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By offering a wider range of foldable plastic IBCs (e.g. footprint, volume, adapted to different transport media) we want to gain market share and replace non-efficient transport packaging where it is possible.
HOREN has a full fleet of different IBCs with a very high folding ratio (up to 4:1) and very good load capacity. Now we want to provide an alternative to other fluid transport packaging options where possible and where it makes sense.
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CHEP Opens Automated Service Center Near Hamburg
As a milestone of CHEP Germany, the Neu Wulmstorf Service Center, located in the Hamburg metropolitan region, is opening its fully automated operation. CHEP, the market leader in pallet pooling, invested more than € 1.1 million in the automation of pallet inspection and pallet repair to increase the efficiency of its service center. At a local opening event, customers were able to gain an impression of the implementation of Industry 4.0 and the resulting process optimization. Overall, productivity in the area of pallet inspection is expected to increase fourfold.
State-of-the-art technology at the Neu Wulmstorf location
With a daily turnover of approx. 30,000 CHEP Euro, half and quarter pallets, the Neu Wulmstorf Service Center is pivotal in the metropolitan region of Hamburg. More than 2 million pallets are inspected annually, repaired if necessary and provided according to the “Share and Reuse” principle for the next delivery cycle. The destination of the various pallets are the retail trade and the production companies for consumer goods and fresh goods.
With the fully automated operation, CHEP makes the service center future-proof and at the same time economically strengthens the region. By optimizing the process, the pooling expert ensures consistently high pallet quality and wants to increase its productivity fourfold during the inspection process. And not without reason: Since 2016, CHEP has been recording a growing demand for blue pallets at the Neu Wulmstorf site. By mid-2019, it is expected that the current daily throughput of 30,000 pallets is expected to almost double. With the help of automation, euro, half and quarter pallets can be handled more effectively and in higher quantities than before.