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Development of Modern Warehouse in Sweden

Posted on by David Priestman

AR Racking, global supplier of industrial storage solutions, is proud to announce the successful outcome of its association with the respected Swedish distributor, Rudells Lagerinredningar, in the implementation of the innovative, modern warehouse for Pretec in Kungälv. This joint project has culminated in the creation of a highly efficient and adaptable space to manage more than 6,000 pallets and store Pretec’s extensive range of products.

“We are delighted to share the success of this project with our partner, Rudells Lagerinredningar. The efficient implementation of Pretec’s new warehouse shows our shared commitment to excellence in storage solutions”, said Alberto de la Puente, AR RACKING Area Manager for the Nordic Countries.

In this strategic collaboration, AR Racking and Rudells Lagerinredningar cooperated closely in the planning and execution of the design of the warehouse. More than 6,000 spaces for pallets courtesy of AR Racking have been integrated with key accessories such as collision protection, vehicle transit protection and label holders, raising operational safety and efficiency standards.

Erik Rudell, Sales Director, said “We are delighted to have been part of this significant project. The delivery and installation of high-quality storage solutions reflect our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.”

Modern Warehouse

Rudells Lagerinredningar is proud to have supplied and installed the storage solutions with high quality, speed and precision, complying with all the applicable regulations and standards. The collaboration with Pretec was a positive experience, and Erik Rudell wishes Pretec a successful future in its new and expanded warehouse.

With approximately 17,000 items, of which more than 3,000 are products in stock, Pretec’s new warehouse represents a customised storage capacity to ensure fast and efficient deliveries. The company hopes to continue collaborating with Rudells Lagerinredningar and AR Racking in the future.

Peru Operations Expand with Racking

Posted on by Keith McKinley

OXXO, the convenience store chain has taken a significant step forward in its growth in the Peruvian market. In collaboration with AR Racking, industrial storage solutions supplier, OXXO has successfully completed an ambitious expansion and optimisation project of its logistics operations in Villa el Salvador, Peru. This initiative involved the installation of 1000 PAL positions and 98 picking spaces, significantly improving its storage capacity and operating efficiency.

The warehouses involved in this project cover a total of 5000 square metres, divided into a 4000 square metre extension of an existing facility and the construction of a new 1000 square metre warehouse. In the extension, 250 adjustable pallet racking positions have been added with 59 picking levels, while in the new warehouse, 750 adjustable pallet racking positions with 39 picking levels have been installed.

One of the most notable characteristics of this project has been the implementation of 1000 adjustable pallet racking positions with 100 picking levels. Despite the challenges that this project presented, including the need for an urgent installation without any interruptions in OXXO’s logistics operations, AR Racking managed to complete the project using its stock two days before the agreed deadline, resulting in the customer’s full satisfaction.

Peru Operations

José Luis Vásquez Samamé, Regional Manager of OXXO LATAM Logistics Operations, expressed his satisfaction with the project: “We are very pleased to have collaborated with AR Racking in this important expansion project. The installation of 1000 adjustable pallet racking positions and 98 picking spaces has significantly improved our storage capacity and product management efficiency. We thank the entire AR Racking team for its commitment and professionalism in the execution of this project.”

This successful project represents a significant step forward in OXXO’s expansion in the Peruvian market and strengthens AR Racking’s position as leader in industrial storage solutions in the region. The collaboration between these two companies has proven to be a model of success in logistics management and optimisation of storage spaces. “This project has been an exciting challenge for us. The urgent installation and early delivery show our commitment to customer satisfaction and excellence in the execution of logistics projects. We are proud to have contributed to the continuous success of OXXO in the region.” confirmed Omar Durand, Project Manager in AR Racking.

AR Racking is part of Grupo Arania, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

Global Cold Chain Alliance in Latin America

Posted on by David Priestman

AR Racking, a leading company in the industrial storage solutions sector, has joined the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) as a partner. This strategic collaboration seeks to transform the cold chain logistics arena in Latin America.

The Global Cold Chain Alliance, with representation in more than 90 countries, brings together over 1,100 companies worldwide, dedicated to providing logistics services and essential supplies for the food industry. In Latin America, the GCCA encompasses 85 member countries distributed across 13 countries, operating an impressive total of 5.9 billion cubic feet of temperature-controlled storage space.

