UPS® (NYSE: UPS) officially opened its new package sorting anddelivery center near Ljubljana, to support Slovenian companies asthey turn to e-commerce and exports to grow their business. Locatedin Zgornji Brnik, near Ljubljana International Airport and part ofthe Ljubljana Business Center, the new UPS facility will help largeand small companies in Slovenia be part of the country’s sustainedgrowth in exports which was forecasted at more than 10% in2019.[1]
“Slovenia is located at the crossroads of European trade routes,so we have invested in this new facility to help our customersreach new export opportunities in neioring countries Austria andItaly, as well as Eastern European and worldwide destinations, byconnecting them to UPS’s smart global logistics network,” saidYannick Moojiman, managing director for UPS Slovenia, Hungary,Greece and Romania. “As the global economy continues to shift, thisfacility gives our customers the best possible resources to meetthe future logistics challenges of the ‘new normal’.”
The new Ljubljana center has an operating area of nearly 1,400squa 
re meters and asorting capacity of 2,500 packages per hour, which is double thecapacity of the building it replaces. This will help UPS fine-tuneits package, freight and supply chain services, to cater to theever-growing and complex needs of Slovenian businesses of allsizes. UPS has operated in Slovenia since 1991 and now has 110delivery vehicles serving customers across the country.
The new facility is part of the company’s multi-year, $2 billionEuropean investment plan, which aims to modernize and expand theUPS network across the continent. In addition to Slovenia, UPSrecently announced a new facility in Prague in the Czech Republic,as well as new hubs in the United Kingdom and France. As a resultof these and other investments, customers across Europe can nowship to more than 80% of Europe’s population within two businessdays using UPS Standard, UPS’s most economical ground-basedservice.