Girteka is strengthening its operational centre of gravity in Poland with the announcement, issued at the end of May 2026, of a plan to expand its presence in the country around two hubs: the Sady transport base in the Poznań metropolitan area and the new forwarding office opened in Warsaw. The Sady facility is the cornerstone of Girteka’s entire operational network in Poland. It hosts fleet maintenance functions, driver management and daily transport planning for services to the rest of Europe. Almost 300 specialised technicians work there, handling the inspection and management of more than 2,000 trucks every month. The overall workforce linked to the Poznań operations exceeds 4,000 people, covering roles ranging from transport management to human resources, IT and administration, as well as day-to-day support for drivers.
The site also houses the Girteka Drivers Academy, the group’s training facility dedicated to the onboarding and professional preparation of drivers. The Academy provides initial training, periodic refresher courses and continuous support during operations, with the aim of ensuring consistent standards before drivers start working on European routes. The presence of this facility in Poznań is no coincidence: from its launch in 2019, the Polish base was designed as an integrated hub where fleet maintenance capacity and human resources management would develop in parallel. Over the years, the site has grown to become, according to the company, one of the group’s largest operating bases in Europe.
The second pillar of the Polish strategy is Girteka’s brokerage office in Warsaw, which it opened in recent months with the aim of complementing its own fleet with a more flexible ability to respond to shifts in demand. Angel Kalinov, head of brokerage, described the service as part of a wider logistics ecosystem, in which the connection between available capacity, customer requirements and operational execution takes place more dynamically than is possible with the direct fleet alone. The company’s strategy for this two-track structure is clear: its own fleet provides scale, discipline and accountability; brokerage comes into play when demand exceeds planned capacity or when market conditions change rapidly.
The decision to concentrate key operational functions in Poland is part of a process that began seven years ago. In 2019, Girteka opened its first Polish operating unit in Poznań, with an initial target of 300 locally registered trucks and around 750 drivers. The subsequent expansion led to the opening of the Sady base, a site far larger than the original facility, backed by multi-year investments and large-scale recruitment plans. Since 2022, the site has been described in official communications as one of Europe’s largest maintenance centres for heavy-duty fleets, with capacity to work on hundreds of units a week. The trajectory followed over these years now points to clear evidence that Poland is no longer merely a transit or recruitment country, but the centre of gravity of Girteka’s entire continental network.
Pietro Rossoni