The membership associated with GCCA represents a significant milestone for AR Racking, giving it a privileged platform to build credibility and recognition in the cold chain industry, establishing itself as a leading player committed to the highest food quality and safety standards. By joining this global network, the company is broadening its scope and access to a diverse and passionate community, which promises to open new avenues of growth and collaboration internationally. This collaboration also gives AR Racking the opportunity to optimise its operations and expand its business through access to technical resources, training and international opportunities.

AR Racking is part of Grupo Arania, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

Storage Systems Boost Capacity of UK 3PL

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AR Racking has designed and installed the new warehouse for a leading 3PL operator in the technology sector specialised in servicing e-commerce companies. The intralogistics solution storage systems specialist will boost the competitiveness of the new centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire of one of the leading logistics operators.

With its comprehensive management approach, AR Racking has equipped the warehouse with US standard very narrow aisle (VNA) and adjustable pallet racking with up to a load capacity of 1,000 kg, reaching the figure of 12,000 pallet positions. In addition, 3,000 picking levels have been integrated in the racking that have generated a storage capacity of 28,000 cartons.

The systems installed by AR Racking are totally scalable and allow the incorporation of accessories that adapt to the storage requirements and unit loads. In this case, sprinklers, sprinkler-protected beams, mesh panels, frame protectors and upright protectors have been incorporated in the racking.

The customer transmitted to AR Racking the importance of the need for a warehouse with a faster time to market and precise control of delivery of the right products in the right place at the right time. For the 3PL, agility and total control in the supply chain have been key to its growth since starting back in 1997. Thanks to AR Racking’s technical-sales team, the logistics operator specialised in technology and e-commerce sectors will be able to more effectively offer smart international supply chain solutions to retailers, brands and manufacturers.

AR Racking UK, based in Slough, is specialised in large storage projects, which it manages comprehensively from the manufacture through to the final installation of industrial racking exploiting the turnkey project concept to the maximum.

AR Racking is part of Grupo Arania, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

Clad-rack Warehouse for Hardware Company

Posted on by Keith McKinley

The hundred-year-old hardware products company EHLIS recently celebrated the launch of its new logistics centre in Illescas (Spain), where AR Racking has played a leading role with the installation of an automated clad-rack warehouse and an adjustable pallet racking warehouse. It is a logistics platform that required an investment of 30-35 million euros, and which will complement the one that the hardware leader has in Barcelona.

EHLIS, which this year celebrates its 125th anniversary, has a facility in Illescas that covers a total area of 60,000 m2, of which 40,000 m2 and 22,000 m2 are urbanised and built and where a miniload warehouse is located, plus a 36 metre high clad-rack warehouse for 30,000 pallets and a warehouse with adjustable pallet racking with a capacity for 15,000 pallets, the latter two being equipped with AR Racking racking systems. The clad-rack warehouse and warehouse designed with an adjustable pallet racking system cover an area of 3,220 m2 and 8,200 m2, respectively.

Delays in material deliveries, COVID and other matters meant that the launch of the logistics platform did not happen until the first quarter of 2023. A launch which will now improve the service that the company offers to its customers “firstly, by reducing delivery times, and secondly, by increasing the product range”, explained EHLIS’s managers at the opening held at the end of March.

“We have provided our expertise to the EHLIS logistics centre with our technical-logistics advice, our reliability as racking manufacturers and our engineering knowledge through our strong commitment to R&D&I”, commented Manel Bustos, AR Racking sales representative.

The logistics centre in Illescas has a capacity to prepare 1,000 order lines per hour. As confirmed by EHLIS’s management at the opening, the forecast is to increase the number of references with the increase in the logistics capacity. It currently has 16,000 permanent stock references plus a further 3,000 additional ones that fluctuate throughout the year.

AR Racking has a long track record in automated warehouse projects. These are projects that are always developed in collaboration with leading integration engineering companies that provide the automated and robotic means and where AR Racking designs and manufactures all the racking that supports the unit loads and/or building structure itself, such as with clad-rack warehouses. Likewise, in the warehouses with pallet racking solutions AR Racking fully develops the turnkey project concept, taking care of all the phases that cover the implementation of its storage solutions.

AR Racking is part of the Arania Group, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

Food Logistics Operator Equips Warehouse

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Choví, the sauce manufacturer, breaks into the food logistics sector with the creation of Choví Logistics, for whom AR Racking has installed a combination of dry and cold storage systems in its new logistics platform in Massalavés, Valencia.

