YLI plans to promote solar-based green logistics
Yamato Logistics India Pvt Ltd (YLI), a subsidiary of Tokyo-headquartered Yamato Holdings Co Ltd, says its NH8 (Sidhrawali) Logistics Centre in Haryana will provide optimal logistics solutions to meet the needs of manufacturing customers aiming to expand production in India and emerging countries in the Middle East and Africa.
YLI said it will contribute to solving issues throughout the global supply chain by leveraging its expertise in high-quality contract logistics (CL) service know-how it has cultivated over many years with Japanese manufacturing customers and by utilizing its global network.
The centre, opened on 8 January 2026, is it the largest overseas logistics base of the Yamato Group https://www.bseindia.com/.
“Taking advantage of its strategic location for both domestic and overseas logistics, the NH8 Logistics Centre will offer Japanese-standards high-level of CL service,” said YLI.
In addition to domestic demand, due to the restructuring of the world’s supply chains and India’s government’s “Make in India” initiatives to promote the manufacturing industry, the role of the “factory of the world” as an export base has been increasing in India in recent years https://www.nseindia.com/.
Especially, the manufacturing of automobiles, electrical equipment, semiconductors, and other products is expanding. As a result, logistics needs are rapidly increasing but there is a shortage of logistics infrastructure such as warehouses and transportation networks, as well as logistics operators who can build optimal supply chains for manufacturers.
The NH8 Logistics Centre is located along a major highway from the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) through the commercial city of Mumbai to Bengaluru and Chennai. There are industrial parks nearby where many assembly plants and their suppliers are located, so NH8 Logistics Centre can also function as a gateway warehouse and cross-dock terminal. Its proximity to inland container depots (ICDs) and airport makes it an ideal transit hub as a logistics center within India and abroad https://fieo.org/.
YLI said it also plans to promote green logistics by installing solar panels and introducing EV trucks in the future, thereby contributing to customers’ greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions in Scope 3 of Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Under the Yamato Group Medium-Term Management Plan, “Sustainability Transformation -1st Stage,” Yamato Group positions its global business as a growth domain, and India is one of the priority regions due to its rapid economic growth. Established in 2008, through its logistics centers and in-house logistics. YIL provides Japan-standard CL services to the manufacturing industry, mainly to Japanese automakers https://sbi.com.in/.
To provide CL services equivalent to Japanese standards in India, which has a different culture set and common sense from Japan, YLI is continually striving to improve productivity, work quality, and safety by implementing Japanese-style kaizen activities. In addition, through the training of local employee leaders by the experts from Japan as well as introducing an award system, YLI is focusing to retain excellent personnel and keep their motivation high.
To protect the products from the high temperature and humidity of India and vibration caused by long-distance transportation, the company uses packaging materials tailored to their shape and special rust-resistant sheets. Its employees with specialized skills provide this optimal packaging. In addition, it also handles complex operations such as transportation, loading, and installation of equipment and heavy machinery, YLI said. fiinews.com
