TNT Express has openedits Life Sciences Express Hubin Singapore – its largest lifesciences regional distributioncentre (RDC) in the world.

The RDC spans 65,000square feet, which costs more than S$8 million to develop,is TNT’s largest investmentin Singapore. It is expectedto handle at least US$100million worth of medicalequipment every year.

Life sciences companiesin Europe and the US willbe able to base their logisticshub in Singapore and deliverproducts to customers in Asiawithin 24 hours.

The hub, which has anenvironment managementcontrol centre with threetemperature zones – air conditioned,chilled and frozen,provides services that arespecific to life sciences suchas high visibility packagingfor medical specimens, recalllogistics services, securedquarantined areas, and end-to-end cold chain management.