Buzz Power Banks success story: flexible 3PL to enter Spain with battery-powered products

A flexible 3PL solution for the entry into Spain of Buzz Power Banks, a Dutch company whose product contains batteries and requires specific handling and storage. Grupo Akoma provides a complete logistics operation in Spain without Buzz having to set up its own structure, adapted from day one to the requirements of a lithium battery product.

Buzz Power Banks’ logistics infrastructure and operations

Sector and activity

Buzz Power Banks is a Dutch company specialising in shared charging solutions: charging stations and docks with power banks that users rent to charge their phone and then return. Its product contains lithium batteries, which determines how it is stored, handled, packed and transported.

Operational location

Grupo Akoma’s own centres in the province of Barcelona, as the logistics base for its activity in Spain.

Type of operation managed

3PL logistics to enter a new market
Separate, controlled storage of battery-powered products
Handling, packing and labelling in line with lithium battery transport regulations
Batch control and dispatch preparation

Operational volume

Operations that grow as the business expands in Spain
Product with special handling requirements
Stock controlled by batch

Initial logistical context

For a foreign company, opening a new market with its own warehouse and team means investment and risk before knowing what real demand will be. If the product also contains lithium batteries, the operator must understand the storage precautions and the rules that apply to transporting it.

Initial logistical challenge and critical operational needs

Initial situation and problems

Buzz needed to operate in Spain quickly and without committing to a fixed structure, with a logistics partner able to treat a battery-powered product with the care and control it demands.

Critical factors to be resolved

Start operating in Spain without its own structure
Store the product in a separate, controlled area
Pack and label every shipment in line with battery transport regulations
Maintain batch traceability
Adjust capacity to the pace of growth

Existing operational risks

Fixed investment before validating the market
Improper handling of battery-powered products
Shipments rejected due to incorrect packing or labelling
Lack of control over batches and damaged units

Aim of the project

To launch a flexible 3PL operation in Spain that grows with Buzz’s activity and treats the battery-powered product in line with the handling and storage requirements that apply to it.

Flexible 3PL for battery-powered products

Grupo Akoma put forward a 3PL model that combines commercial flexibility —capacity that adjusts to activity— with specific procedures for a lithium battery product.

Step-by-step implementation

Analysis of the product, its batteries and the storage and transport requirements
Definition of a separate, signposted storage area away from heat sources
Receiving with a check on package condition and segregation of any damaged unit
Put-away and stock control by batch
Dispatch preparation with the packing and labelling required for battery transport

Operational implementation

Separate, controlled storage area
Receiving and package inspection procedure
Immediate segregation of damaged units
Capacity that adjusts to activity

Services provided

Goods receiving and inspection
Storage of battery-powered products
Order preparation
Packing, labelling and transport coordination

Control and traceability

Stock recorded by batch
Visibility of inbound, on-hand and outbound stock
Information shared with the customer

Operational results and benefits achieved

Buzz Power Banks operates in Spain with a local logistics partner, without its own structure and with its product handled in line with battery handling and storage requirements.

Performance indicators

Entry into the Spanish market without its own warehouse or team
Battery-powered product stored in a separate, controlled area
Shipments prepared in line with battery transport regulations
End-to-end batch traceability

Business impact

Entry into Spain without investing in structure
Logistics costs tied to actual activity
Capacity to grow at the pace of the market

Operational impact

Battery-specific procedures
Damaged units detected and set aside
Dispatches prepared and documented

Impact on safety

Separate, signposted storage
Handling with specific precautions
Regulation-compliant packing and labelling

Strategic value gained

Buzz Power Banks has a flexible logistics base in Spain that is ready for its product: it can grow in the market without its own structure and with peace of mind that its batteries are handled properly.

Why Buzz Power Banks chose Grupo Akoma

Grupo Akoma has been operating since 1991 and has 73,000 m² across four of its own centres in the province of Barcelona, with in-house teams and processes for storage, co-packing and distribution. For Buzz, this means:

A local 3PL to enter Spain without its own structure
Storage and handling procedures adapted to batteries
Flexible capacity that grows with activity
A single point of contact for storage, order preparation and transport

A way of making it easier for international companies to enter Spain, putting logistics at the service of their expansion.

Grupo Akoma’s view

Flexible 3PL
Entry into Spain

Logistics operations in Spain without the need for its own structure.

Batteries
Specific handling

Storage and handling adapted to lithium battery products.

Batch control

Batches identified on receipt, in storage and at every dispatch.

Scalable

Capacity that adjusts to the pace of expansion in the Spanish market.

About to start?

Case summary

Buzz Power Banks, a company from the Netherlands, is entering the Spanish market with a flexible 3PL solution from Grupo Akoma. Its product contains lithium batteries, so Akoma applies specific handling and storage requirements: a separate, controlled area, package inspection, batch control and shipments prepared in line with battery transport regulations.

Customer	Buzz Power Banks
Sector	Shared power bank charging (Netherlands)
Challenge	Operating in Spain without its own structure, with a battery-powered product that requires specific handling and storage.
Solution	Flexible 3PL with separate, controlled storage, segregation of damaged units, batch control, and packing and labelling in line with battery transport regulations.

Results

Flexible 3PLentry into the Spanish market
Batteriesspecific handling and storage
By batchinbound and outbound traceability

Grupo Akoma services applied in this case: 3PL logistics provider · Logistics provider in Spain.

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