Mecalux Insights
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.
Cogeferm increases the number of cycles/hour by 50%
FranceCogeferm, a French business specialising in carpentry and locksmith materials, has expanded its automated warehouse for boxes with a new brand new miniload aisle. This third automated miniload system will allow Cogeferm to store a total of 7,980 boxes and increase its number of cycles/hour by 50%.
Simulation: be in the driver's seat
Gartner, the world's leading IT research and advisory company, predicts that digital twins will be one of 2018s industry-shaping trends and that, by 2021, 50% of large-scale companies will use them. A ‘digital twin’ is a simulation, a digital replica of a process, product or service through information gathered by built-in sensors on equipment inside manufacturing centres. How does simulation work and why use it? How can simulation be applied to a supply chain or in my warehouse?
Pallet Shuttle system and Easy WMS in the Nicopan warehouse in Granada
Granada (Spain)Maximum storage capacity and efficient management with the Pallet Shuttle system and Easy WMS software.
Frimar Panaderos updates WMS with Easy WMS
Valencia (Spain)Frimar Panaderos will stop using ThyStore for good and start to manage all the operations in its warehouse in Valencia with the Easy WMS warehouse management system of Mecalux. The new WMS will organise all the inflow and outflow movements of the goods, noticeably improving warehouse management.
New pallet rack warehouse for Armazém Mateus
São Luís (Brazil)Armazém choses Mecalux yet again as its storage system supplier to install pallet racks that offer a capacity for 32,600 pallets in its São Luís (Brazil) warehouse.
A new automated warehouse for Desobry's biscuits and chocolate bars
BelgiumThe renowned biscuit and chocolate bar make Desobry will open a new automated warehouse that will be managed by the Easy WMS of Mecalux. The warehouse, with capacity to hold more than 2,500 pallets, is going to accommodate finished products and those which are ready to be distributed to customers.
Pallet Shuttle system in the warehouse of plastics maker Sp Berner
Valencia (Spain)Sp Berner, one of the principal plastic goods makers in Spain, will install pallet racks operated by the high-density semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle system made by Mecalux in its warehouse in Valencia.
Automated warehouse for boxes means top productivity at Project
Vendôme (France)Project, a French industrial parts maker, will automate operations in its distribution centre in Vendôme. The warehouse will consist of a single aisle and will offer a storage capacity of more than 3,000 boxes ith a weight of 50 kg,
Mercadona launches online supermarket with picking shelves
Valencia (Spain)Mercadona, the top Spanish food chain, launches a new warehouse with Mecalux picking shelves for products sold through its online supermarket.
Hispack 2018 showcased the synergies between packaging and logistics
Once again, Mecalux attended Hispack, one of the world’s largest packaging industry events, which took place in May of this year in Barcelona.
Video - Automated miniload warehouse
The automated miniload warehouse is an automated storage system for boxes or trays, an all-in-one installation with racks, a stacker crane, conveyors and the Easy WMS warehouse management system.
Planetpharma debuts an automated warehouse
Planetpharma, a subsidiary of the Ubipharm group, will expand its distribution centre with a new automated warehouse for boxes by Mecalux.
Two high-capacity warehouses for the e-commerce company CDiscount in France
The e-commerce company CDiscount will get two brand new high-capacity warehouses with pallet racks set up inside. This system will help streamline picking, the primary operation carried out in both centres.
Warehouse of automotive maker Renault
SpainThe automotive maker Renault has installed the Easy WMS warehouse management system in its manufacturing warehouse in Seville, Spain. This WMS is responsible for always keeping manufacturing lines supplied with the goods these lines require, streamlining the production of goods at all times.
A large warehouse to hold the juices of Sokpol in Poland
The huge warehouse of juice manufacturer Sokpol in the city of Myszków (Poland), connected automatically to the manufacturing centre by means of an electrified monorail system (EMS). The centre includes two warehouses, one with drive-in racking and the other with pallet racks and automatic operations.
Würth expands its storage capacity with an automated warehouse
Mecalux put together this “turnkey” project, setting up a multi-solution design that more than meets the growing needs of Würth. The result is a clad-rack warehouse that holds more than 15,000 pallets and another two-floor interconnecting installation.