A lot has changed since then; Unipart is now a highly diversified company bringing a wide range of benefits to clients in the rail, technology, retail, automotive, financial and public sectors.
Each of our client relationships is unique, but what is common to most is how Unipart enables significant cost reductions, improvements in capacity and customer service, and a level of engagement with employees that delivers real commercial benefits.
Our operations today span three major areas: logistics, manufacturing and consultancy. But across all three, there is a single approach that enables us to deliver more than our clients expect. We call that The Unipart Way.
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Unipart has launched Unipart Signite, a new SAP consultancy and implementation service combining supply chain expertise with 20 years of building and running SAP systems for some of the largest organisations.
The contract with G.Network will deliver a wide range of services including the forward and reverse logistics of broadband routers and infrastructure equipment, recycling services, and distribution to G.Network’s field engineers.
Unipart Logistics provides warehousing and logistics services for Three’s 330 retail stores and 10.3 million UK customers.
Unipart Rail has sold its Westcode UK business to Knorr-Bremse.
Unipart Group has sold its Intertruck business to Sampa.
Hyperbat, Unipart’s electric vehicle battery production facility joint venture, will supply battery packs for the new all-electric Lotus Evija.
Unipart Chief Finance Officer Darren Leigh has been appointed Unipart Group Chief Executive reporting to John M Neill who continues as full time Unipart Group Executive Chairman.
Unipart will be responsible for warehousing, kitting and line feed logistics to Airbus’ on-site wing assembly lines in both Broughton and Bristol.
Unipart will take responsibility for the JCB World Logistics warehouse in Staffordshire together with UK in-plant operations.
Unipart Logistics achieved the highest-scoring application of the 647 received ranking them the safest organisation in the world.
Sky signed a two-year contract extension with Unipart Logistics to support their engineers and customers.
The Volkswagen Group has signed a two-year contract extension with Unipart Logistics to support their UK and Ireland aftermarket supply chain.
Unipart Logistics has won a three-year contract to provide customer services across Jaguar Land Rover’s North American aftermarket.
Unipart Group has signed up for the United Nations Race To Zero campaign as part of a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030 and net carbon zero by 2050.
The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the £92m partnership between academia and industry, has launched a new Technology and Innovation Hub at Unipart Rail’s Headquarters in Doncaster.
Unipart Logistics has signed a contract with global digital health company Prenetics to deliver Covid-19 test kit fulfilment services. Unipart will assemble and pick Covid test kits including PCR, Lateral Flow and LAMP tests from a new operation at its Oxford Distribution Centre.
Unipart Logistics has secured a five-year contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire, which will open in 2022.
Unipart Logistics and NHS Supply Chain were crowned winners of this year’s prestigious ‘New Facility’ Award,for new state-of-the-art facility, NHS Supply Chain Suffolk Park near Bury St Edmunds
Unipart Logistics won a five-year contract extension with Pro:Direct Sport in the US.
Unipart Logistics has achieved a five-star rating from the British Safety Council for its commitment to environmental sustainability.