Herbalife Opens New Offices in Mexico, Spain, Holland and South Africa
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) announced the opening of new corporate facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain; Utrecht, Holland; and Cape Town, South Africa. The expansion is in response to Herbalife's rapid growth and its commitment to best serve its independent distributors in all of its markets.
The new Herbalife Mexico headquarters is in the southeast area of Guadalajara, near Perfiferico and Avenida Lopez Mateos. The new building, which will house approximately 300 employees, will contain administrative offices, sales center, a distribution center, and call center with a capacity of 100 operators to service Herbalife independent distributors.
The Barcelona facility will house new offices and meeting rooms for local independent distributors, in addition to improved warehouse and showroom facilities. Spain was the second country where the company began doing business in Europe when it opened in 1989.
The facility in Utrecht, Holland, houses a call center, meeting and training rooms for the company's independent distributors, a warehouse and showroom. The facility will create 12 new jobs and officially opens May 12, 2006.
The opening is in addition to the existing facility in Venray, the company's European logistics hub, servicing some 30 locations in the region and which also offers order pick up and meeting facilities.
High demand for Herbalife products in the Western Cape region of South Africa has led to the opening of a dedicated regional sales center.
Located in Maitland, Cape Town, the new sales center will support a growing network of independent distributors and help them deliver an enhanced service to their many customers in the region. It offers conference and training facilities for independent
