Nippon Express acquires Good Distribution Practice certification for company-owned warehouse


Nippon Express (NEN), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification effective September 6 for its company-owned warehouse in Schiphol Trade Park near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, evidencing its compliance with GDP standards for the proper distribution of pharmaceuticals.

The Netherlands has become a hub of biotechnology companies, with the country’s geographical and tax advantages have allowed numerous pharmaceutical manufacturers to set up logistics bases there.

NEN’s warehouse near Schiphol Airport, an import/export gateway for Europe, is equipped with dedicated pharmaceutical storage areas with temperature-control functions for three temperature ranges – 15ºC to 25ºC (constant-temperature storage), 2ºC to 8ºC (refrigerated storage) and -15ºC to -25ºC (frozen storage) – as well as truck docks, enabling NEN to enhance its pharmaceutical transport services to meet anticipated increases in demand.

Nippon Express remains committed to improving its services to meet the pharmaceutical transport needs of its customers, and the company will try to strengthen its efforts on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry, identified as a priority industry in its Medium-term Business Plan.

 

Source: Nippon Express