Photo by Gilgen Logistics AG
Coop, a leading food retail group in Switzerland, is building a production centre (LoBOS Pratteln + Halba) on the Salina Raurica grounds with some 78,000 m². Coop contracted Gilgen Logistics for an automatic pallet high-bay storage facility as part of a consolidation of three production plants under one roof (divisions: Chocolat Halba, Sunray and Cave).
The high-bay storage facility includes eight twin-mast storage and retrieval devices with a double load-handling device for interim storage of over 41,000 pallets. Among other things, Gilgen is installing an automatic pallet conveyor system, which connects the three production plants to one another. In addition, it is integrating an automatic buffer system for interim storage of approx. 2,200 roll containers with direct access to a railway hall and a transshipment area in the incoming and outgoing goods Areas.