Logistics grows with e-commerce

Logicor plays a role in supporting trade between China and Europe

On the outskirts of Bardon, a small village in North West Leicestershire, England, laser-guided forklift trucks hum across a cavernous warehouse the size of 16 soccer pitches.

Workers operate taping machines, bar code readers and other devices, sorting boxes of large items set for delivery across central England. The number of employees at Amazon's Bardon warehouse swells from 800 to 2,000 in December, when temporary workers sign on for the busy Christmas period.