:, . WHItTiBY FitiE PiIESS. JDURHAM MOVES. NOVEMBER 11, 1987 Volkswagen warehouse construction begins in Ajax A groundbreaking ceremony for a new $22-million parts warehouse and service training centre took place in Ajax, Oct. 8. When completed in the fall of 1988, the warehouse, located at the southeast corner of Bayly and Church Sts., will cover 317,110 sq. ft. and employ 50 people. "We are now renting a parts warehouse in Pickering and we have a training centre in Toronto, so we needed to expand and it was decided to put both under the same roof," explains Bernice Holman, public relations manager for Volkswagen Canada Inc. Holman says the 50 employees now at the Pickering site will move to Ajax. The parts storage area of the building will feed Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche dealers all across Canada. Volkswagen Canada has the im- port rights for both Porsche and Audi in Canada. "The parts warehouse will have state-of-the-art computer technology," says Holman. She says before the warehouse was planned, Volkswagen repre- sentatives travelled to Europe to study the European method of par- ts distribution "This warehouse will bring the parts to the picker instead of vice- versa. The mountain will come to Mohammed." Carousels, similar to the system used in dry cleaning stores, will be used to bring the parts to the picker. explained Holman When completed the warehouse and training facility will make up 20 acres of the 52-acre site Holman says the parts centre has been designed to handle 75,000 Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche items with a retail value of $40- million An administrative module, which will contain the service training area, will cover 20,000 sq. ft. Holman says the training area will be used for dealerships all across Canada. But it is the recreation facilities at the new warehouse which will make it unique. Holman says an exercise room and an employee sports field will be constructed. 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