Delivering the goods for fashion clients

Austrian third-party logistics supplier, JCL Logistics, is enjoying the benefits of an automated handling solution designed by KNAPP that enables the company to meet the B2B and B2C demands of its clients in a flexible way.

JCL recently invested 18.5 million Euros in a 50,000m2 distribution centre in Werndorf, Austria, which acts as the logistical hub for customers in Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia and parts of Germany, including a major Swiss fashion retailer. Opened last summer, the facility - which ships more than 28 million articles of clothing for retail stores (B2B) and about 3.5 million items for direct customer orders (B2C) per year - features automated handling systems from the KNAPP Group, including overhead conveyor systems from its subsidiary, Dürkopp Fördertechnik.

KNAPP's OSR Shuttle automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS), with its retrieval capacity of 1000 totes per hour, forms the heart of JCL's order picking operations.