The new business unit of Choví, dedicated to logistics and which operates as a supplier for other companies in the food sector, entrusted AR Racking to maximise the productivity of its new 8,000 m2 warehouse. The AR Racking team has manufactured and designed a comprehensive storage solution, combining a selective storage system, adjustable pallet racking, and a compact system, live pallet racking.

Adjustable pallet racking, which is highly versatile, resistant to all types of loads and allowing direct access, stores 5,400 pallets. For its part, live pallet racking, with its high-density storage and with an incline and rollers to facilitate the movement of the load, has a capacity for 1,200 positions. The height of the racking is 11,000 mm, with the top level at 10,500 mm. “Our service is comprehensive, going beyond the mere manufacture and installation of racking. Together with the customer, we believed that the combination of an adjustable pallet racking system and a compact one would more effectively meet the stock rotation needs of the different products”, commented Javier Miquel, AR Racking Sales Representative.

What’s more, around 2,000 m2 of the total area of the warehouse is dedicated to cold storage of between 3ºC and 5ºC. In any case, AR Racking’s galvanised racking guarantees the optimum storage of food thanks to its resistance to extreme temperatures.

According to David Moyá, Managing Director of Choví Logistics, “we now have a warehouse worthy of our experience in the food sector and that can meet our customers’ logistics needs”. The Valencian company has been striving for years to reach new markets and diversify its portfolio.

AR Racking is part of the Arania Group, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

AR Racking Equips Lekkerland’s new DCs

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Lekkerland, an on-the-go consumption specialist with has around 51,300 points of sale throughout Germany, employing 3,140 people, has new DCs. The company is part of the REWE Group, one of the leaders in the retail and tourism sector in Germany and Europe. In 2021, the REWE Group recorded a total turnover of approximately 75.3 billion euros. Founded in 1927, the REWE Group is present in 21 European countries with more than 384,000 employees.

Lekkerland is in the process of reorganising its logistics in Germany between now and 2030 to adapt it to the present and future opportunities and threats of on-the-go consumption. In this context, the storage solutions specialist AR Racking provided its support in the opening of two new warehouses in Germany.

Lekkerland is dedicated to the distribution of food products and other items to petrol stations, kiosk, retailers, quick service restaurants and similar businesses. The two new warehouses in Kerpen and Wedemark will help to optimally serve the needs of customers in the long-term, for example, meeting the growing demand for fresh items such as wraps and salads.

The storage systems designed (adjustable pallet racking) manufactured and installed by AR Racking mean that the Wedemark warehouse will have a capacity of 30,954 pallet positions, while the Kerpen warehouse has 26,505 positions. In the latter case, seismic zone 3 criteria were also adopted. This is racking designed for euro pallets of up to 1,000 kg, that allow the storage of refrigerated and non-refrigerated products, among others. “We considered their specific needs for the project”, explained Roland Fischer, Key Account Manager at AR Racking Germany, and added that, “the AR Germany team met all the requirements in due time and to Lekkerland’s satisfaction”.

Lekkerland’s new DCs

Some areas were fitted with frames with three uprights, which are equipped with ascending roller beds for order preparation. The industrial racking installed by AR Racking is 10 metres high in various layouts and with up to 6 levels. The aisles between the racking are 3.5 metres wide.

According to Robert Kosmol, Corporate Real Estate Development Manager at Lekkerland, “the objective was to invest in very versatile and adaptable infrastructure that would help optimise the space without losing flexibility to increase our stock and improve inventory control in the picking area. The quality of the racking, the comprehensive project management and the continuous communication with AR Racking gave us added value in the installation of these two new warehouses.”

AR Racking is part of the Arania Group, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. AR Racking provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. AR Racking’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

AR Racking Lands in the United States

Posted on by Keith McKinley

AR Racking, a company specialised in manufacturing, designing, calculating and installing storage solutions, strengthens its presence in North America with the creation of its US subsidiary and the opening of its office in Charlotte (North Carolina). It is a strategic commitment initiated at the end of last year that will be consolidated in 2023.

AR Racking, present in more than 60 markets, has been carrying out major storage projects in the United States for years in partnership with the most important system integrators for large automated warehouses. AR Racking arrives in the United States to help American companies improve their competitiveness through the optimisation of their logistics centres or warehouses, regardless of their industrial sector and their intralogistics needs. For this it has a wide range of industrial racking solutions for both pallet loads and small and medium-sized loads.

