ProLogis, the world`s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it has leased 3,160 square meters of industrial space in Hegyeshalom to ETL Hungary Kft., a third-party logistics services provider and a subsidiary of the ETL European Group.
ETL Hungary’s new facility is located at ProLogis Park Hegyeshalom, a new industrial park currently under development less than 6 miles (10 km) from the borders with Austria and Slovakia. The company will use the newly leased space for distribution to markets in both Eastern and Western Europe.
"We are very pleased to welcome our first customer to ProLogis Park Hegyeshalom", said László Kemenes, Market Officer for ProLogis in Hungary.
"We look forward to working closely with ETL Hungary at their new location, and to helping them achieve further efficiencies throughout their logistics network in this region".
"We expect to realize substantial operational benefits from our new strategic facility and are pleased to be partnering with ProLogis", said Peter Hansmann, Managing Director of ETL Hungary.
ProLogis Park Hegyeshalom is located in Hungary’s "the magic triangle" (between Vienna, Bratislava and Györ), providing easy access to Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest via the M1 and M15 motorways. The park currently consists of one building totaling 22,600 square meters; at full build out the park will consist of six facilities comprising more than 150,000 square meters of state-of-the-art distribution space.
ProLogis is the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, with operations in 20 countries across North America, Europe and Asia. The company has $34.4 billion of assets owned, managed and under development, comprising 483.0 million square feet (44.9 million square meters) in 2,669 properties as of September 30, 2007.
ETL European is a medium-sized trucking and logistic company that operates internationally and is managed by its owner. Its branches are located in Köln (Germany), Mönchengladbach (Germany), Figueras (Spain), Paris (France), Katowice (Poland), Mosonmagyaróvár (Hungary), Hegyeshalom (Hungary), Prague (Czech Republic), Moscow (Russia) and St. Petersburg (Russia).
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