DKSH – a SIX Swiss Exchange-listed market expansion services provider – has opened a new 1,600sqm distribution centre in Battambang province to expand its Cambodian footprint, according to a press release on Tuesday.

The company said the modern facility will play a vital role in providing support for state of the art distribution and logistics to clients and customers, as well as in servicing the Kingdom’s northwest region with high-quality products.

“The new facility will be used as the northwest hub to reinforce DKSH’s unique capillary distribution network in Cambodia,” it said.

The larger and more advanced distribution centre will replace the former facility, which was operating at full capacity. The move represents a significant capacity upgrade in DKSH’s consumer goods infrastructure in Cambodia.

DKSH is the leading Asia-focused market expansion services provider. The group helps other companies and brands to grow in the consumer goods, healthcare, performance materials and technology sectors.

With almost 1,800 local employees, DKSH is one of the Kingdom’s leading business organisations, with the new distribution centre set to be operated under a modern warehouse management system connected to the company’s global SAP cloud platform.

The new Battambang distribution centre joins DKSH’s state of the art facilities in Phnom Penh, which opened in 2015, and Siem Reap, which opened in 2017.

DKSH’s vice president in Cambodia and Laos Kwanchai Assanee said that the Kingdom’s fast-growing middle-class demanding high-quality products means it is one of the region’s major growth markets.

“We are building on more than 60 years of experience in Cambodia and command a strong regional network. Opening a centre in Battambang means we have significantly strengthened our presence in northwestern Cambodia,” he said.