
The future of storage systems
The constantly changing supply chains and sales markets present companies with immense challenges.

The constantly changing supply chains and sales markets present companies with immense challenges.

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.

A few years ago, all processes in the various warehouses of the medium-sized company Sanitär-Heinze were still paper-based, but today they are completely digitalized.

The winning project at the German Logistics Award 2023 is called "Dachser Future Terminal - innovative digital twin @ILO for high-performance general cargo logistics".

The company, which operates in the heating, air conditioning and pharmaceutical technology sectors, uses the systems to automate its entire material flow, including the dispatch of spare parts, thus ensuring the best possible supply for production.
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung has put its new automated material warehouse for pharmaceutical packaging materials into operation. The intralogistics specialist Still was entrusted with the analysis, consulting and planning of the logistics processes through to the implementation of the warehouse project. The automation significantly increases storage capacity, safety and flexibility in the internal logistics processes.
When it comes to warehouse automation, the focus is usually on large systems and companies. However, materialfluss spoke to Philipp Brünsing, authorized signatory and Head of Project Sales Central Europe for Products & Equipment at SSI Schaefer, about why it can also make sense for small and medium-sized companies to automate their intralogistics.
Westfalia automated 9,030 pallet storage locations for the food manufacturer Spaichinger Nudelmacher and was thus able to significantly reduce space consumption.

The trading company Bünting has put its new warehouse into operation at its site in Nortmoor, Lower Saxony. As a consultant, ViaLog Logistik Beratung contributed to the successful completion of the logistics project.

Swisslog will optimize the logistics processes at the Villmergen Swiss Post site and increase the energy efficiency of the new warehouse location.

The screw wholesaler Fastbolt has ordered a Jungheinrich PowerCube. The innovative compact container warehouse impressed with its space utilization, flexibility, performance and physical and digital integration into the existing warehouse.

The Scandinavian dealer and importer of agricultural machinery has decided to centralize its spare parts warehouse and equip the new 3,700 square meter warehouse with logistics solutions from SSI Schaefer.
Hörmann has built a new logistics center for the Austrian iDM Group. The centerpiece is an AutoStore small parts warehouse, which shares the conveyor technology and picking workstations with a high-bay pallet warehouse.

Storage and order picking technology
As general contractor, Kardex Mlog has built an eight-aisle, fully automated high-bay warehouse for 52,640 pallets and up to 400 pallet movements per hour for the logistics service provider Dachser in Memmingen.

Nina Behringer has been the Start-up Manager at the Bito Campus since March 2023.

From 9,000 to 32 - with Remira Statcontrol Cloud, Sund has greatly optimized its inventory counting process. The specialist for disposable products counted and confirmed the samples within half a day - a significant improvement compared to the previous inventory process.

AutoStore will be exhibiting in Munich for the first time, showcasing state-of-the-art solutions for warehouse automation.
The Bavarian pharmaceutical supplier Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany has digitized its supply chain in order to optimize the internal material flow. As a special innovation, the warehouse workers will be using an innovative solution for mobile devices in future.
For SKF Lubrication Systems, system integrator Element Logic has implemented an AutoStore system for synchronized production supply and for fast processing of customer orders and delivery orders to other SKF plants.
V-Zug Kühltechnik AG, developer and manufacturer of refrigeration appliances and part of the successful V-Zug Group, has set up a new production facility for refrigerators of all heights and dimensions at its Swiss site in Sulgen.