Kemira: Tikkurila opens a logistics and customer service center in
Mytishchi near Moscow
Kemira Group
Press Release
April 21, 2009 at 9.00 am (CET+1)
Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings
business, is opening a new logistics and customer service center in
Mytishchi near Moscow. The resulting more efficient supply chain will
give a competitive edge to Tikkurila as soon as the market picks up.
The official inauguration of the center takes place today, on April
21, 2009.
The construction work of this approximately EUR 20 million investment
was started in August 2007 and was completed in 2009. Operations came
on-stream in January of this year. The building volume is 86,600 m3,
and the floor area totals 9,900 m2, of which 5,400 m2 is taken up by
warehouse operations and 4,500 m2 by office premises. The storage
capacity of the warehouse is 7,500 pallet places or 3.0 million
liters of paint.
All Tikkurila's activities in the Moscow area, including sales,
marketing and warehousing, have already moved into the modern,
spacious premises. The center also houses facilities for customer
training, which is an integral part of Tikkurila's marketing.
Lemcon LTD has acted as main contractor of the logistics center, and
the Architect's Office Ilonen & Lautamo Ky is responsible for the
design. A team of Tikkurila's own professionals was also involved in
this project.
Tikkurila has five paint factories in Russia. Products from these
factories are sold under the brands of Teks, Finncolor, Gamma and
Ohtek. The company has also been exporting paints and coatings to
Russia for decades under the Tikkurila and Tikkurila Coatings brand
names. The new logistics and customer service center aims at
considerably improving Tikkurila's service level in the Moscow area.
Tikkurila is the leading paints and coatings company in Finland,
Sweden and Russia and one of the leaders in its field in the Baltic
States. Tikkurila provides consumers, professional painters and
industrial users with branded products in some 40 countries. The
range consists of decorative paints and coatings for the wood and
metal industries. In 2008, the company had a revenue of approximately
EUR 648 million and a payroll of 4,000 employees.
For more information, please contact:
Tikkurila Deco East
Janno Paju, Vice President
Mobile phone +372 5330 1721
Tikkurila Group
Petri Miettinen, Group Vice President, Supply Chain
Mobile phone +358 50 311 1281
Tikkurila Group
Susanna Aaltonen, Vice President, Group Communications
Phone +358 9 8577 2488
www.tikkurila.com, www.tikkurila.ru, www.kemira.com
Kemira is a focused company, best in water and fiber management
chemistry.
In 2008, Kemira recorded revenue of approximately EUR 2.8 billion and
had a staff of 9,400. Kemira operates in 40 countries.
www.kemira.com
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