AR Racking Inc. is led by Pablo Montes, who has specialist training and extensive experience in various strategic and technical management roles, providing exhaustive product knowledge, as well as project and team management skills. “We have interesting contacts and customers, and in this initial phase our task is to be perceived in the United States as a reference in the sector and as a reliable, innovative company offering a specialised service that covers all the installation phases,” explained Montes.

The core of the activity will be new projects in which AR Racking will provide its added value with the advanced technology of its systems, its excellent response capacity and maximum exposition of the ‘turnkey’ concept. To offer the best solutions, the company has strategic partnerships with pioneering intralogistics company specialised in technical and robot components integrated in its industrial racking systems.

Members of MHI and presentation at ProMAT

AR Racking belongs to MHI (Material Handling Industry), the most important logistics and the supply chain association in the United States with around 800 members and 18 interest groups, and the RMI (Rack Manufacturers Group), which endorses the company’s expertise in everything related to steel, racking and engineering solutions.

The company will also be present at one of the largest logistics and supply chain events in the United States, the ProMAT trade show, which will take place in Chicago from 20 to 23 March and serve as an ideal showcase to make itself known to the professional audience.

AR Racking currently has offices in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Colombia, Chile and Peru, as well as its headquarters and production centre, both in the north of Spain. With an export rate of over 85%, the company has carried out to date more than 34,000 storage projects worldwide. It has a production capacity of +100,000 tonnes of steel. AR Racking’s industrial racking systems come with a 5-year quality guarantee and are made of pre-galvanised material as standard.

AR Racking is part of the Arania Group, an industrial group of companies with extensive experience and scope, and with a multi-sectoral activity based on the transformation of steel that dates back more than 80 years. It provides the market with a wide range of solutions with high certified quality standards and a comprehensive project management service. The company’s industrial storage systems stand out for their innovation, reliability and optimum efficiency.

Packaging firm increases storage efficiency

Posted on by David Priestman

Aranco, a leader in industrial packaging services, has a versatile and agile 2,000 sq m warehouse equipped with AR Racking storage solutions in the town of Massamagrell (Valencia, Spain). The facility is in keeping with Aranco’s innovative spirit where diverse components of its wrapping machinery will be stored.

With more than 25 years of experience, Aranco is a comprehensive supplier of innovative, profitable and high-quality solutions with pallet wrapping machines and high-performance film. After a detailed study of the raw materials, finished product and machinery, AR Racking designed and executed the implementation of several different storage solutions in the new warehouse. The adjustable pallet racking, drive in racking and live pallet racking systems have generated 1,960, 288 and 288 positions for pallets, respectively.

The combination of the different storage systems will provide Aranco with versatile, agile and maximum efficiency warehouse operations. The installation was completed in 30 days.

“We offer comprehensive custom services for each wrapping process and our customers a 24/7 service. This requires high precision in all the process phases. In AR Racking we have found the ideal partner to maximise the efficiency of our warehouse, which will be key in our operations,” explained, Gaizka Lara Goiricelaya, CEO of Aranca.

Additionally, in the workshop several bays with adjustable pallet racking and longspan shelving with mesh have been installed. A carton flow rack system area has also been enabled for product preparation.

“The customer now has a fully optimised warehouse space with the combination of direct access storage solutions and high-density storage systems. We thank Aranco for fully trusting in us,” added Javier Miquel, AR Racking project manager.

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AR Racking Appoints US Director

Posted on by Keith McKinley

AR Racking has appointed Pablo Montes as the Managing Director of its North American subsidiary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Montes has a long track record in AR Racking, having held the position of Technical Director for the past 13 years. AR Racking says his appointment will give impetus and greater coverage to projects in the US, a market in which AR Racking has reinforced its strategy with the opening of its office in North Carolina several months ago and which is mainly focused on the execution of large-scale storage projects.

“It is undoubtedly a difficult challenge because of its newness and the characteristics of the country and the market, but we have proven international experience and a sufficiently solid and reliable structure to expand horizons,” commented Montes.

So commences a new professional era in which Montes will bring to the fore his strategic vision, team management, product knowledge and long-term experience in management positions in AR Racking.

AR Racking has a commercial presence in more than 60 countries, with its own offices in the principal European and Latin American markets, as well as an extensive distribution network with which it works closely with to meet the storage needs of any company. Opening up the US market is yet another example of the international character of the company, whose export rate is around 85%.

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