Amazon demands more space. The US e-commerce giant will invest £450 million (462 million euros) in opening a new logistics center in Stockton-on-Tees, in England. The center is expected to open its doors in October..

The new logistics center will have a total of 141,000 square meters and will employ between one thousand and two thousand people. The company has started hiring technology and innovation professionals.

The new jobs created will bring the company’s total workforce in the region to 6,000 full and part time positions and the company’s investment in the region to over £1.7 billion since 2010.

Amazon will employ between a thousand and two thousand employees on its new ship

The warehouse is Amazon’s fourth logistics hub in the North East of Englandwith a £450 million (€520 million) unit at Wynyard Park set to showcase the company’s next-generation systems powered by custom robotic technology.

Other companies have strengthened their muscles in their logistics structure in recent months. German e-commerce company Zalando has entrusted DHL with managing its reverse logistics in Spain. The company allocated a 7,000 square meter logistics center in Illescas (Toledo) for this new service, to manage more than 3.6 million items per year.

In the new room for receiving customer returns, a conveyor belt has been incorporated which blocks the entry of returned goods and, subsequently, the goods are classified according to whether they need to be repaired or replaced immediately.

Another online fashion sales company that has set the structure for growth is Dakonda. In June, the company integrated its logistics into a new facility in Móstoles, which is also its office, with the aim of coping with the expansion made over the past year.

The company has installed itself in a 3,000 square meter warehouse in the city of Madrid, from where it will manage all orders except those of a certain time.. The decree allowed 95% of orders in Spain to be delivered within 24 hours and 90% of European orders within 48 hours.