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Apex's New Facility Enhances Customer Support Capabilities
February 8, 2018 | Business WireEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Apex Supply Chain Technologies Ltd. has expanded its presence to better serve its growing European customer base. An official opening ceremony was held at Apex House, the company’s new facility in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, on Wednesday, 7th February 2018 for customers, area dignitaries, industry partners and employees.
More than double the size of the its previous UK footprint , Apex House is a 46,000-square-foot facility bringing together employees from assembly, sales, operations, customer support and administration across multiple locations into a single, customer-focused facility.
Central to this facility is a purpose-built, 3,750-square-foot Technology Centre, featuring the latest Apex solutions for demonstrations and ample meeting space for customer training. It also promotes collaboration across employees, customers and partners.
“By investing in a larger footprint at a single location for our European operations, Apex is positioned to deliver even greater value to our customers,” says Julian Adams, CEO of Apex Supply Chain Technologies, Ltd. “As our customers and prospects see the positive impact self-serve automation has on operational processes, Apex can more easily meet their changing needs.”
Apex established a UK presence in 2011. Since then, it has expanded the application of self-serve, automation technology to a set of industry sectors as diverse as retail, restaurants, foodservice, warehousing, logistics, and industrial manufacturing.
About Apex
Apex provides world-class, self-serve automation technology for use in a variety of industries. Our solutions track billions of transactions to help thousands of customers worldwide improve operational processes while decreasing costs and increasing productivity.
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