Case study: Blechwarenfabrik – Europe’s most modern metal packaging plant

Blechwarenfabrik, a European benchmark in the manufacture of metal packaging for chemical products, has automated and digitized its logistics processes to cope with increased sales.

The company has a 5.4-acre facility in the Offheim suburb of Limburg, Germany, where all goods movements are completely automatic: automated guided vehicles (AGVs) connect the two automated warehouses to the production lines.

The business used to have two production plants in Germany where it manufactured metal packaging. However, its logistics operations were outsourced due to a lack of storage space. “Raw materials were deposited in the main warehouse, and once the final product left the production lines, it was moved to a facility three miles away,” says Christoph Weber, Technical Manager at Blechwarenfabrik.

Challenges:

• • Automate internal movements of goods and connect production with the warehouse.
• • Simultaneously control traceability of raw materials and finished products.
• • Minimise the environmental impact of manufacturing and logistics processes.

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