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Since 1995, an automated storage tower manufactured by Kasto in Achern, southern Germany, has been installed at stockholder Heine + Beisswenger, underpinning fast, punctual delivery of an extensive range of steels to customers. However, 25 years of constant operation had impacted performance and availability, so Kasto recently updated the Unitop …

Based in Bremen, AMCO Metall Service stocks 7,000 tonnes of aluminium, copper, brass and bronze in its 55,000 square metre facility and delivers 25,000 tonnes annually to customers mainly in the plant building, metal processing, construction, transportation and shipbuilding sectors. The German family firm has 270 employees and an annual …

German storage system manufacturer KASTO, which is also a well-known producer of sawing machines, has introduced a pick-by-light option for its computer-controlled industrial warehouses, which are available in the UK and Ireland through the multinational company’s Milton Keynes subsidiary. With the new function, a beam of light is projected onto …

Despite the political wrangling over the past few years and the consequent business uncertainty, the UK remains a strong and successful market for Kasto, according to Ernst Wagner, who runs the German manufacturer’s subsidiary in Milton Keynes. Over the years, Kasto has sold more than 1,400 bandsaws and circular saws …

De Cromvoirtse, a Netherlands-based steel stockholder and contract manufacturer of small batches of semi-finished sheet metal components, has invested in two interlinked, automated storage systems from Kasto and connected them to three sheet metal laser cutting machines to help speed deliveries. The Uniline store and Unitower B ensure fast, accurate, …

At its distribution centre in Perth, Western Australia, steel producer and wholesaler OneSteel Metalcentre, part of Arrium Mining & Materials Group, stocks approximately 8,000 tonnes of different types of material for supply to its branches and customers, including construction companies, shipyards and plant manufacturers. To streamline the handling and management …

Metal sawing and storage equipment manufacturer, KASTO, has introduced a new tower to provide a compact, standardised solution for automated storage and retrieval of pallets and flat material. Advantages of the system, called KASTOecostore, are its low space requirement, high storage density, short material access times and value for money. …

Rising electricity costs are creating a demand for energy-efficient solutions in every industry, logistics and distribution being no exception. So KASTO has developed an innovative energy recovery and storage system for its German-built industrial warehouses, used globally for automated storage and retrieval of bar, tube, sheet, plate and other materials. …

High-performance engineering steel is stored safely and picked more efficiently at Oldbury-based Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) since it invested £3 million in an automated KASTO UNICOMPACT warehouse and a further £1 million in other site improvements. The computer-controlled storage and retrieval system became operational in the first quarter of 2016, having been …

Order based variant manufacturing of a modular mounting box series, batch size 1 – how Striebel & John GmbH & Co. KG safeguards the flexibility and high efficiency of its mounting box production with a high degree of automation and a KASTO sheet metal storage system Processing about 9,500 tonnes …