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4-way pallet shuttle system
The "tiger" among pallet shuttle systems currently comes from Moffett, a company based in Monaghan, Ireland. SSI Schäfer has now entered into a partnership with the automation provider to combine its 4-way shuttle technology with SSI Schäfer's global integration expertise.
After Christmas is before Christmas
During peak seasons – such as Christmas – error-free, rapid order picking is crucial to meeting delivery deadlines. Modern pick-by-light systems allow for flexible adaptation and can be easily combined with simple solutions, such as order picking carts.
Fresh courage in the new Academy
With its ambitious sustainability goals, Galliker is considered a role model in the transport industry. In this interview, Corinne Galliker explains the upcoming appearance at "Logistics & Automation" in Bern and why people will continue to be the focus of the new Galliker Academy World.
New concept in the telecommunications sector
The food retailer Axfood and Witron have built an omnichannel distribution center in Bålsta, Sweden , from which more than 1500 branches, thousands of end customers via Click + Collect and home delivery are served with over 22,000 dry, fresh and frozen items.
Continuity in the Kion board
The Supervisory Board of the Kion Group (Linde MH, Still, Baoli, etc.) has extended the term of office of Chief Financial Officer Christian Harm until 2029. "Since 2023, he has driven forward key projects," said Supervisory Board Chairman Mohsen Sohi, "and made a significant contribution to the company's resilient development."
Change of guard at Swiss Logistics
Serge Frech has been successfully involved in the business operations of Swiss Logistics (ASFL SVBL) for some time now – and as of January, he has taken over as Managing Director from Beat M. Duerler. Duerler will remain President of the Vocational Training Association for the time being.
Flexible Automation in Bern
At Logistics & Automation on January 28th/29th in Bern, Dematic will present its flexible automation portfolio with solutions for new customers and for expanding existing systems, its autonomous mobile robots (AMR), AutoStore systems and pallet shuttles.
"Adjustments are unavoidable"
Zalando calls it "a difficult but necessary decision": the logistics center in Erfurt, Germany, is to be closed by the end of September. For more than ten years, 2,700 employees there made a significant contribution to the company's success. Now, restructuring is underway.
Fleet management in three stages
Forklift manufacturer Still, with its broad portfolio of in-house solutions for these situations, is calling on logistics companies at the start of the new year to operate their vehicle fleets efficiently and make the best possible use of potential savings. If necessary, this can of course be supported by AI.
Beumer expands production in China
The 90th anniversary of material flow solutions specialist Beumer and the 20th anniversary of its presence in China not only coincide. At the end of 2025, a new, state-of-the-art production facility also went into operation in Taicang, China, which is intended to expand Beumer's global production capacities.
Almost 100,000 items of clothing a day
Almost 100,000 items of clothing a day
installed a new AS/RS system with 22,400 pallet spaces and a multishuttle-based sequencer at the Spanish clothing manufacturer Velilla existing miniload and multishuttle systems, the facility can now store approximately 600,000 cartons.
Dematic has successfully completed the third phase of a comprehensive automation project for the Spanish workwear manufacturer. The new state-of-the-art pallet warehouse enables the efficient processing of 18,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) and up to 500,000 orders per year. The expansion, the company says, lays an important foundation for Velilla's future growth.
The advantage provides
“For over 15 years, Velilla has worked closely with Dematic to ensure that automation in our facilities gives us the decisive edge, not only to meet our future growth forecasts, but also to stay ahead of the competition today,” says Antonio Tártalo, Operations and Logistics Manager at Velilla. The Spanish manufacturer of technical workwear has been in business for over 75 years and sells its products in more than 70 countries.
Integrated pallet storage. Photos (2): Dematic
A few years ago, the Velilla Group's flagship family-run brand, which anticipates average linear sales growth of around eleven percent per year until 2030, to expand its product range and sales volume. This required significantly larger new inventories and the installation of an automated pallet storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), enabling Velilla to flexibly increase capacity.
Pallets on demand
Thanks to their strategic expansion plans and the resulting gradual growth, the overall plans for the warehouse included an additional phase to meet increasing business demands.
The multishuttle-based sequencer sorts the large quantities of cartons delivered by Velilla and assembles reference pallets, which are then stored directly in the AS/RS. Finished cartons from the pallet area are either sent directly to shipping or temporarily stored in the Dematic miniload and multishuttle warehouse.
500,000 orders per year. Photo: Velilla
for both pallets with full cartons and those with empty cartons. All carton movements to the picking stations are centrally controlled from the checkout area, consolidating the processes of Miniload and Multishuttle. A corresponding return flow is also generated for the picked cartons .
The Dematic solution efficiently manages Velilla's extensive range of approximately 18,000 SKUs and processes different carton sizes precisely and flexibly. According to the manufacturer, it enables the processing of over 97,000 garments per day and 500,000 orders per year, thus supporting the workwear manufacturer's continuous growth. The integration is controlled by the warehouse management system, which ensures the seamless coordination of all automation levels.
Orderly handover
In the next step, the small Dematic multishuttle sorts the incoming packages and, according to the palletizing guidelines, hands the cartons over to the palletizing robot in the correct order. with Velilla for some time now indispensable for customers in the warehousing and logistics solutions market on the Iberian Peninsula .”
