
Storage and shelving systems (www.materialfluss.de)
Highly automated in all product ranges
Richard Kearns knows how his supply chain and his new warehouse in Hernando (Mississippi, USA) are doing because he receives feedback every day.

UK discounter commissions further... (www.materialfluss.de)
TJ Morris and Witron expand cooperation
TJ Morris commissioned the Witron Group with the planning and realization of an approx. 92,900 square meter distribution center for food and non-food products.

Warehouse automation (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron builds another logistics center for Coles
Coles Group Limited announced on October 31, 2024 that it will invest $880 million to build a new automated dry goods distribution center (ADC) in Truganina near Melbourne, Victoria, in partnership with Witron. This further investment follows the completion of the first two ADCs that Coles successfully completed in partnership with Witron.

Multi-temperature logistics center (www.materialfluss.de)
30 percent more throughput in the brownfield
The expansion of a highly dynamic multi-temperature logistics center for around 1,200 stores during ongoing operations with an increase in picking performance from 480,000 retail units to almost 625,000 retail units is a real challenge. Witron and the Norwegian food retailer Coop have shown the way.

Warehouse modernization (www.materialfluss.de)
Increased throughput thanks to greenfield-brownfield project
For 25 years, Witron has been the partner of choice for the Austrian food group Spar for the construction and expansion of its central warehouse in Wels. In the fourth construction phase, capacity, efficiency and performance increased dramatically. The centerpiece of the expansion is the fully automated storage and picking system Order Picking Machinery.

Modernization (www.materialfluss.de)
Economical brownfield and retrofit solutions
For a long time, retail companies primarily favored greenfield solutions for the expansion and extension of their existing logistics infrastructure.

Flow-Picking-Machinery (www.materialfluss.de)
Ultra-fresh thanks to dynamic calculation
Flow-Picking-Machinery (FPM) raises the dynamics in fresh food logistics to a new level - the Witron system dynamically calculates the store pallets during operation.

More stores, more throughput (www.materialfluss.de)
PLUS Retail expands with Witron
Together with Witron, the Dutch food retailer PLUS Retail B.V. is expanding its "National Distribution Center for dry goods" at the Oss site, which is currently still in the middle of the implementation phase.

Flexible process structure with Witron (www.materialfluss.de)
Integration of all sales channels
During ongoing operations, a high-performance store logistics center in Scandinavia is currently being expanded into an omnichannel logistics center.

Growth without end (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron sales successfully pass the billion mark
With sales growth of 340 million euros - an increase of a good 48 percent on the previous year - the Witron Group has exceeded the billion euro mark for the first time.

200 million euro investment (www.materialfluss.de)
"A shining example for the whole of Bavaria"
In order for system integrator Witron to keep pace with its previous growth, company founder and owner Walter Winkler decided at the beginning of 2019 to significantly increase production capacity in Parkstein.

Expansion in Parkstein (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron inaugurates Plant II North after record investment
On September 3, system integrator Witron presented its new production plant II North - and inaugurated it at the same time. With the new 120,000 square meter production facility, the company is set for strong growth.

Now fresh produce logistics too (www.materialfluss.de)
Jumbo Supermarkten continues to automate with Witron
Together with Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH, the Dutch food retailer Jumbo Supermarkten is building one of the most modern automated fresh food logistics centers in Europe.

Automation (www.materialfluss.de)
Store logistics becomes omnichannel logistics
lan Penhale, Supply Chain Director at Boots, is responsible for supplying over 2,300 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Within just three weeks, Boots and Witron converted the processes in the automated central warehouse from pure store logistics to the e-commerce business.

Food retailer builds with Witron (www.materialfluss.de)
State-of-the-art logistics center for more than 3,100 stores
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the largest cooperatively organized food wholesaler in the United States. Together with the general contractor WITRON Logistik + Informatik GmbH, the company is planning and implementing a highly automated full-range logistics center.

Food retailer automates warehouse logistics (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron optimizes supply chain for Plus Retail B.V.
Plus Retail B.V., a Dutch food retailer, is optimizing its dry goods supply chain.

Increasing store service and supply chain... (www.materialfluss.de)
REWE expands with Witron in Neu Isenburg
In order to be able to continue to react flexibly to dynamic purchasing behavior, food retailer REWE is working with Witron to optimize the entire supply chain process at its logistics center in Neu Isenburg.

Automation projects (www.materialfluss.de)
Metro relies on Witron for the third time
Metro Inc. and the Witron Group are expanding their business relationship and jointly building another automated distribution center.

