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New Logistics Centre in Mississippi

Posted on by David Priestman

The Liebherr Group is a family-run technology company with a highly diversified product portfolio spanning 13 product segments. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of construction equipment in the world and a provider of high-quality, user-oriented products and services in a wide range of other areas. The new logistics centre, Liebherr Logistics USA, Co. in Tupelo is operated by Liebherr-Logistics GmbH, the group’s in-house logistics provider, and will handle spare parts logistics for several production companies.

With over 430 employees, Liebherr-Logistics GmbH currently supplies more than 70 Liebherr sales and service locations worldwide, supporting over 20 product lines. Operating out of Oberopfingen, Germany, since 2015, the company expanded its European footprint in 2023 with a second warehouse in Born, Netherlands. The Tupelo facility marks a major milestone in Liebherr-Logistics GmbH’s expansion into the Americas.

The new logistics hub in Tupelo will handle warehousing, distribution, pre-assembly, repackaging, customs clearance, and export operations. It will serve multiple business units, including earthmoving equipment, cranes, concrete technology, and components – with more to follow. “This new facility allows us to offer faster, more efficient service to our customers and reinforces our position as an industry leader,” says Jörg Ströbele, Managing Director of Liebherr-Logistics GmbH.

Designed with cutting-edge technology, sustainability, and scalability in mind, the new site underscores Liebherr’s commitment to future-ready infrastructure. Long-time partner SSI Schaefer was chosen due to its trusted track record and ability to deliver the entire project seamlessly from a single source.

Trusted Intralogistics Partner

As system integrator, SSI Schaefer will manage the complete delivery of warehouse and conveyor technology and oversee all involved intralogistics trades. At the heart of the system is a seven-aisle high-bay warehouse with over 39,700 pallet positions. Constructed as a rack supported high-bay warehouse that eliminates the need for a separate building, optimizing space and resource efficiency. The SSI Exyz Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) ensures efficient and sustainable high-density storage of pallets

The facility will also include an eight-aisle shuttle ASRS system equipped with over 450 SSI Flexi Shuttles, offering around 170,000 storage locations for totes. Thanks to SSI Schaefer’s patented 3D-MATRIX Solution®, the system will enable optimal sequencing for small parts picking. Additional manual warehouse areas will include over 9,500 locations in PR 600 pallet racks, 690 locations in cantilever racks, and more than 1,100 storage positions for oil and hazardous materials. Picking will take place at five pallet workstations and eight tote workstations, with additional areas for repacking and packaging in development. Conveyors for pallets, totes, and cartons, along with an electric floor track system, will seamlessly connect the facility’s core components.

Warehouse management is handled directly through SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), providing comprehensive capabilities for managing and controlling the entire logistics solution. Implementation is carried out by SWAN GmbH, a member of the SSI SCHAEFER Group. In addition to the functionalities for warehouse management, SAP EWM is supplemented by the integrated Material Flow System (MFS) and linked directly to the automatic warehouse control systems. In this way, the software specialists also ensure the material flow processes of the complex intralogistics system at the highest level.

Future scalability is already built into the concept, with the system designed to double its throughput capacity. This allows Liebherr to expand performance even further as needed. Looking ahead to the go-live, Jörg Ströbele remarks: “We’ve had a strong, long-standing partnership with SSI Schaefer, and we’re confident that the new warehouse will perfectly align with our operational needs. The solution enables us to continue providing fast service and reliable spare parts deliveries – ensuring we’re well-prepared for the future.”

For the Liebherr Group, the new logistics facility in Tupelo represents a strategic investment in its global supply chain. Installation is set to begin in September 2025, with operations scheduled to start in 2027.

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SSI Schaefer Hits Group Revenue of €2.0bn

Posted on by David Priestman

The SSI Schaefer Group, a family-owned company with a history of over 85 years and an international solution provider for all areas of intralogistics, recorded a 4.8% increase in sales to EUR 2.0 billion in the 2024 financial year, based on preliminary figures. This growth was mainly driven by a significant increase in sales of 14.8% in the Logistics Solutions division and the consistently positive performance of the Customer Services division.

