CooperVision cuts its distribution centres

Contact lens manufacturer CooperVision is relocating the activities of two centres based in and around Southampton to a new £17m site at Delta Park near Fareham, Hampshire to handle all UK distribution and the global distribution of lenses manufactured in the UK.

A spokesperson for the company said that the UK rationalisation would not lead to significant job changes and that it was a natural part of the merger with Ocular Sciences in 2005. The state-of-the-art centre was an opportunity to bring in the latest thinking and technology, with a single site realising the ambition of a high level of service. In addition the company is opening a northern European site in Liege.