Brilliant business figures (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron is booming: 10% more turnover, 500 additional employees
The Parkstein-based general contractor Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH has presented excellent figures and announced the doubling of its production capacities.

40% more output (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron expands Ultra-Fresh system at Delhaize
Delhaize Le Lion / De Leeuw, a food retailer in Belgium, is expanding its automated flow-through fresh food logistics center in Zellik together with the general contractor Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH.

Largest logistics project in the company's... (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron implements omnichannel logistics center for Axfood
Witron is realizing the largest single project in its company history to date near Stockholm. By the end of 2023, the system integrator will put a logistics center of more than 100,000 square meters into operation for the food retailer Axfood.

All good things come in fives (www.materialfluss.de)
EDEKA Rhein-Ruhr relies on Witron
Together with Witron, Germany's largest food retailer EDEKA is already implementing the fifth logistics center in which Witron OPM technology is used.

Parksteiner becomes a "Top Hero Partner" (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron new sponsor of basketball Bundesliga team medi Bayreuth
The general contractor Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH, one of the global market leaders in the planning and realization of logistics and order picking systems, will be the "TOP Hero Partner" of the basketball Bundesliga club medi bayreuth for the next two seasons.

Multimedia platform (www.materialfluss.de)
"Ideas room" invites you to exchange ideas
With its "Ideenraum" portal, intralogistics specialist Witron aims to offer a multimedia platform for retail logistics. In addition to articles, picture galleries and infographics, users are also offered podcasts.

material flow 6/2019 (www.materialfluss.de)
Seven challenges for retailers
Retail companies and their logistics departments are facing many challenges - from AI to Greta Thunberg. Some tasks have been with the industry for several years. Helmut Prieschenk, Managing Director of Witron Logistik + Informatik, summarizes the seven most important construction sites in retail in materialfluss.

Proven loading device (www.materialfluss.de)
Over 1,000 COMs sold
Witron presented the Order Picking Machinery (OPM) system for the first time in 2003 - an invention of company founder Walter Winkler. The heart of the system is the Case Order Machine (COM), which was ordered for the 1,000th time in spring 2019.

Sensor solutions (www.materialfluss.de)
Efficient access guarding without muting sensors
The selection of partners also plays a decisive role for Witron in the automation and further optimization of warehouse logistics. Witron relies on sensor solutions from Leuze electronic not only in its own production and warehouse logistics.

Logistics center for food retailers (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron implements automated deep-freeze logistics center
Witron is already building the sixth fully automated frozen food logistics center for Spanish food retailer Mercadona. The facility in Guadix, southern Spain, is scheduled to go into operation at the beginning of 2021.

Financial year 2018 (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron continues to grow
Witron can look back on a successful financial year: The company achieved sales growth of six percent, created 400 additional jobs and concluded numerous contracts with existing and new customers.

New fresh food warehouse for ASKO (www.materialfluss.de)
Intelligent dynamics for the promise of freshness
Three material flows, three outgoing goods, three load carriers and three different customer target groups - ASKO's new fresh food warehouse in Norway was not so much a quantitative challenge for Witron's systems, but rather the logic and dynamics in the processes, the integration of the technology and the planning were decisive.

Cooperation continues (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron relocates Mercadona dry goods warehouse
The food retailer Mercadona has commissioned Witron to implement a dry goods warehouse in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). The two companies are thus continuing their collaboration, which began in 2004.

Cooperation continued (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron implements logistics center for Mercadona
Witron and food retailer Mercadona are continuing their collaboration. The general contractor has been commissioned to implement a dry goods warehouse in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain).

Logistics center in Australia (www.industrial-production.de)
Coles builds with Witron
The Australian retailer Coles has decided to commission Witron to build two new distribution centers for its dry goods range. As part of a supply chain modernization program, Coles aims to improve the availability of goods in its stores and reduce costs at the same time.

Conclusion of contract (www.materialfluss.de)
Witron builds warehouse in Australia
The Australian retailer Coles has decided to commission the German intralogistics company Witron to build two new distribution centers for its dry goods range.

Award "Supply Chain Transformation of the Year"
Pepperl + Fuchs and Witron received an award from the non-profit organization "Supply Chain Asia" in the category "Supply Chain Transformation of the Year".

Logistics center (www.materialfluss.de)
20 years of cooperation between SPAR-Austria and Witron
SPAR Austria first invested in an automated logistics center 20 years ago. The Austrians were pilot customers for Witron technologies and new service models, and after three expansion stages, old and new technology continue to work together efficiently. Growth is forcing logistics companies to decide on further expansion, with smart data playing an important role.

Market overview 28 (www.materialfluss.de)
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