This warehouse will be equipped by Inther Group with an automated logistics system, which will be used for storage and order picking of materials for various production locations in the region.

The total solution at VDL ETG will be controlled by Inther LC Software and includes the following components:

• 230 meter conveyors from Inther Conveyor Equipment
• Two shuttle aisles for a total of 44,000 storage locations
• Six ergonomic goods to person workstations
• Mezzanine for the goods to person operation
• Eight receiving workstations, a palletizing robot machine, lift and integrated scales

Paul Hermsen – CEO at Inther Group: “Based on our experience and technical knowledge, we first started with a thorough analysis in advance, to gain good insight into the project for the best possible solution. To optimally use the entire height of the warehouse at VDL ETG, we are going to separate the two goods flows on two levels with an extra mezzanine. The inbound/outbound goods flow contains a loop with six picking stations. The pallet output is equipped with a palletizing robot.”

Hermsen continues: “We also use the AS/RS system (with compartmentalized bins) as a sequencing buffer for palletizing. We have delivered this in this way before, which is why this project also fits perfectly into our portfolio.” Per aisle, we are talking about 35 levels, 13 meters high and 60 meters long, which are also triple deep. In total, the system comprises more than 44,000 storage positions. “This allowed us to take into account VDL ETG's future growth ambitions when designing the system, and to make the entire intralogistics system compact enough to enable multiple expansions in, for example, storage and/or picking capacity in due course,” Hermsen concludes. The aim is to deliver the project by the end of 2025.