Mecalux Insights
Exphar will equip its warehouse with Easy WMS
Nivelles (Belgium)Exphar, a Belgian company that manufactures and distributes medicine in Africa, will install the Easy WMS warehouse management system of Mecalux in its Nivelles storage installations in Belgium. This WMS will manage the reception, preparation and dispatch of order being sent to Africa faster.
Mercadona sets up shop in Portugal with help from Mecalux
Oporto (Portugal)Mercadona, the leader in the Spanish supermarket sector, will open between eight and ten supermarkets in Portugal sometime in the second half of 2019. The company is building a logistics centre near Oporto to supply these shops and which will be equipped with pallet racks and drive-in pallet racks.
Easy WMS in the Brasserie de Vézelay warehouse
FranceThe artisanal beer maker Brasserie de Vézelay will deploy Easy WMS in its distribution centre in France. The intelligent management of its warehouse will yield many advantages, such as a stricter control over artisanal beers ready to be distributed and raw materials being sent to production.
Mecalux showcases at LogiMAT 2019 intralogistics fair
Stuttgart (Germany)From 19-21 February the new LogiMAT event will be held in Stuttgart, the International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management. Mecalux will give visitors a first-hand look at innovations in storage systems, logistics solutions and the Easy WMS warehouse management system.
Grup Baucells connects production to its warehouse
Barcelona (Spain)The meats company, Grup Baucells Alimentació, will connect its production centre in Barcelona to the raised tunnel way through automatic conveyors that move the goods at a controlled velocity of 8 m/min. The two buildings are connected through this raised, covered overpass.
Easy WMS will manage the new Visteon automated warehouse in Portugal
PortugalThe Portuguese subsidiary from the multinational Visteon, supplier to the automotive industry, just purchased an automated warehouse managed through Easy WMS by Mecalux. The warehouse will have three aisles lined with double-deep racking on each side that, overall, will offer a storage capacity of more than 2,500 pallets.
The bathroom furnishings warehouse of Grohe
Aveiro (Portugal)Grohe, a bathroom furnishings and fixtures specialist, will enable pallet racks and a live conveyor channel system in its production warehouse located in the district of Aveiro (Portugal). The customised solution that will be supplied by Mecalux will feature 18 m high racks.
New alinea warehouse in France
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (Paris)The home decor and furnishings company alinea will open a brand new warehouse in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (north of Paris) and Mecalux will equip it with pallet racks that offer a capacity for more than 80,000 pallets and some M3 shelving for picking on the mezzanine floors located above the docks.
Shelving for picking footwear in the Gioseppo warehouse in Spain
Elche (Spain)Gioseppo, shoes maker and distributor, will install storage systems in its Elche (Spain) logistics centre that include live pallet racks, pallet racks, a huge block of racks with walkways and a mezzanine for picking where the company will organise its stock of 480,000-boxed pairs of shoes.
Tradeinn expands warehouse for online goods
Girona (Spain)The e-commerce company Tradeinn has expanded its Girona warehouse by installing more pallet racks and Longspan shelving for pick tasks. Mecalux will also implement the Easy WMS warehouse management system, responsible for stock management and control of all the in-warehouse processes in progress.
The new duvet warehouse of Lestra
FranceLestra, the popular French duvet, pillow and sleeping bag maker, is equipping its warehouse in France with Mecalux racking. The warehouse will combine two logistics solutions with capacity for more than 13,200 pallets: namely, pallet racks and high-density racks run by the Pallet Shuttle system.
Miniload system for Cárnica Medina
Valencia (Spain)The company Cárnicas Medina will get a new automated warehouse for boxes in its installations in Buñol (Valencia) that will offer a capacity for 153,000 boxes. Moreover, Mecalux will also implement Easy WMS, its efficient warehouse management software to direct and organise all operations.
The Pallet Shuttle system and Easy WMS in the WISAG warehouse in Germany
Krefeld (Germany)WISAG, one of the biggest industrial service providers of Germany, will equip its logistics centre at Krefeld with the semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle system and the Easy WMS warehouse management system. WISAG will be able control and monitor all its warehouse processes quickly and easily.
Mecalux will equip two Lanxess warehouses in Germany
GermanyMecalux and Lanxess, one of the biggest multinational chemical companies, have a close partnership that has resulted in two new warehouses over the next few months. One of these will be equipped with push-back pallet racking and the Pallet Shuttle system, and the other, the Pallet Shuttle system.
Pallet Shuttle system: earthquake protection for food products
Pemuco (Chile)Beneo Orafti Chile, ingredient supplier to the food industry (mainly inulin and oligofructose), will set up a new semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle system in its Pemuco warehouse (Chile). This solution means the company will have access to a 4,200-pallet storage capacity, and will also be prepared for seismic activity.
What is omnichannel shopping?
Omnichannel shopping is the integration of all the channel customers use to indiscriminately make purchases from any of these channels. With the rise of e-commerce, companies must transform their operations, including their logistics, to deal with the increase of orders made over the Internet.
Mecalux will build an automated warehouse for Yamazaki Mazak
Worcestershire (the United Kingdom)Comprising a single aisle, the warehouse will have a capacity to store 60 containers of 500 kg.
F.lli Sabbini installs Movirack pallet racks
ItalyThe Italian logistics company F.lli Sabbini has equipped its new distribution centre in the north of Italy with Movirack mobile pallet racking by Mecalux. This solution provides a storage capacity for 2,132 pallets and streamlines the sorting of customer products as per their size and rotation.
The playthings of Clics Toys will be stored in an automated warehouse for boxes
Wuustwezel (Belgium)Clics Toys, a Belgium maker of popular click n' play construction toy sets, will install a new automated miniload warehouse in its distribution centre in Belgium. This solution is highly-suited to holding small-sized pieces like the ones the company features in its product catalog.
AlzChem will build an automatic Pallet Shuttle run warehouse
Trostberg (Germany)Chemical company AlzChem will equip its new warehouse in Trostberg (Germany) with a new automatic Pallet Shuttle system with stacker cranes. This system will provide a maximum storage capacity and facilitate the management of inflowing and outflowing goods with minimal operator involvement.
Paolo Astori doubles the capacity of its automated warehouse for boxes
Milan (Italy)The renown Italian manufacturer of aerospace industrial fasteners has expanded its automated warehouse for boxes to include a new aisle in Milan. Thus, the company has expanded storage capacity, and is currently set up to manage up to 10,800 miniload totes that will hold the company's goods.
Automated clad-rack warehouse for Intersurgical in Lithuania
Pabradė (Eastern Lithuania)In the next few months, Mecalux will build an automated clad-rack warehouse for Intersurgical, manufacturer of medical devices and hospital equipment, in Lithuania. This massive project (30 m tall and 121 m long) will have a capacity for 50,400 containers to hold inflowing and outflowing goods.
The large medication warehouse of Geolab supplies pharmacies in Brazil
Discover how they store medicine at Geolab, a pharmaceutical company in Brazil. The business is located in the agro-industrial district of Anápolis, better known by its acronym DAID, has a warehouse with capacity for 12,360 pallets and with agile operations to supply national pharmacies speedily.
Automation means growth at ANL in France
Le Montat (France)The ANL company will fit out one of its French distribution centres with the highly-efficient stacker crane and automatic Pallet Shuttle system combo.