Robust parcel handling partner

In 2017, Colissimo, the parcel delivery brand of La Poste Group, began a renovation programme covering its overall delivery network in France. This program included the renewal of existing logistics facilities as well as the setting-up of new sorting systems to enhance the delivery service within and outside France.

Since the beginning of this ambitious plan, Fives has been playing a key role through the design and installation of handling systems in Douvrin and Les Arcs-sur-Argens, and in participating in the realisation of the sorting solution in Pontcharra.

These successful completions have driven Colissimo to select Fives for equipping a new handling system in Rouen, Normandie. The two companies have been collaborating for several years in various projects based on the GENI-Belt technology.

Fives’ engineers have designed the final system layout in collaboration with Colissimo’s experts to come up with the best possible solution that complies with both functionality expectations and customer’s budget.

The system will be equipped with two overlapped GENI-Belt cross-belt sorters with a length of more than 1km, several GENI-Feed high-speed induction lines and hundreds chutes to feed minivans, roller cages and trucks to deliver parcels locally and internationally.

In summer 2024, Colissimo will be able to sort more than 300,000 items a day in the Rouen hub. As parcel flows are unpredictable, Fives has designed a scalable solution that can increase the system capacity up to 116% of its nominal throughput with minimal effort and investment.

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