Focus on automation and sustainability as home furnishing retailer JYSK preps new DC in Lelystad, Holland

JYSK has chosen Willy Naessens Netherlands as the contractor for its new distribution centre in the Netherlands.

The automated facility, spanning 147,000 square metres, will be situated in Lelystad.

Construction will soon commence to convert the current temporary distribution centre in Lelystad to a full size DC.

The project will be certified according to the international sustainability standard LEED, with JYSK aiming for the highest level.

“I’m very pleased that we have now found the right partner in Willy Naessens Netherlands to construct our new distribution centre in the Netherlands,” says Ole Thomsen, Executive Vice President Logistics at JYSK.

“The new facility will reduce the driving distance to our many JYSK stores in the Netherlands, of course, but also in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Containers will mainly be brought in via the barge terminal Flevokust to further reduce transport on land. This will literally bring us closer to our customers.”

The site will be landscaped with plants and open water for rainwater collection.

The office will have a roof garden and the lower parts of the building will have green roofs, and solar panels will generate part of the electricity used in the facility.

“We are very proud to be the contractor for JYSK’s new distribution centre. With our special working method in which we manage all aspects of the construction process in-house, we will support JYSK in the total development,” says Jeroen de Bonth, General Director at Willy Naessens Netherlands.

Currently, around 60 employees work in the temporary distribution centre, and the new  facility will create more than 250 new jobs, once it is fully operational.

JYSK has also inked a deal with the Romanian company Pyronova to supply the fire detection and sprinkler systems.

In February, it also signed contracts with Kцrber and voestalpine to deliver the automation and high bay warehouses for the distribution centre.

The retailer expects construction to begin later this year, and the new facility is set to be operational during 2026.