logistics, with 100,000 pallet spaces. When it opened, Corby effectively doubled Europa Warehouse’s 3PL footprint.
Over the past five years, the operator has continually invested to create high-quality, innovative and efficient automation and manual 3PL solutions that support a growing list of National and International customers. Today, this flagship site is an award-winning operation, employing 170 local people at the heart of a vibrant and successful logistics landscape.
Five key achievements since launch include:
- Processing over five million orders each year
- Launched a pioneering shared user automation solution
- HMRC Wet and Dry Bond accreditation
- AA rating in the Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standard (BRCGS) accreditation
- Northampton Logistics Awards – winning ‘Big Logistics Company of the Year’ and ‘Health, Safety and Wellbeing’ in 2023, and ‘Logistics Person of the Year’ in 2024.
Europa Warehouse marked this landmark anniversary with a birthday celebration in Corby on Friday 27th June. In addition, and equally important, hardworking colleagues in all three sites were treated to free food and recognition activities, with leadership attending each one to personally thank ‘Team Europa Warehouse’ for its unwavering support, grit and determination through some extraordinary times.
Dionne Redpath (FCILT) Chief Operating Officer and Warehouse Divisional Director at Europa Worldwide Group, comments: “It was really important that we took time to mark five successful years in Corby, whilst at the same time saying a huge ‘thank-you’ for the resilience and determination of our amazing teams at each of the 3 sites. Everyone has performed brilliantly, in some very challenging circumstances.
“Despite navigating numerous industry challenges, we have succeeded because of five key things, 1. continued investment 2. dedication to innovation, 3. close customer partnerships
4. strong partner networks, 5. creating a workplace culture where people and ideas thrive.
“Since 2020 this operation and our people have adapted and innovated. One of our core values is ‘do what’s right and not what’s easy’ which is one of the constant drivers for customer satisfaction, and we are continuously developing, with new or better solutions.
“Across all three sites, it is important to us that individuals feel inspired and that the teams come together to take pride in their commitment to providing exceptional service for our customers. We’re proud to offer a combination of operational excellence and market leading technology, powered by a passionate team dedicated to exceeding customer expectations."
Europa Warehouse, is a division of Europa Worldwide Group, one of the UK’s largest independent logistics providers. The Corby facility was created to support market growth in retail, wholesale and e-commerce – offering excellent links to onward pallet and parcel distribution networks as well as to Europa’s own Air & Sea freight specialist operation. Serving a range of sectors, Europa Warehouse’s current client base includes both B2B and D2C companies from a wide range of market sectors including food and drink, nutrition, clothing, consumer goods and packaging.
About Us
Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.
Europa’s Road Freight division is now the UK market-leader in European Road Freight, having invested over £5 million in its innovative market-leading product, Europa Flow. The product, which has successfully provided a frictionless flow of goods between the EU and UK post-Brexit, is now available on goods being transported between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Europa Road was also the first road cargo company to offer a Money Back Guarantee on all European road freight operations post Brexit.
Recognising the need for local Benelux-based teams to handle shipments to and from the UK, Europa acquired the full load unaccompanied operator Continental Cargo Carriers in 2018. In 2022 it rebranded to become Europa Road, expanding its service to include groupage, part-loads, and express vans. The following year, Europa Road opened its first branch in the Netherlands. Now, the Belgium and Netherlands operations are the first to create a DDP customs solution for Benelux customers, complete with a Money Back Guarantee.
Its 3PL division, Europa Warehouse, has over one million square feet of state-of-the art automated and manual fulfilment facilities in Corby, Birmingham and Dartford. Having been awarded both HMRC wet and dry bond authorisation, and British Retail Consortium certification, it is strategically located to optimise supply chains throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2023 and 2024, Europa Warehouse demonstrated its excellence across the “Golden Logistics Triangle' at the Northampton Logistics Awards being recognised as Big Logistics Company of the Year, achieved an accolade for Health, Safety & Wellbeing and its Director won the Logistics Person of the Year in 2024.
Europa Air & Sea has grown rapidly over the past two years, significantly increasing its branch network in the UK and opening strategically located branches in Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Shenzhen and India to service its international customer base. With a worldwide agent network and a proprietary software solution, LeoWeb, Europa provides customers with complete visibility, tracking and order management facilities.
The group employs over 1,300 people with 16 sites across the UK and Ireland, plus Europa’s own teams in Belgium, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, India, the UAE and South Africa. The global operator serves more than 160 countries and has an annual turnover of £300m+.
Contacts
Kathryn Greenwood
kathryn@edenpr.co.uk23 Kings Court
Phone: 01159588850 Mobile: 07976635609
Europa Worldwide Group