Lego opens second European distribution centre in Belgium

Lego has opened a new distribution centre in Tessenderlo, Belgium. It is only the toy manufacturer’s second warehouse in Europe, after one in Czechia.

Two days faster

The new 27,000 sqm logistics centre can handle online orders as well as deliveries to shops in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Northern France and the United Kingdom. Orders will reach customers two working days earlier on average, Lego director Carsten Rasmussen told Belgian Radio 2. The distribution centre can store 44,000 pallets and process 32,000 orders a year. The Tessenderlo site will employ seventy people, rising to 100 in peak season.

Lego has invested 75 million euros in the facility, which will receive its toy sets by train from the factories in Czechia and Hungary. This saves some 2,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year. In addition, the new centre has its own wind turbine and solar panels.