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SSI Schäfer builds a high-performance for the Carlsberg company store

21/09/2007

September 21, 2007

The Danish Brewing Company has been awarded to ssi schäfer the project for the design, planning and the implementation of its new center of production and distribution, which will feature more than 75,000 locations in Frederica. This project represents the largest investment in the history of Carslberg.

His desire for continuous improvement, Carlsberg raised integrate their production and distribution activities within the same facility, with a surface of 1 km. square, to optimize their production processes. This project involves down its production in Copenhagen, which had become obsolete, Hall and build a new warehouse near Frederica.

SSI Schäfer specialized technicians and engineers have studied and developed the implementation of the logistics concept of the customer, as well as the planning of the construction, and the storage and transport systems.

The new Carlsberg store will occupy 10,000 square meters.

The new center of production and distribution of the Carlsberg company will have an area of expedition with a surface of 10,000 square meters, which is expected to expand in 9,000 square meters in the future.
The study of the needs of the company Carlsberg SSI Schäfer prompted the construction of a warehouse of high altitude with 18 corridors, 114 metres long, 70,000 locations of palettes to simple depth, and with loads of up to 1,000 kilograms. The flow of input/output of the warehouse will be respectively 700 / 800 pallets per hour, carried out by 18 racking.

On the other hand, it is planned to integrate another shelf with 8 halls with a capacity of 6,000 locations and loads of 500 kilograms. That store will be managed by 8 racking, and achieved a performance of input and output of 250 pallets per hour.
The transport system will consist of more than 1600 individual elements, highlighting stackers/desapiladores of palettes, 50 elevators, 8 car shuttle, among other elements.

The implementation of the system is scheduled for April 2008. The turnkey project delivery will take place in November 2008

The ships will be connected by bridges. The connection of the warehouse and areas of preparation of the production plant orders will be made through the installation of an electrovía. The transport system will have two tracks with a total length of more than 4,000 meters, served by 265 carts that allow a flow of 3000 double cycles per hour. The management will be made by the computer software for management of storage "ant" of SSI Schäfer, controlling the overall flow of the installation including reruns and expeditions.

In addition the Danish company has signed a maintenance contract with SSI Schäfer to ensure after-sales service for its production and distribution center.