{"id":14438,"date":"2018-11-05T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2018-11-05T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:37:00","slug":"dhl-express-bulgaria-opens-new-logistics-hub-in-sofia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/dhl-express-bulgaria-opens-new-logistics-hub-in-sofia\/","title":{"rendered":"DHL Express Bulgaria Opens New Logistics Hub in Sofia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14384 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo.jpg 330w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo-260x121.jpg 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo-50x23.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DHL-logo-150x70.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>DHL Express invested a total of EUR 10 million to open a new logistic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> center in Sofia. The facility covers an area of 10 000 sq. m. and is located close to Terminal 2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Airport. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hub is equipped with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high-tech<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> automatic sorting system that will boost the processing capacity to 3000 parcels per hour. Loads will go through three courier channels for direct <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vehicle <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">loading. Furthermore, the center has the latest generation of streaming lines, automatic weight and size verification <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">systems<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, barcode readers and X-ray machines providing the highest level of security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, DHL invests in similar facilities in more than 40 countries around the globe. The largest automated logistics centers of the company are located in its main distribution hubs <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, Belgium, UK, Italy, USA (in Cincinnati) and China. The investment in Bulgaria aims to meet the growing volume of shipments processed by DHL Express in Bulgaria. DHL Express Bulgaria <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has over 300 employees working<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the centers in Plovdiv, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo and Montana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Globally, DHL runs a business with courier and cargo shipments in over 220 countries and employs over 360,000 people. In Bulgaria, the company has been active since 1981 and currently has 50 offices throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHL Express invested a total of EUR 10 million to open a new logistics center in Sofia. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}