Location

Strategically located within UK’s automotive manufacturing hub.

We are strategically located to provide quick inbound access by road and rail from major sea and air ports, coupled with quick outbound access by road from and to major OEM plants and tier one or tier two suppliers.

Being central to the UK’s automotive manufacturing hub provides our customers with a number of advantages. These can include storing ‘just in time’ goods and stock reserves nearby to OEM plants for quick access, plus tangible cost savings through shorter transportation distances to plants.

AMS is centrally located within the UK, offering shorter travelling distances for inbound sea and air freight goods, then outbound to automotive manufacturers within the mid-region of the UK. The below table shows the estimated haulier travelling timescales from inbound and outbound destinations:

Major Automotive Manufacturers

Within 30 minutes Within 1 Hour Within 2 Hours Within 3 Hours
JLR – Wolverhampton Aston Martin – Gaydon JLR – Halewood Rolls Royce – Chichester
JLR – Castle Bromwich Benteler – Corby Honda – Swindon McLaren – Woking
JLR – Solihull Bentley – Crewe Aston Martin – St Athan
ZF Lemforder – Wednesbury Mini – Oxford General Motors – Luton
MG – Longbridge Vauxhall – Ellesmore Port

 

Major Sea Ports

Within 30 minutes Within 1 Hour Within 2 Hours Within 3 Hours
Ellesmore Felixstowe
Southampton

 

Major Airports

Within 30 minutes Within 1 Hour Within 2 Hours Within 3 Hours
Birmingham East Midlands London Heathrow
Manchester
Bristol

"Our central location offers significant supply chain benefits. Notably, providing short travelling distances to the eventual destination of goods, our customers have realised logistic cost savings and have been able to deliver or collect any urgent stock requests on time. Plus, we are able to offer quick despatch of customs goods that air freighted into the UK."

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