0800 4 NZ MOTION Motion.co.nz The Trusted Advisor you can RELY on. OURPRODUCTS&SERVICES Our customers have access to over 600,000 critical parts, empowering industry across New Zealand in all industrial and trade sectors. Our product o ering includes: • Bearings • Conveyor Products • Drive Belts • Geared Motors • Engineering Consumables • Fasteners • Hose and Fittings • Lifting and Safety Equipment • Lubrication and Maintenance • Power Transmission • Pumps • Sealing, Gaskets and Packing • Tools - Hand and Power • Welding Equipment OURSERVICES&ENGINEERINGTEAM Our specialist team of engineers are committed to maintaining, improving, and extending the service life of operational equipment. We employ expert engineers, all with extensive practical experience across the industrial environment. They work together with customers to deliver enhanced productivity and ultimately maximise plant up-time. Motion New Zealand is the leading distributor of bearings, power transmission, hose and fittings, seals and engineering consumables. We work with all industrial and trade sectors to keep them in motion. New Zealand’s largest industrial engineering parts supplier, Motion New Zealand, is on-the-move to a high-tech, mega distribution centre to support its new phase of development. Motion New Zealand is the consolidation of some of the country’s leading industrial brands including SAECOWilson, HCD Flow Technology, Seal Innovations and Conveyor & Transmission. The new, 29,000sqm sqm distribution centre at 20 Puaki Drive, Wiri, has been purpose-built by Motion’s parent company Genuine Parts Company Asia Pacific (GPC) to combine its five Auckland warehouse operations, which also service its Repco and Napa retail brands, under one roof. Motion was the first of GPC’s businesses to move into the distribution centre in August 2022. With capacity to hold up to 100,000 high-quality engineering consumables and components, the facility will carry major product lines for Motion’s trading divisions. Motion New Zealand Executive General Manager Mark Forster says the move to a centralised warehouse is important as they continue to meet growing demand for industrial engineering products. “Greater capacity and an advanced warehouse management systemwill help streamline our operations and deliveries to our 31-branches across the country,” Forster says. “Today’s customers require greater agility and speed than ever before, and this new facility will make our supply chain more effective. Ultimately, this means we can pack quickly and get the product out to our customers much faster, improving the customer experience.” A next-generation distribution centre GPC’s new distribution centre is equivalent to the size of eight rugby fields and has been designed and built by South Island-based construction firm Calder Stewart with a strong emphasis on sustainable design principles. Solar panels and advanced energy control systems, electric forklifts and rainwater collection will target significant energy footprint reduction and a 35 per cent annual water saving. The SSI Schaefer warehouse automation system being installed is the first of its kind in New Zealand, with leading technology and safety features. GPC New Zealand Executive General Manager Jonathon Maddren says the innovative technology will optimise the flow of goods with more than five-times greater operational efficiency driving smoother and faster supply across the country. “We are proud to create a market-leading, safe, and sustainable environment for our people in this distribution centre,” he says. “This building will provide the capacity and capability for our next 30 years of growth, expanding the service and product range Repco, NAPA and Motion can offer. With this large capital project, we are making a clear commitment to our team, our customers and the future of the auto and industrial aftermarket supply industry.” Industrial parts supplier expands footprint with newwarehouse
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