The positive development in the largest division, Logistics Solutions, was due, among other things, to a well-selected portfolio mix that enabled the division to serve different market needs and thereby successfully complete customer projects. In addition, the largest order intake for an individual project in the history of SSI Schaefer had a positive impact on the order intake at group level, which, at EUR 2.0 billion, was 18.7% higher than in the previous year. By contrast, the difficult market environment and weak demand, particularly from the automotive sector, were noticeable in the Products & Equipment and Plastics divisions. Overall, the SSI Schaefer Group reports a significantly positive group result on a preliminary basis.

Milestone project with Coop

A significant milestone in the 2024 financial year was the completion of the fully automated SSI Case Picking system for Coop, a leading food retailer in Sweden. A key requirement for this was the successful cross-location collaboration between the Logistics Solutions and Customer Services divisions and with the core suppliers. The project marks the Group’s largest logistics solution to date, in which 95% of all picking processes are automated.

Strategically, the Group continued to focus on strengthening its innovative capabilities last year with the aim of playing a key role in shaping the digital and sustainable transformation of the intralogistics industry. One example of this is the development of the FastBots Solution, which is based on a fleet of high-performance robots that flexibly operate between the warehouse and workstations. It was presented for the first time at the international trade fair for intralogistics and process management, LogiMAT, in Stuttgart in March 2025. In addition, the implementation of the sustainability strategy was consistently continued and the SSI Schaefer Group’s responsibility towards the environment and society was documented in its third sustainability report.

“Despite the persistently challenging market environment and a reluctance to invest, the SSI Schaefer Group has made significant progress in all key performance indicators and has largely achieved the targets set for the 2024 financial year. Now we want to use the tailwind and push ahead with our initiatives focusing on customer value, growth, innovations, and project governance to continue our course of sustainable profitability,“ says Peter Edelmann, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group. “The SSI Schaefer Group has successfully continued on its chosen path and – true to our central target of customer satisfaction – has made great strides. In the current financial year, we will continue to focus on not only being a reliable partner for our customers, but also on meeting their needs as best as possible, far beyond their immediate requirements.“

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Pioneering Intralogistics Solutions at LogiMAT

Posted on by David Priestman

LogiMAT 2025 will be the stage for innovations – experience how SSI Schaefer is redefining intralogistics with visionary technologies. Under the motto “Our Passion – Your Success”, the company shows how innovation and customer focus go hand in hand. Peter Edelmann, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group, explains: “Our passion for intralogistics drives us to break new ground. With a clear focus on future viability, we create holistic solutions that not only optimize processes, but also set new standards for innovation. Our goal is to give our customers the decisive edge, not only today, but also tomorrow.”

Premiere of a disruptive automation solution

The highlight of the trade fair stand in Hall 1 is the exclusive presentation of a revolutionary automation solution. Visitors can look forward to a pioneering technology that sets new standards with its speed, flexibility and scalability. A real game changer for the industry, the solution will be presented comprehensively for the first time at LogiMAT. SSI Schaefer will also be presenting smart robotics applications, efficient shuttle and overhead conveyor technology as well as sustainable solutions for production and deep-freeze logistics.

Intralogistics for SMEs – solutions that grow with them

SSI Schaefer understands the requirements of small and medium-sized companies for scalable investments and gradual digitalization and automation that grow with their business – from manual solutions to step-by-step digitalization to full automation. Examples include the implementation of a warehouse management system, the movement of goods using automated guided vehicles for mobile racking, and order picking using RackBots from the racking systems. Another highlight at the stand is the SSI LOGIMAT® vertical lift module, which uses numerous features to bring the efficient and highly ergonomic storage and picking of small parts to life and up close at the exhibit.

Software that masters complexity – WAMAS and SAP

SSI Schaefer’s WAMAS software and SAP solutions are the decisive levers for translating complexity in the supply chain, into transparent processes and increasing performance. WAMAS WMS solutions are crucial for the management of individual warehouses or the central control of global locations. In addition, WAMAS material flow and robotics modules support the highly efficient and performance-optimized control of automated systems and integrate a wide range of applications, such as piece and case picking, overhead conveyor technology, automated guided vehicles and vertical lift modules.

