Day: 11 September 2019

German digital freight forwarder InstaFreight has launched on the Polish market, with 10 employees in Legnica offering a 24-hour service. In addition to growth targets in Germany and Poland, the Berlin-based company plans to enter Italy, Spain and the Benelux region in the near future.

InstaFreight decided to locate in Lower Silesia due to its excellent geographical location for the transport business. Legnica is close to the German-Polish and Czech-Polish borders and connected to Germany via major motorways. Additionally, well-known companies, among others from the automotive industry and the e-commerce business, also opted for this region in Western Poland.

“We are still closer to Berlin than we are to Warsaw, but besides working hand-in-hand with our head office, we naturally have the needs of our Central and Eastern European customers in mind,” stresses Krzysztof Dwornik, General Manager of InstaFreight Poland, an experienced professional within the European logistics market. “With this approach, we have already supported several thousand loads and have been able to onboard more than 1,000 new carriers to the platform with their cargo space for planning our transports.”

“In our view, Poland is an ideal starting point for the first foreign office in our young history because of its great importance in the European logistics market,” explains Maximilian Schaefer, Co-Founder and Managing Director of InstaFreight, the location decision. Just a few weeks ago the German Eastern Business Association announced that German-Polish trade had grown by five percent in the first half of 2019. Significantly, Poland has overtaken Great Britain in the list of Germany’s most important foreign trade partners. “Growth in this business would be inconceivable without Poland and its important bridging function in Europe,” continued Schaefer.

 

The world’s largest AutoStore warehouse, Boozt, is the first to adopt the new Black Line robots empowered by Element Logic.

At Boozt’s state of the art warehouse in Ängelholm, Sweden, the new Black Line robots from AutoStore are now up and running on the grid, as the first site of scale in the world.

“Black Line has many advantages, such as speed, reliability and smart battery solutions. At the end of the day it’s all about cost per transaction. We are excited to take our dedication to automation and development to the next level in cooperation with Element Logic and AutoStore,” says COO at Boozt, Niels Hemmingsen.

Boozt is a fast-growing online fashion business. In 2011 Boozt and COO Niels Hemmingsen had a 2000 sqm manual warehouse. Today they have the largest AutoStore facility in the world and are adopting the newest technology. The group generated net sales amounting to SEK 2.8 billion in 2018. When the current warehouse is fully utilized, it will house 500,000 bins and 500 robots.

“Boozt has constantly pushed us to raise the bar for what is possible. The limitations we saw two years ago don’t apply anymore. Element Logic, as well as the technology, are constantly improving,” says Chief Sales Officer at Element Logic, Håvard Hallås.

Element Logic’s focus is on delivering profitable warehouse solutions for it’s customers. Boozt has had 99.7% uptime and consistent fast picking – also during expansion phases. And 9 in 10 Boozt deliveries reach the customer within one day of their order. The technology from AutoStore has generated both speed-to-market and productivity gains.

“Blackline has the potential to yield even more efficiency. It is better suited for around the clock-operations with new technology, especially the new battery solutions. This will truly come to fruition at high seasonal peaks, such as Black Friday and holiday season,” Hallås says.