Daher equipped and is operating a new logistics hub for Airbus Helicopters that opened this week in Albacete, Spain. Airbus Helicopters inaugurated the facility Tuesday with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez joining in the celebration.

Adjacent to Airbus Helicopters’ production facility, the 50,000-sq-ft warehouse is equipped with an automated and robotized storage system, which Daher called the first of its kind in the aeronautics industry.

The system uses technology from French warehouse automation specialist Exotec, enabling the reduction of total storage space required, reducing the need for operators to move around the site, and improving efficiency and responsiveness, Daher said. It added that the design of the warehouse focused on optimizing quality control, reducing human error, maximizing safety, and improving operator working conditions. Notably, Daher noted that the warehouse will use biofuel-powered trucks for inter-site transportation to reduce CO2 emissions.

Working in partnership with the Confederation of Employers of Albacete, Daher is recruiting and training most of the workers for the warehouse, which will eventually employ more than 300 people.

“We’re proud to be putting our expertise and innovative capabilities to work for Airbus Helicopters, using technology that positions Daher firmly on the pathway toward Industry 4.0, and fully delivering on the goals of this project,” said Aymeric Daher, CEO of Daher’s logistics division.