The future through AI: predictive maintenance and lifecycle management

The next level of efficiency: SSI Schaefer takes maintenance to a new level with AI-supported predictive maintenance. This reduces costs, increases availability and optimizes systems through data-based services. The comprehensive Customer Service & Support portfolio provides service modules for maximum availability of all systems and optimum life cycle management. Experts will be on hand at the trade fair stand to provide advice on topics ranging from field services and remote support to data-based maintenance.

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Large Mobile Racking System Installed in UAE Cold Room

Posted on by Keith McKinley

SSI Schaefer, supplier of warehouse automation and cold-chain storage solutions, has announced the results of its partnership with Noatum Logistics Middle East, an integrated regional end-to-end logistics services arm of Noatum, an AD Ports Group company which leads the Group’s Logistics Cluster.

By leveraging SSI Schaefer’s mobile pallet racking system that increases storage capacity by over 90%, the partnership created the largest mobile racking system installation for deep-freeze cold rooms in the UAE, which is part of AD Ports Group’s KLP21 warehousing hub, located at Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi (KEZAD).

In addition to boosting cooling efficiency and storage density, the system also succeeded in enhancing warehouse safety through its multiple failsafe mechanisms and cutting-edge programmable logic controller (PLC) to enable customized and automated control. With the increasing demand for pre-built, state-of-the-art cold room storage facilities in KEZAD, the partnership fulfills a key need for new clients, while accelerating business growth in the region and beyond.

Cosmin Sebastian Ilie, Head of Business Unit Product & Equipment APAC MEA, SSI Schaefer, said: “We are honoured to have partnered with AD Ports Group and subsequently with Noatum Logistics Middle East on these transformative projects. Demonstrating our core values of being customer committed and long-term oriented, this collaboration is driving innovation and excellence in the logistics industry, enabling our partner to provide state-of-the-art storage solutions that cater to the evolving needs of its customers. We look forward to continuing our journey of success to grow and thrive in the region together.”

Daniel Berasategui, Managing Director, Noatum Logistics Middle East & CEO of Noatum Project Cargo, Logistics Cluster, AD Ports Group, said: “Our partnership with SSI Schaefer has been important in helping develop our capabilities as a regional logistics hub serving a multitude of industry sectors ranging from healthcare to FMCG. As we combine the strength of AD Ports Group’s capabilities with Noatum’s highly integrated logistics services and global networks, we will continue working with partners like SSI Schaefer to provide us with market-leading capabilities that earn our customers’ trust to handle their entire value chain – from manufacture to end user.”

An initial collaboration to deliver crucial pandemic-era vaccine logistics infrastructure

The fruitful partnership between AD Ports Group and SSI Schaefer dates back several years. AD Ports Group initially partnered with SSI Schaefer to advance its progress toward becoming the largest cold-chain storage distribution centre for health and medical supply chains. SSI Schaefer designed and installed a VNA (Very Narrow Aisle Pallet Racking) storage solution to optimize the Group’s state-of-the-art deep-freeze storage capacity that played a crucial role in storing and distributing over 260 million vaccine doses to over 65 countries worldwide as part of the HOPE Consortium – an Abu Dhabi-led public-private partnership designed to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Turning to SSI Schaefer to optimize its cold-chain warehousing space and capacity for pharmaceutical distribution, AD Ports Group’s Logistics Cluster opted for ESX Mobile Racking for dry, deep-freeze warehouses, covering a vast +8,000 square meters and providing 14,000 pallet positions. Equipped with deep-freeze solutions and advanced digital dashboards for precise environmental control, the solution enabled storing vaccines and pharmaceuticals within a set temperature range, even as low as -25° C.

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Centralized DC in Spain using Mobile Robots

Posted on by David Priestman

In an effort to expand its logistics capacity and deploy efficient logistics management and technological innovations throughout the company, Desigual, an international fashion company based in Barcelona, has once again trusted SSI Schaefer.

