Novo Nordisk builds new raw material warehouse in Denmark
New 17,000-pallet facility will handle all the company’s inbound raw materials in the country
Novo Nordisk is investing 500m Danish kroner in a new 19,000m2 warehouse in Hillerød, Denmark.
The warehouse will handle all inbound raw materials for Novo Nordisk's production in Denmark and will have a capacity of around 17,000 pallets.
Novo Nordisk's site in Hillerød currently has approximately 1900 employees, 70 of which will work in the warehouse.
‘The investment in Hillerød underpins our long-term plans to invest in Denmark. Hillerød is a strategic site in Novo Nordisk and we're consolidating our inbound flow of materials at this site,’ said Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen, Senior Vice President of Devices and Supply Chain Management, Novo Nordisk.
Groundbreaking took place on 3 September and the warehouse is expected to be fully operational by the end 2017.