Fruit and vegetable wholesaler invests in automation

The Helsingborg-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler Ewerman enters into the world of automation as they decided to expand their existing warehouse.

The Helsingborg-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler Ewerman enters into the world of automation as they decided to expand their existing warehouse. The new warehouse will be a fully automated high bay for pallets with fresh fruits and vegetables. Ewerman, which since the early 60s, is known for its wide range and over 1300 different part numbers, will be able to take their new warehouse outside Helsingborg in operation early spring next year. Ewerman saw a need to increase its storage capacity due to increased volumes and future expansion plans. In order to meet the rapid turnover of stock Moving and an automated solution that offers advanced capacities was choosen. "This new automated pallet warehouse is an absolute prerequisite if we are to achieve the planned objectives for future expansion and we look forward to the next step in our development." says Per Unger, CEO Ewerman. Included in the delivery from Moving will be three automatic stacker cranes, racking for 2280 pallet locations, conveyors for handling pallets, and a WCS system for monitoring and controlling the goods flow.

When Ewerman evaluated the different suppliers  there were several factors in favour of Moving, one of the best automatic stacker cranes, a customized WCS, complete service package, locally based which means in close the proximity to the customer, the overall strength of KNAPP and Moving together as a general contractor. Moving has previously delivered Scandinavia's largest and highest automatic pallet warehouse at Clas Ohlson in Insjön with a total of 23 automatic cranes and 116,000 pallet locations. For the Ewerman project Moving has chosen automatic stacker cranes from Austrian LTW. This becomes Moving and LTW's first joint project in Scandinavia and speaks for an intensified cooperation between the companies. "With LTW as a partner for automated pallet cranes KNAPP-Moving is strengthening its already very broad and strong product range. This means that we can pursue our strategic focus to become the market leader in Scandinavia for logistics and picking solutions for light goods as well as pallet handling applications "says Ulf Jansson, President KNAPP-Moving AB. During fall all Moving companies will be renamed KNAPP-Moving.

“The new automatic pallet warehouse of Ewerman is our first project in Sweden and marks the beginning of a promising partnership with KNAPP-Moving”, explains Matthias Heddinga. The Director Business & Sales of LTW Intralogistics regards Scandinavia as a market with very large potential that also fits perfectly into their strategic country portfolio. In Denmark the Austrian specialist for intralogistics already successfully implemented several projects.