To centralize operations at its distribution centre in Viladecans, Spain, Desigual is replacing a traditional pallet rack for overstock with a new area equipped with 24 RackBots from SSI Schaefer’s range of SSI Mobile Robots. In the first phase, the initial orders (push) are prepared there; these supply the company’s branch stores with the collections for the next season. The goal is to pick 30,000 units per day in two shifts in this new area.

When orders are assembled, a key requirement of this project is to organize them by collection and include all the sizes of a model combined together in the end. SSI Schaefer proposed a solution that could meet this sequencing requirement and ensure consistent store-ready order preparation – a key element in Desigual’s plan to improve the shopping experience. The solution SSI Schaefer proposed is also flexible enough to pick other types of orders, such as repeat orders of the same items (in-season re-orders) in department stores or Desigual branch stores, as well as picking online orders.

Jorge Soriano, Logistics & Distribution Manager at Desigual, explains: “Comparing RackBots to other types of solutions, they are obviously a flexible solution that is easy to scale, and they allow us to both expand storage capacity with new racks and increase dynamic capacity by purchasing new RackBots. In Desigual we are committed to efficient logistics management and technological innovation to improve product availability at its points of sale and through all our distribution channels.”

An extension of the conveyor belts connects the new area where the RackBots work to the existing SSI Schaefer system. This conveying system transports the cartons to the new area directly from the incoming goods area or the existing high-bay warehouse, which SSI Schaefer designed for Desigual in previous projects and which is made up of 10 SSI Miniloads and 200,000 storage locations for cartons. The customer order cartons that are prepared in the new RackBot area are either delivered to customers via shipping lanes or temporarily stored in the high-bay rack for later shipping.

Centralizing operations at the Viladecans distribution centre is part of the company’s ‘Open Desigual’ philosophy, based on the principle of cross-collaboration. Collaboration with the best partners in each area of the business allows the company to be ever closer to consumers and offer them the best experience in physical stores and digital retailing. For this project, Desigual teamed up with SSI Schaefer, a partner specializing in optimization of logistics processes. Commissioning of the new area is scheduled for November 2023.

Project details:
• Number of RackBots: 24
• Number of storage locations: 7,980 storage locations for 600×400×400 mm cartons
• Rack height: 5.3 meters (last carton level at 4.9 meters)
• 4 picking stations equipped with Put to Light racks with 16 positions per workstation
• Incoming via RackBot Port

Performance:
• 486 cartons/hour for the picking stations with 300 incoming cartons/hour at the same time
• 648 cartons/hour for the picking stations (without simultaneous incoming cartons)

New CEO of SSI Schaefer

Posted on by David Priestman

Effective October 15th, Peter Edelmann has been appointed as the new CEO of leading intralogistics company SSI Schaefer. In this role, Edelmann (pictured, right) takes over from Steffen Bersch, who has led the company for the past three and a half years.

Peter Edelmann has many years of management experience, including over twenty years with the Voith Group, most recently as a member of the Group’s Management Board. Furthermore, Peter Edelmann has managed the companies Kaefer Isoliertechnik in Bremen and B&C Industrieholding in Vienna as CEO. In addition, he holds various supervisory and advisory board mandates.

As a further member of the two-member Group Executive Board, Olaf Hedden has been appointed CFO. He will also take over on October 15, 2023, succeeding Bruno Krauss.

Olaf Hedden has many years of management experience. He began his career at Metallgesellschaft and later worked for several years at Rheinmetall, his most recent role was as CFO of Rheinmetall Automotive AG. In addition, he is also familiar with medium-sized structures through his work as a Spokesman of the Executive Board of Läpple AG.

Dr. Kay Mayland, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the SSI Schaefer Group, comments: “The Advisory Board and shareholders of SSI Schaefer Group are convinced that in Peter Edelmann and Olaf Hedden, they have found a very experienced team for the overall management of the SSI Schaefer Group. With their many years of expertise with industrial companies of different sizes and sectors, they will give the company new impetus. At the same time, we would like to thank Steffen Bersch and Bruno Krauss for the work they have done and wish them all the best for the future, both professionally and privately.”

