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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 …

The automated handling solution supplied by KNAPP to British Gas at its National Distribution Centre in Leicester has achieved 10 years of successful operation, supported by a team of resident KNAPP service engineers. British Gas celebrated the 10-year milestone with a week of fun events for staff that included throwing …

Engine and drivetrain components specialist, Pankl Racing Systems, is relying on shuttle technology from KNAPP at its new drivetrain component factory in Austria. As part of the installation of its new production facility at its headquarters in Kapfenberg, Pankl Racing Systems has selected KNAPP’s flexible YLOG-Shuttle system for automation of …

KNAPP AG has won a major order to automate the new Campus North distribution centre of the adidas Group in Germany, which supports the company’s European e-commerce business. The adidas Group, international player in sportswear manufacturing with the brands adidas and Reebok, hascommissioned KNAPP to automate its new e-commerce centre …