Onet Logistique Production will operate a dedicated 13,000 sqm warehouse for Safran Aircraft Engines in Sorigny, south of Tours, scheduled for delivery in October. The site, built by Corsalis under a Befa lease signed last month, anchors an eight-year partnership between the two groups and absorbs growth from Safran’s nearby Châtellerault plant.
Eight-year partnership extends to a dedicated site
Although Onet Logistique Production specialises in in-house contracts hosted on client sites, the operator is opening a stand-alone facility for Safran in Sorigny, around 50 kilometres from the engine maker’s Châtellerault plant. That plant focuses on the maintenance of military engines and the repair of parts for civil and military engines. Part of those operations will now be externalised to the new warehouse, designed, built and operated under a turnkey arrangement.
End-to-end flow management and electric shuttles
Around fifty staff will run end-to-end flow management on site, covering receiving, quality control, storage, preparation, packing and shipping, all closely tied to the Châtellerault operations. Daily shuttles between the two sites will be handled by heavy-duty electric trucks, integrating low-carbon road transport into the aerospace supply chain.
The contract underlines the appetite of French aerospace primes for outsourced logistics capacity, as engine maintenance and repair activity tracks the rebound in civil aviation and sustained military demand. For Onet, it also marks a step toward larger, dedicated facilities alongside its traditional in-house service model.