The SSI Schaefer Group is a leading global solution provider for all areas of intralogistics. With innovative technologies and software, the company empowers customers to increase the efficiency and sustainability of their storage, picking, and transport processes. SSI Schaefer offers small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as large companies, cost-effective material handling solutions with industry expertise from a single source. From fully automated warehouses with tailored service and maintenance packages, to robotics and automated guided vehicles, to manual and semi-automatic systems such as workstations, racks, and containers, the company offers a complete solution. SSI Schaefer has also become one of the largest vendors of software for internal material flow. Its comprehensive software portfolio handles everything from warehouse management to material flow control. With state-of-the-art real-time analysis, intelligent data processing and optimization algorithms, it offers every possible option for integrated, sustainable resource management.

SSI Schaefer employs around 10,000 people at its international headquarters in Neunkirchen (Germany) and globally in more than 70 operating companies and seven production facilities on six continents.

SSI Schaefer Publishes Sustainability Report

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SSI Schaefer Group, a leading global solution provider for all areas of intralogistics, today published its second sustainability report. The report documents the company’s progress in 2022 towards a more sustainable future. Activities focused on implementing measures that were defined in the sustainability strategy developed back in 2021. The sustainability strategy takes equal account of ecological, social and economic aspects.

Despite major challenges such as the effects of the Ukraine war, the SSI Schaefer Group was able to achieve important sustainability goals last year. In addition to the development of a group-wide strategy for sustainability management, a strategic environmental, health and safety management (EHS) was introduced, among other things. Furthermore, the calculation of the carbon footprint for the 18 largest entities of the SSI Schaefer Group was carried out for Scopes 1, 2 and partly 3. Based on this analysis, a climate strategy with measurable reduction goals for the coming years was derived.

“In 2022, we continued to focus on how we, as a globally active company, can make a positive contribution in terms of sustainability,” says Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group. “The second sustainability report underlines our ongoing commitment to a more sustainable future. It is another milestone in our efforts to live up to our responsibility towards the environment and society – and we are proud to have made such progress despite the challenges of the past year.” In 2023, the company plans to continue its efforts and take further innovative measures to achieve its sustainability goals along the entire value chain.

Download the full 2022 Sustainability Report here.

The SSI Schaefer Group is a leading global solution provider for all areas of intralogistics. With innovative technologies and software, the company empowers customers to increase the efficiency and sustainability of their storage, picking, and transport processes. SSI Schaefer offers small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as large companies, cost-effective material handling solutions with industry expertise from a single source. From fully automated warehouses with tailored service and maintenance packages, to robotics and automated guided vehicles, to manual and semi-automatic systems such as workstations, racks, and containers, the company offers a complete solution. SSI Schaefer has also become one of the largest vendors of software for internal material flow. Its comprehensive software portfolio handles everything from warehouse management to material flow control. With state-of-the-art real-time analysis, intelligent data processing and optimization algorithms, it offers every possible option for integrated, sustainable resource management.

SSI Schaefer employs around 10,000 people at its international headquarters in Neunkirchen (Germany) and globally in more than 70 operating companies and seven production facilities on six continents.

Automated, Accelerated Pharmaceutical Picking

Posted on by David Priestman

Supply quality and first-class on-site services are crucial if retail pharmacies are to survive in the face of online competition. Therefore, the role of pharmaceutical wholesalers is also significant – they need to ensure not only high product availability, but also the fastest possible delivery. The company in this example has tailored its fulfilment concept precisely to these demands and implemented it with state-of-the-art technology from its long-term intralogistics partner SSI Schaefer. The latest highlight is the installed A-Frame with integrated product verification. This highly efficient, fully automated picking system provides up to 40,000 drug packages per hour during peak times on an order-by-order basis while meeting the pharmaceutical industry’s high standards.

In the course of a collaboration dating back over 20 years, this full-service pharmaceutical supplier has equipped all its distribution warehouses with high-performance technology from SSI Schaefer. This was implemented, in part, through retrofit, conversion, and expansion projects without impacting ongoing operations. The spectrum of installations ranges from manual to fully automated warehouse and picking solutions, including tailored logistics software from the WAMAS portfolio. SSI Schaefer’s Customer Service & Support includes on-site technical support as needed, alongside training and remote support.

