CEVA Logistics has enhanced its capabilities in Dublin with the introduction of a 15,000-square-foot temperature-controlled facility at its Dublin warehouse.

According to CEVA, the new facility has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building at the city’s airport industrial park and will allow it to better serve customers with medical products that need to be kept within a constant temperature range of 15-25°C.

“Temperature controlled logistics are an increasingly important part of the Irish export market as life sciences manufacturing continues to grow in the country,” said Gary O'Connor, managing director of Ireland at CEVA. “This new addition to our service offering will enable us to store up to 2,100 pallets of medical products within the 15-25°C temperature range and cater for growing numbers of customer enquiries where temperature-controlled storage is an essential part of their business.”

The new Dublin facility features heating and cooling technology with a Sintra system which provides clean air by using perforated ducts to diffuse the air within the facility. CEVA also has specialist clean-room facilities to offer customers additional value-added services including re-kitting and reassembling in a controlled environment.

The transformed facility enables the company to provide customers with a 24/7 service for any goods moving through the unit. It is fully compliant with Good Distribution Practice requirements and is now authorized under the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s Wholesalers Distribution Authorization scheme.

The next stage of the facility’s development will be the introduction of on-site pharmacists, which will commence by the end of 2017, according to CEVA.