PECM Issue 67 2024 | Page 116

STORAGE , HANDLING & DISTRIBUTION NORTH GERMAN PARTNERSHIP

EK ROBOTICS

Europe ’ s No . 1 for home fitness automates new central warehouse

The retail company Sport-Tiedje is automating its new logistics center with driverless transport systems from ek robotics . In Osterrönfeld near Rendsburg , nine transport robots from the VARIO MOVE series and four fully automated VNA MOVE narrow-aisle forklift trucks will optimize the home fitness expert ’ s transport and warehouse processes .

A small sports store in the center of Schleswig has developed into Europe ’ s leading home fitness specialist over the past decades . Sport-Tiedje GmbH employs around 700 people in 10 European countries . Due to the company ’ s strong growth , the previous central warehouse in Büdelsdorf reached its capacity limits . The dimensions of the new central warehouse in Osterrönfeld near Rendsburg are correspondingly future-oriented : Over 51,000 m ² of warehouse space offers room for order picking , storage and handling of goods . The driverless transport system from Hamburg-based manufacturer

ek robotics ensures efficient warehouse automation with decades of high availability . The automated guided vehicle fleet comprises nine vehicle models from the modular VARIO MOVE L series , which are responsible for linking incoming goods , order picking and outgoing goods . The high-bay warehouse will also be operated automatically in future and will contribute to an efficient material flow between the areas . The four fully automated narrow-aisle stackers will store and retrieve pallets precisely in the highbay warehouse with 30 aisles and a ek robotics ensures efficient warehouse automation with decades of high availability .

length of 80 m each . “ The AGV from ek robotics will support the staff on site and significantly improve processes in the central warehouse ,” says Christian Grau , Managing Director of Sport-Tiedje .

For further information , please visit www . ek-robotics . com

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