Directly integrated, suitable for varying packaging

Through the implementation of the A-Frame, the partners have once again strengthened their shared commitment in the automation sector. The picking system was integrated directly into the existing structures and has proven to be ideal for picking small, fast-moving packing units since it was commissioned in the second half of 2022. Example contents include headache pills, nasal sprays, and adhesive bandages. A key feature of the A-Frame is the product channels, which allow flexible configuration and are the conduit for software-controlled, error-free output of various packaging sizes, whether cylindrical or rectangular, in just seconds. The items are ejected from the A-Frame onto the conveyor belt, where special sections are each assigned to one order, and then move directly through the filling point into the order bins. The entire process takes just 60 seconds.

High-performance automatic picking system for order fulfilment

The technical performance that can be achieved – up to 40,000 products per hour – is also based on the solution approach of decoupling the picking and refilling processes. Employees refill the A-Frames during lower-load periods. The system then performs fully automated picking, accelerating processing and accommodating the zero-defect strategy. This reduces the staff’s workload so they can be assigned other productive work in the distribution center, optimizing resource utilization. Thus the A-Frame ensures fast processing – even for complex jobs and during load peaks. If sustained growth continues, the system’s modular design will allow optional expansion and adaptation to specific new requirements.

Safety, speed, and efficiency as success factors

In addition, the A-Frame boasts a compact design that saves space, achieving especially high storage density on a small amount of floor space. The A-Frame can accommodate the majority of a product assortment, comprising well over 120,000 pharmaceutical products. Automation also makes an important contribution to meeting the drug safety requirements associated with zero-defect tolerance and full traceability. But speed is also crucial. Pharmacies often lack sufficient storage space to stock a complete assortment of products, so they rely on on-time delivery of the quantity of drugs ordered. The pharmaceutical wholesaler’s service closes this gap, enables a successful customer experience in the local environment, and strengthens the pharmacies’ competitive position, while permanently reducing its own process costs.

Optimal Spare Parts Storage Solution

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Swedish Agro Machinery AB, distributor and importer of farming machinery has decided to centralize its spare parts storage system and equip the new warehouse of 3,700 square meters with SSI Schaefer’s logistics solutions. Pallet and cantilever racks, shelves and SSI LOGIMAT® Vertical Lift Modules are parts of the solution. The result: a compact warehouse with up to 23,000 different parts and an overnight delivery.

In 2016, Swedish Agro Machinery took over the import of Claas products, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, to Sweden and Norway. The new updated organizational structure needed a new facility to store spare parts efficiently. They chose to put it in Skåne Skurup, in the middle of one of Sweden’s most fertile agricultural areas, also near Denmark and the centre of the European continent. The challenge was, that they need to store parts in very different ways due to the various dimensions in the new warehouse. Swedish Agro already had realized some projects with SSI Schaefer in the past, so that is why they have been involved as a partner in the project since the very beginning.

“We were looking for one supplier for the overall system. We wanted to partner with the manufacturer to ensure the best quality of the equipment and total control over its production. That is why SSI Schaefer was selected as a general contractor for the project,” shares Martin Gerdtsson, Spare Parts Manager at Swedish Agro Machinery in Skurup.

Local presence is crucial for Swedish Agro. When an agricultural machine is on service, there should be no disruption, especially during the high season. That is why the company holds 25 workshops in the network with the extra focus on agricultural areas in Skåne, Västra Götaland, Östergötland and Uppland. Swedish Agro’s commitment is to deliver the ordered spare parts for the next day if they are not in place locally.

Material flow supported by the new solution

The goods are delivered by trucks, unpacked at the work stations manually, sorted according to type and size and brought to different storage systems. Spare parts for agricultural machinery vary greatly in size, share and weight. It’s everything from single bolts to input screws in the ten-meter class.

