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Europe’s leading online fashion platform, Zalando, has commissioned KNAPP to automate its new 140,000 m² distribution centre near Rotterdam, which will serve customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and the UK. 200 million euro investment The new e-commerce DC in Bleiswijk will feature a combination of KNAPP’s shuttle …

Global warehouse automation provider, KNAPP, received considerable interest from visitors in its latest solutions at IMHX 2019. The company exhibited its brand-new fulfilment workstation, Pick-it-Easy Evo, for the first time in the UK and also demonstrated its award-winning, AI-enabled redPILOT software. “The four days at the NEC were productive for …

Leading intralogistics automation provider, KNAPP AG, has announced its results for the business year 2018-2019, which show another period of solid growth. Order volume exceeded the one billion euros mark for the first time in the company’s history, while net turnover rose by 34.5% to 954 million euros. Profits were …

As another two apprentices – Corey Seagrove and Andy Rogers – approach the completion of their four-year training programme, KNAPP UK is preparing to recruit more young people to start in September. Corey (20) and Andy (21) – both based at the site of KNAPP customer, John Lewis, in Milton …

Watford-based Sigma Pharmaceuticals has installed automated handling systems from KNAPP as part of its long-term growth strategy. Family-owned wholesaler, Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc, opened its new headquarters and automated distribution facility earlier this year, with the ribbon being cut by Pharmacy Minister, Steve Brine MP. Automation has proven to be the …

As part of planned management changes, three senior executives at KNAPP UK have been promoted to the company’s board. Nathan Billing (Customer Service Director), Tyrone Driscoll (Projects Director) and Phil Houghton (Business Development Director) join existing board members, Craig Rollason (Managing Director) and Tracey Sanderson (Company Secretary). “We are delighted …

KNAPP is supplying its pocket sorter technology at the Berlin distribution centre of leading online fashion retailer, ASOS. This follows successful use of the pocket sortation system – engineered by KNAPP subsidiary, Dürkopp Fördertechnik – at the UK distribution centre of ASOS in Barnsley. The heart of KNAPP’s e-commerce solution …

With warehouse staff reaching their performance limits in processes that demand high performance and quality for long periods of time, one solution is the use of industrial robots. Achieving reliable robotic picking had been considered an insurmountable task but the KNAPP Pick-it-Easy Robot has made this a reality – and …

Following successful implementation of the first system that completely automated the handling of its fruit and vegetable range, Migros Zürich has taken delivery of a second FAST Picking solution from KNAPP to automate the fulfilment of orders for dairy products and other fresh items. One of ten co-operatives within the …

An automated garment conveying system supplied and installed by Dürkopp Fördertechnik – part of the KNAPP Group – is helping John Lewis service its continuing omni-channel growth. The system is operating at John Lewis’s new 675,000 sq ft Magna Park 2 distribution centre at Milton Keynes which has 71 dock …