Building on the company’s global success, abrasives and equipment specialist Mirka, has opened a new subsidiary, Mirka Belgium Logistics in Opglabbeek. The whole Belgium site, including both the warehouse and the belt converting unit will employ 73 staff.

Over the last few years, one of Mirka’s largest distribution warehouses has been in Opglabbeek in Belgium, and operated by DHL Supply Chain. The volumes processed in the warehouse, which supplies Mirka’s European subsidiaries with products, have grown enormously in recent years. When the outsourced warehouse agreement in Belgium expired at the end of 2017, Mirka made the strategic decision to in-source the operations. This development also allowed the belt converting processes taking place on the same site to be brought in-house.

Mirka CEO Stefan Sjöberg says that since the volumes have grown rapidly during the past years this was the optimal solution from both an operational and financial perspective and will give the company new opportunities to further develop its operations and logistic processes.  Mirka now has subsidiaries in 18 countries all over the world and with products being sold in over 100 countries, a global market presence and an efficient logistic network is essential.