In fact, Swedish Agro needed ten different ways of storing. This includes long-span and cantilever racks for lying goods and compartments for storing standing mouldings. This is very effective as some of the spare parts can be quite large. To utilize also the vertical space optimally, a narrow aisle has been set up with shelves. Smaller spare parts are stored in two SSI LOGIMAT® Vertical Lift Modules, which accommodate around 16,000 items.

When goods are needed for an order, they are picked by a forklift or manually by an employee to be packed at the workstations for shipping. All orders received before 3.30 pm are delivered to the service workshops the following morning. This is possible thanks to dense logistics arrangements with overnight deliveries.

“Swedish Agro is loyal to its customers in maintaining quality and promised delivery terms. Our installation has been able to grow and develop with new opportunities, in line with the spare part’s expansion. We are very happy to lead this project and support Swedish Agro with a system to perfect their material flow,” concludes Anders Jonasson, Sales Manager at SSI Schaefer.

With the new warehouse, Swedish Agro has strengthened their position by securing spare parts availability in the region and optimizing their capacities. Martin Gerdtsson summarizes: “The main reasons why we chose SSI Schaefer were that we really felt from the beginning that they already knew our needs through past cooperation and, of course, they had a solution for storing spare parts with a wide range of dimensions.”

SSI Schaefer Records Challenging 2022

Posted on by David Priestman

The SSI Schaefer Group, a German family-owned company established more than 85 years ago and a leading international solution provider for all segments of the intralogistics industry, reported an order intake of EUR 1.74 billion (-12.2%) for the fiscal year 2022, according to preliminary figures. The decline is mainly due to the fact that major projects in the Group’s largest business unit, Logistics Solutions, were postponed to 2023 and 2024, as several customers recorded low order intake due to the economic impact of the war in Ukraine and increased material prices.

Sales revenues dropped by 5.1% to EUR 1.81 billion, partly due to delayed project acceptance caused by materials shortages. All other business units – Products & Equipment, Customer Services, Waste & Packaging – reported higher revenues than in the previous year.

“The difficult market situation caused by the geopolitical crises and higher material and energy expenses in almost all business segments presented not only our company but also the entire intralogistics industry with major challenges in 2022,” says Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group. “Nevertheless, our transformation process made good progress, especially in the areas of innovation and automation as well as in the strategically more important area of sustainability, where our extensive activities have been documented in the Group’s first Sustainability Report. Our task now is to consistently implement the measures we have initiated in order to continue our success story of the past years. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all employees, who have once again showed great commitment last year to make the SSI Schaefer Group fit for the future.”

Creation of an innovation eco-system and progress in expanding the technology leadership

A key focus in the fiscal year 2022 was placed on strengthening the SSI Schaefer Group’s innovation capability. The aim was to play a leading role in shaping the digital and sustainable transformation in order to achieve the goal of technology leadership in the intralogistics sector, as set out in the Group’s strategy. To this end, the Group is building an innovation eco-system of cooperations with research partners such as Fraunhofer IML and various universities as well as with enterprises and start-ups as development partners. The employees play a key role in shaping the future of the SSI Schaefer Group by promoting a culture of innovation and stronger networking within the Group. In this context, the new international and interdisciplinary Data Science Team is an important element, which aims to bundle the Group-wide expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

An important milestone in the expansion of technology leadership is the recently signed agreement for the complete acquisition of DS Automotion GmbH by the SSI Schaefer Group. The full acquisition of DS Automotion, a leading provider of mobile robotics (AGV – Automated Guided Vehicles and AMR – Autonomous Mobile Robots), will take effect on March 1, 2023. It will strengthen the competitiveness and innovative power of the SSI Schaefer Group in robotics and automation, two segments that are pointing the way forward for the intralogistics industry.

The SSI Schaefer Group is a leading provider of modular warehousing and logistics solutions. With headquarters located in Neunkirchen (Germany), SSI Schaefer employs approximately 10,000 associates globally, along with seven domestic and international production sites, and approximately 70 worldwide operating subsidiaries. Across six continents, SSI Schaefer develops and implements innovative industry-specific answers to its customers’ unique challenges. As a result, it plays a key role in shaping the future of materials handling.

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