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Automated clad-rack warehouse for Intersurgical in 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.
Warehouse for DIY and gardening products of Leroy Merlin
The two new warehouses that Leroy Merlin had built comprise pallet racks by Mecalux that offer a storage capacity of more than 21,600 pallets. This storage system for industrial use stands out for its versatility to house pallets of different volumes and dimensions for merchandise storage needs.
Paolo Astori doubles the capacity of its automated warehouse for boxes
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.
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
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%
Cogeferm, 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
Maximum storage capacity and efficient management with the Pallet Shuttle system and Easy WMS software.
Frimar Panaderos updates WMS with Easy WMS
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
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
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
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
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.
Joh. Johannson Kaffe: newly automated in Oslo
The automated warehouse will consist of two aisles with double-deep racking on both sides. The racks will stand 17 m high and 58 m long, with ten storage levels. The overall storage capacity will be 3,706 pallets.
The new ski equipment warehouse of Rossignol in France
Mecalux will install some new picking shelves with walkways that will comprise three floors in the warehouse that the French brand Rossignol has in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (France).
The Bauducco warehouse, panettone maker
Panettone of Bauducco will be housed in a brand new automated clad-rack warehouse in Brazil.
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.